Sammy AbdullahTechnical CEO’s have better multiples than Business CEO’sDo SaaS CEO’s with a technical background (engineering or product) outperform those CEO’s with a business background? It’s a fun question…1 min read·5 hours ago----
Sammy AbdullahTerms to watch in an LOISomeone wants to buy your business? Awesome. Before you spend a bunch of time with the acquirer, below are the details you’ll need to know…3 min read·5 days ago----
Sammy AbdullahOur quarterly conversation with a SaaS sales consultantBridge Group is a B2B SaaS sales consultancy, and we chat with them quarterly about the sales environment. Below is our latest…12 min read·6 days ago----
Sammy AbdullahLearnings from Twitter (before Elon)Recently I re-read Nick Bolton’s book “Hatching Twitter.” It is the story of Twitter and it is fantastic. Below I paraphrased some of my…14 min read·May 21, 2024----
Sammy AbdullahQ1 Private SaaS M&A TrendsSoftware Equity Group is an investment bank that puts out research on SaaS markets. They recently released their Q1 report. A summary is…2 min read·May 16, 2024----
Sammy AbdullahWhere SaaS CEOs should and shouldn’t spend timeWe’ve invested in 30 companies since our founding and we’ve seen some CEO’s use their time much better than others. In our view, below are…4 min read·May 15, 2024--3--3
Sammy Abdullah2 in 3 SaaS founders are CEO at exitWhen you finally exit or IPO, will you be the CEO or will someone else be running the company? We dug into the last 123 SaaS IPO’s and…2 min read·May 13, 2024----
Sammy AbdullahStrategic investors can be problematicOften we hear founders get excited about strategic investors — corporations making venture investments. Founders think the strategic…3 min read·May 10, 2024--2--2
Sammy AbdullahNegotiating with VC, part 2Below is a continuation of a recent blog post about a book called Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss. Chris was one of the premiere…5 min read·May 8, 2024--2--2
Sammy AbdullahNegotiating with VCI just re-read a book called Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss. Chris was one of the premiere FBI Hostage Negotiators in the world…7 min read·May 6, 2024--1--1