Growth

Europe is routinely castigated by tech industry observers for having too few “growth capital” funds, and, compared to the U.S., that’s true. That said, it is nowhere near nonexistent on…

Hey, there ARE growth funds in Europe — Kennet raises $287M for its largest fund to date

What worked for PayPal is a good example of how your startup can start looking for its best routes to market, too.

Any growth is good, but sustainable growth is the key to success

Until recently, many startups have prioritized growth at all costs, using abundant venture capital to acquire users and dominate markets without regard for profitability or sustainability. However, recent market conditions…

Startups must embrace sustainable scaling strategies

Cloud leaders will inevitably experience up and down markets depending on the market cycle. We reflect on seven lessons about resilience.

7 SaaS resiliency lessons for doing business in a volatile market

Amazon has seen AWS growth rates dropping substantially over the last three quarters, from 20% to 16% to 12% this quarter. That’s not the kind of trend any company wants…

AWS revenue growth dropped to 12% in Q2, but company remains optimistic about cloud biz

The reality is that most founders and venture funds don’t know what the market price is on startup valuations at the moment.

Upheaval in venture banking can help us get back to basics: Efficient growth

A business model is the full stack of how your company operates: How you deploy your resources (money and people) to create products and attract and retain paying customers.

If you have more than one business model, you don’t have a business model

New data from Capchase found that startups that cut sales and marketing were in worse financial shape in 2022 than those that didn’t.

SaaS startups that ignored VC advice to cut sales and marketing were better off this year

Despite many VCs saying they were going to focus on startups with good underlying business fundamentals, they still favor growth.

Yeah, no, most VCs still don’t really care about your path to profitability

It was back in 2019 that we reported on Visionaries Club, a new, Berlin-based, European VC focusing on B2B, founded by Sebastian Pollok and Robert Lacher. At the time, Visionaries…

Berlin’s Visionaries Club VC boosts its funds with €400M worth of fresh capital for B2B investments

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Digital health unicorn Truepill conducts third round of layoffs in 2022

Truepill, a platform that helps other companies offer diagnostics, telehealth services and prescriptions, has conducted its third mass layoff in a string of workforce reductions, sources tell TechCrunch. The layoff impacted about third of the company, or 175 people. The company did not respond to multiple requests for comment. One…

Digital health unicorn Truepill conducts third round of layoffs in 2022

Twitter is increasing the price of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, from $2.99 to $4.99 per month. Starting in October, existing subscribers will have to pay more. New users will…

Twitter is increasing the price of Twitter Blue from $2.99 to $4.99 per month

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. I’m out…

I’m not too worried about recommending another (few) tech podcasts

For product-led growth companies (PLG), the perennial question is: How do we get non-paying customers to subscribe? Then the second question is: How do we get paying customers to move…

Backed by Tiger Global and Sequoia India, Toplyne helps product-led growth teams tackle user conversion

Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has come a long way from being run out of a garage in Phoenix to now a 120-person company, valued at $1.5 billion, that’s expected to…

Fast-growing livestream shopping platform Whatnot acquires Pastel Labs, hires VP of engineering
Startups

Is today’s market sad or sane?

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our…

Is today’s market sad or sane?

Successful startups will inevitably draw the attention of incumbents. They will fight you, but if you are positioned well for the challenge there has never been a better time to…

3 questions startups must answer before taking on their largest competitors

We caught up with Scott Tong, a startup design expert who advises early-stage companies, to learn more about the marriage of products and brands.

The pandemic showed why product and brand design need to sit together

Regardless of industry, a successful startup without a strategic advantage is just a validated business model vulnerable to copycat companies looking for a market entry point.

Every early-stage startup must identify and evaluate a strategic advantage

Charles Hudson, Annie Kadavy and Russ Heddleston offer pro tips.

8 tips for founders trying to raise their first round of venture capital

We’ve aggregated the world’s best growth marketers into one community. Twice a month, we ask them to share their most effective growth tactics, and we compile them into this Growth…

Getting more people to open your emails

It’s been four years since TechCrunch published my blog post The SaaS Adventure, which introduced the concept of a “T2D3” roadmap to help SaaS companies scale — and, as an…

T2D3 Software Update: Embracing the Founder to CEO (F2C) Journey

Of the various channels available to growth marketers, podcast is among the most misunderstood. Brands like Dollar Shave Club, Squarespace, and ZipRecruiter have deployed podcast advertising for…

Cracking the code on podcast advertising for customer acquisition

We’ve aggregated the world’s best growth marketers into one community. Twice a month, we ask them to share their most effective growth tactics, and we compile them into this Growth…

What’s the right way to sponsor a YouTube influencer?

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How to profit from valuable peer referrals hiding in Slack

Brands often act like the person who searches for their keys under the streetlight simply because that is where the light is better. However, when brand marketers focus only on engaging with…

How to profit from valuable peer referrals hiding in Slack

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Out of the box influencer strategies to accelerate awareness for your startup

For new brands, growing awareness and gaining consumer trust are two of the most important yet challenging marketing objectives. But startups don’t have the budget to activate mega-influencers…

Out of the box influencer strategies to accelerate awareness for your startup
Venture

How to get people to open your emails

We’ve aggregated the world’s best growth marketers into one community. Twice a month, we ask them to share their most effective growth tactics, and we compile them into this Growth…

How to get people to open your emails

We’ve aggregated the world’s best growth marketers into one community. Twice a month, we ask them to share their most effective growth tactics, and we compile them into this Growth…

How to get your ads working, and whether PR is worth it

We’ve aggregated the world’s best growth marketers into one community. Twice a month, we ask them to share their most effective growth tactics, and we compile them into this Growth…

How to work with top influencers and avoid ad blockers

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Calculating sales efficiency in a startup: The magic number that will help you scale

Sales efficiency is the best way to understand the economics of a business. It answers whether a business can ever scale. The harsh truth is, if it can’t scale, investors won’t be interested…

Calculating sales efficiency in a startup: The magic number that will help you scale