How to 10x Your SaaS with Jason Lemkin, SaaStr

On this episode of the Traction podcast, host Lloyed Lobo of Boast.AI welcomes Jason Lemkin, Trusted Advisor at SaaStr.

 

Jason, who is often regarded as the godfather of SaaS, shares 10 things you can do to grow 10x faster in 2022.

 

Jason runs SaaStr, the world's largest SaaS community and $100M+ SaaS venture fund. Previously, Jason founded the web's most popular electronic signature service, EchoSign, which he grew to over $100M in revenue and sold to Adobe. 

 

Prior to EchoSign and SaaStr, he co-founded one of the only successes in nanotechnology, NanoGram Devices, which was acquired for $50M just 13 months after founding.

 

Specifically, Jason covers:

 

7:53 - Jason's backstory

19:37 - Top things founders miss that can help them grow faster

32:38 - In what order do you hire execs between zero to $10M and $10M to $100M?

41:02 - How to navigate challenges in hiring and recruiting in 2022 with so many well-funded SaaS startups

51:12 - Key mistakes seen en-route going from $10M to $100M ARR

55:59 - When to add a second product and when to become a platform company

1:07:30 - How to raise funding faster in 2022


Learn more at https://tractionconf.io


Connect with Jason Lemkin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmlemkin/

Learn more about SaaStr at  https://www.saastr.com/

 

 

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