Startups
This is a cross-post to Kellblog of the first post in a six-part series that I wrote for Balderton Capital as part of my work there. The first two posts are already up on Balderton's website, while the remaining four will be rolling out at the
Marketing
Just a quick post to publish the slides from the talk I gave today at SaaStr Europa in Barcelona on the top 5 mistakes in scale-up. Thanks so much to everyone who attended, stuck around for the AMA session afterwards, and gave me feedback or asked me questions at
Communications
While I don’t normally entertain guest posts, once in a rare while I hear an old friend ranting about something and the rant's so good that I offer up Kellblog to help share it. Today’s rant comes from Lance Walter, who recently finished up a four-
SaaS
There's something in the Boston water that's great for enterprise sales. A decade ago the phenoms were the Murphy Brothers, the Flying Wallendas of enterprise sales, not two, three, four, or five -- but six brothers (Tom, Frank, Dan, Jeff, Joe and Bob) all of whom ended
Metrics
It was a combination of luck and foresight that I started talking with Allan Wille and Lauren Thibodeau about capital efficiency as a potential topic for their Metric Stack podcast many months ago. Because now, as the episode is coming out, capital efficiency is the hot topic of the day.
Boards
I'll be speaking next month in Barcelona on the first day of SaaStr Europa, held at the International Convention Center on June 7th and 8th. My presentation is scheduled at 11:25AM on June 7th and entitled The Top 5 Scale-Up Mistakes and How to Avoid Them.
CEO
I talked to a founder a while back who felt like they'd lost a year or two thanks to some strategic distractions foisted upon them by a well-meaning board of directors. While most startup boards try to follow the Hippocratic Oath, some -- like well-meaning but overbearing
Marketing
When asked, “how is it going?” many companies will respond with something akin to, “things are looking strong, the pipeline is up to $50M.” Not a bad statement, but certainly an imprecise one. “Over what timeframe?” you might ask. To which you’ll typically hear one of two answers * “Uh,
CEO
I've always felt that "what keeps you up at night?" was a trick question for CEOs. There's one part of it I'm quite sure about. There cannot be anything that you control that keeps you up at night. Why? Because you'
Customer Success
Earlier this week I appeared on a webinar with You Mon Tsang, founder and CEO of ChurnZero, a SaaS application aimed at helping subscription businesses reduce churn. In this post, I will share the video of event, provide a link to the slides, provide a link to the Q&
Marketing
Just a quick post to highlight a video / podcast episode I recently recorded with Cillian Hilliard, fellow board member at work management leader Scoro, and investor at Kennett Partners. Cillian runs a great blog (complete with detailed financial models) at The Novice Investor. (Understanding SaaS Marketing as an Investor - Dave
Management
In the land of disruption, there's always something dying and something lining up to replace it, so we're pretty used to hearing things like "on-premise is dead, long live SaaS." Sometimes, they're right. Despite the 2008-era views of our resident