The Best Articles in Saas
The most useful articles and videos in Saas from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Saas Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Saas by Refind users in 2024 so far.
Videos
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How We Got Our First 100 Customers (No Bulls**t, Specific Details) (#534)
No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrdEpisode 534: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and...
How to price your product | Naomi Ionita (Menlo Ventures)
Naomi Ionita is a Partner at the venture capital firm, Menlo Ventures. She started her career in engineering in 2002, shifted to product in 2006, and built p...
Product-led growth B2B companies succeed if they master this first step
Lenny Rachitsky interviews world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover concrete, actionable, and tactical advice to help you build, launch, and...
Taxi mafias, cash vaults & 100% MoM growth: The story of SEA’s biggest startup
Kevin Aluwi is the co-founder and former CEO of Gojek. With over 2.7 million drivers and over 3 billion orders completed, Gojek is the biggest startup in Ind...
What I learned as a 2x startup founder of Clearbit & Reflect
Alex MacCaw is the 2x startup founder behind Clearbit and Reflect. Clearbit being a B2B data enrichment API for sales & marketing teams and Reflect being a B...
What is ...?
New to Saas? These articles make an excellent introduction.
What is Churn? How Can It Be Negative? And What’s a Good Monthly Churn Rate?
Churn gets a lot of bad press. Yes, it is complex. Yes, it is confusing. But as a metric, it is helpful. In the early stages of building a company, churn gives you quick feedback which other metrics…
What is Product Led Growth? How to Build a Software Company in the End User Era
What is product led growth? Blake Bartlett explains the latest to-go-market strategy, how we got here and why the end user is now the most powerful buyer.
How to ...?
How to create a high-converting SaaS sales demo—a step-by-step guide
Your SaaS sales demo process is the first touchpoint with your prospect. Improve it with this step-by-step guide that will unlock higher conversion rates.
How To Navigate Product Management Specializations
In the tech world, the Design, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales functions have each had specialities for years. But, Product Management has not yet defined specialities . This leads people to think a…
How to Present an Operating Plan to your Board
I’ve been CEO of two startups and on the board of about ten. That means I’ve presented a lot of operating plans to boards. It also means I’ve had a lot of operating plans presented to me. Frankly,…
How to Instill a Growth Mindset in Your Company
Growth hacking. Growth marketing. Whatever you call it, growth is a key goal for businesses. Some might even say it is the sole aim for most businesses.
How to use webpage intent to identify ready-to-buy accounts
Learn how to identify ready-to-buy accounts by classifying your webpages as high, medium, and low intent.
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A Million Dollar Stripe Page: Why Some Content Is Worth $$$
Stripe created a blog post that brings in almost a million dollars of traffic per year. Find out how they did it and how you can learn from their success.
Stubborn Visionaries & Pigheaded Fools
How do you know when to stop, versus when to push through? You don't, not even in hindsight. But these guiding questions can help.
SaaS Landing Pages: Must-Have Pages For Every SaaS Company
Discover the five landing pages every SaaS company should have, how to structure them, and what content to include for the best results.
5 Interesting Learnings from Klaviyo at $800,000,000 in ARR
So we've covered Klaviyo several times at SaaStr, and we're super excited CEO Andrew Bialecki is coming to 2024 SaaStr Annual Sep 10-12 in SF Bay to share
5 Interesting Learnings from HubSpot at $2.4 Billion in ARR
So we've probably covered HubSpot more than any other SaaS and Cloud leader on this 5 Interesting Learnings series, but there's a good reason for it:
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles in Saas—all under 10 minutes.
TAM, SAM, SOM: How to Calculate Them for Your Industry
They might look like alphabet soup, but TAM, SAM, and SOM are critical terms when creating a strategy. Find out what they mean and how to calculate them here.
The best growth advice of 2023
🔥 learnings from June, Figma, Miro, Pinecone, Pleo and more
How to do product positioning
Making products is hard. The advice you get doesn't help much; either it's too vague to be useful or too specific to be applicable to your situation. These notes build a model of how products work…
5 Real Growth Hacking Strategies for SaaS Companies
SaaS growth hacking is alive and well. Learn these 5 low-cost tactics you can use to hack growth and drive traffic to your brand and business.
Breaking Down the Growth (PLG) Work
With examples and number (not just a theory fluff)
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Saas.
The 6 Product-Led Free Models: Beyond Free Trial & Freemium
We break down six different free models to improve your PLG strategy and cover their pros, cons, insightful examples, and potential risks.
The Question Every CEO is Asking: What is Our Generative AI Strategy?
In our conversations with enterprise customers, genAI companies, and CSPs, 3 questions have emerged that can inform your generative AI strategy.
Top 10 Customer Retention Automation Tactics
Explore 10 innovative customer retention automation strategies with Chargebee. Enhance loyalty and reduce churn effectively in your business.
Bootstrapping Wisdom: 20+ Founders on What Really Matters
Bootstrapping Wisdom: 20+ Founders on What Really Matters Founders who have successfully built their companies from the ground up share the essential in...
Excuse me, is there a problem?
Many startups fail despite identifying a real problem and building a product that solves that problem. This explains why, so you can avoid their fate.
Podcasts
On the go? Listen to these Podcasts and audio in Saas.
In Depth: How Retool reached $2M in ARR before launch by focusing on developers — David Hsu…
Show In Depth, Ep How Retool reached $2M in ARR before launch by focusing on developers — David Hsu - Nov 10, 2022
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