Bottom Up by David Sacks

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Why We Founded SaaSGrid
SaaS companies deserve their own dashboarding platform.
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David Sacks
 and 
Ethan Ruby
13
April 2023
What is Bottom Up SaaS?
ChatGPT weighs in.
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David Sacks
28
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.
 • 
David Sacks
 and 
Brian Murray
27
March 2023
The Give-to-Get Model for AI Startups
An Old Trick for Crowdsourcing Proprietary Data Could Work Well for New AI Startups
 • 
David Sacks
47
October 2021
The SaaS Metrics That Matter
Plus now you can easily generate them using our secret sauce SaaSGrid.
 • 
David Sacks
 and 
Ethan Ruby
25
July 2021
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
37
March 2021
The SaaS Board Meeting
How to create a successful board deck and meeting for SaaS startups.
 • 
David Sacks
5
February 2021
December 2020
Individuals vs Teams: Who’s the Better Customer?
Go for Teams: that's where the money is. Individual plans are primarily good for lead gen.
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David Sacks
8
Simple Math to Set Up a Sales Team
How to structure quotas, compensation, and territories for a new sales team.
 • 
David Sacks
17
November 2020
Measuring SaaS Engagement
How to Adapt a B2C Metric for B2B
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David Sacks
4
September 2020
Product First
Market Discovery at Square and PayPal
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David Sacks
2
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