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The Changing Value Of ARR
tl;dr: Annual recurring revenue (ARR) isn’t worth what it was. That’s just fine, but it matters for your startup’s valuation. The current market correction has led to a decline in… Read Full Article
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6 Tried and True Strategies to Becoming a SaaS Category Leader
Prior to becoming a Venture Capitalist at Hyde Park Venture Partners, I spent the last two decades as an operator in the world of marketing, technology and software. One of the… Read Full Article
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The 23 Fastest Growing Startups Going to SXSW Interactive 2016
South by Southwest (SXSW) is right around the corner, so we created a Custom List in Mattermark to help you track them. We found 282 companies that will be represented… Read Full Article
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How To Leverage Data From Your Most Profitable Customers To Find More Just Like Them
tl;dr: Mattermark can help you find more of your best customers, quickly. What group is marketing’s most important partner within a company? Most people say sales. But while it’s true that… Read Full Article
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Mattermark 2015 Venture Capital & Startup Traction Report
Today we release of the second annual Venture Capital & Startup Traction Report (40 slides) which is available for immediate download here. This report analyzes venture funding trends for US startups from 2006 to… Read Full Article
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Your Lead Scoring Is Ineffective, But We Can Fix It
tl;dr: Traditional lead scoring is inefficient in today’s economy. Dawn Poulos, VP of Marketing at Gliffy, has a few tips to help you boost your lead velocity rate. As a marketing executive at… Read Full Article
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5 Painful Problems Sales Leaders Can Fix Today To Build A Stronger Pipeline
A strong pipeline is the key factor that separates good Sales Teams from great ones. If you have any doubt about this, just look at the rise of sales development… Read Full Article
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From Impossible To Inevitable: 3 Lessons
Aaron Ross (Predictable Revenue) and Jason Lemkin (SaaStr) have helped companies like Salesforce.com and EchoSign achieve record-breaking growth. In their new book, From Impossible to Inevitable, they team up to share… Read Full Article
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Mattermark at SaaStr Annual 2016: The State of Venture Capital
SaaStr Annual 2016 Live Stream Video At this year’s SaaStr Annual event, Danielle Morrill will reflect on 2015’s State of Venture Capital & Startup Traction. She will highlight last year’s trends, with… Read Full Article
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The 15 Fastest Growing Startups in LA With Less Than $10M Raised
With Mattermark, you can sort through over 1.4 million privately owned companies based on location, total funding, industry, employee growth month over month, total employees, Growth Score, Mindshare Score, and much… Read Full Article
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Entrepreneur’s 9 Hot Startups of 2016 – Ranked by Growth Score
Entrepreneur.com published their list of hot startups to watch this year, so we decided to see how they rank. They note that this list of companies has each created a… Read Full Article
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The Biggest Decision Your Self-Service SaaS Needs to Make
The self-serve model has been an invaluable launchpad for several SaaS startups. Companies like Dropbox hit viral growth and made tons of money by creating great products and letting them… Read Full Article
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The Forbes 50 Hottest Startups of 2015 – Ranked by Growth Score
Forbes published their 2015 Hottest Startups list of companies with the fastest growing valuations over time between funding rounds. As with any such list, we love to provide better insight into how… Read Full Article
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Six Common Reasons SaaS Sales Plans Fail
Are you going to hit your 2016 sales goal? If not, do you know why? As you finish planning your 2017 sales goals, here are six common mistakes you can… Read Full Article
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Where are they now? 10 Pre-Series A Companies in New York from June 2013
In June 2013, Danielle Morrill, CEO and Co-Founder of Mattermark, was happily surprised to see New York companies dominating the top of the startup charts in Mattermark throughout that month.… Read Full Article
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The Fastest Growing Startups With Less Than $10M Raised In 8 Startup Cities
With Mattermark, you can sort through over 1.4 million privately owned companies based on location, total funding, industry, employee growth month over month, total employees, Growth Score, Mindshare Score, and much… Read Full Article
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Inc.’s Top 15 Companies to Watch in 2016 – Sorted by the Growth Score
Yesterday, Kerry Close of Inc.com published a list of 15 high-growth companies ‘that have the potential to turn heads well into 2016 and beyond”. These companies offer a range of… Read Full Article
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The One Method I’ve Used to Eliminate Bad Tech Hires
Let’s be real. Interviews are a terrible way to hire tech candidates. Not only do you not get a real sense of the candidate, they often weed out good candidates… Read Full Article
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How To Avoid Burnout
The startup life is an intense and intensely personal experience. Poet David Whyte said, “Work is where we can make ourselves; work is where we can break ourselves.” We’ve seen… Read Full Article
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What happens when you Mattermark the Pioneer 250?
TLDR: Some quick analysis of GSV’s Pioneer 250, using Mattermark data. If you want to do deeper analysis of the companies on their list, sign up for an account. Earlier… Read Full Article
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The Secret Marketing Strategies For Building Huge Consumer Brands
Ask any marketer at a consumer internet company where they spend their budget and the answer will be a long one. A marketer may look at a daily dashboard of acquisition… Read Full Article
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The 2015 Startup Investing Survey
Do you want to invest in startups? Chances are you can’t, even if you wanted to. Laws nearly eight decades old prohibit most Americans (nearly 97% of households) from making… Read Full Article
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A VC’s Guide to Building a Startup Community on Quora
Did you know that Quora is the #137th (and climbing) most-trafficked website on the entire Internet? That’s approximately the same amount of traffic as Yelp, Etsy, and Flickr — and… Read Full Article
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How to Fight Startup Burnout
If you only have a second, scroll to the bottom. I’ve aggregated 7 articles on fighting burnout and 5 travel startups that can help. In this post I explore the… Read Full Article