Bottom Up by David Sacks

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The Dark Side of Sales
While unleashing the “animal spirits” of your sales team, beware of the unintended consequences that powerful incentives can create.
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David Sacks
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Why We Founded SaaSGrid
SaaS companies deserve their own dashboarding platform.
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David Sacks
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Ethan Ruby
15
What is Bottom Up SaaS?
ChatGPT weighs in.
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David Sacks
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The Difficulty Ratio
A fundamental principle in SaaS sales is that the size of a deal must be large enough to justify the effort required to close it.
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David Sacks
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Brian Murray
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The Give-to-Get Model for AI Startups
An Old Trick for Crowdsourcing Proprietary Data Could Work Well for New AI Startups
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David Sacks
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The SaaS Metrics That Matter
Plus now you can easily generate them using our secret sauce SaaSGrid.
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David Sacks
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Ethan Ruby
29
The SaaS Org Chart
You've raised a new funding round. You need to staff up. Here's what that looks like.
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David Sacks
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Bottom Up by David Sacks
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