6 Lessons From My MOST SUCCESSFUL Investments in B2B SaaS
•September 1, 2024
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Why It Matters
These lessons distill investor-backed success factors that materially affect a SaaS startup’s ability to scale, raise value, and avoid common pitfalls like high churn and technical debt. Founders can use these patterns to prioritize hiring, pricing, market selection, and focus to increase odds of reaching seven-figure outcomes.
Summary
After investing in 171 SaaS companies, the speaker identifies six patterns that correlate with fastest growth: a strong, coachable founder in a growing, switch-ready market; a technical founder (or technical co-founder) as a major advantage; viable but temporary use of no-code; ideal founding pairs of developer+marketer or developer+salesperson (or a subject expert who sells); intense focus on one product; and lower-price customers exhibiting much higher churn. Data from their portfolio and surveys show 96% of seven-figure companies had technical founders and that no-code builds often require later rewrites that stall growth. The talk emphasizes product-market dynamics, team composition, pricing/churn trade-offs, and the power of concentrated effort for scaling. The speaker also invites qualifying founders to apply to their TinySeed accelerator.
Original Description
In this video, I look at my investments across TinySeed to distill six lessons that you can use to inform decisions in your own B2B SaaS. If it sounds like I'm describing your company and you're looking for the right amount of funding and mentorship, apply for TinySeed's Fall 2024 batch.
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Links in the video:
Apply to TinySeed: https://tinyseed.com/apply
TinySeed Portfolio: https://tinyseed.com/portfolio
State of Independent SaaS: https://microconf.com/state-of-indie-saas
Startups For the Rest of Us: https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/
Episode 729 | 9 Things I’ve Learned Investing in 170+ SaaS Companies: https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-729-9-things-ive-learned-investing-in-170-saas-companies
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