7 SaaS Sales Techniques I Used to Help Grow Gong from $200k to $200M in ARR
Gong ARR at Chris's Arrival (at time of joining Gong)
Under $200,000
Gong ARR at Chris's Departure (at time of leaving Gong)
Over $200,000,000
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The 25 problems you don’t need to solve
Derek SteerMode Analytics Founder and Former CEO
Revenue (at CEO exit)
Mid-8-figure
Team Size (2023)
250
Total Funding Raised
$79,850,000
Year Founded
2013
Interviewed published
Top 3 Considerations When Growing Your Business from Single Product to Multi-Product
Net Dollar Retention (2023)
110%
Products (2023)
7
Use Cases Served (2023)
30
Customer Base Growth Share (2021)
2/3 of total growth
Interviewed published
Startup to $100Mn Proficorn: Building an enduring, bootstrapped, profitable and valuable SaaS business
Revenue (2023)
$100M
Revenue from India and Emerging Markets (2023)
$90M
Interviewed published
Product vs. Engineering: The surprising way to create alignment in 2023
Nikita GuptaSymba Co-Founder and CTO
Total Employees (2023)
20
Engineers (Offshore, India) (2023)
10
Interviewed published
108 ways of getting to a million dollars in ARR
Rajan Maruthavananupekkha Co-Founder, Upekkha
Portfolio Startups (2023)
108
Cohorts Completed (2023)
11
Cohort 1 Success Rate
8 out of 10 crossed $1M ARR
Social Pilot ARR (2022)
$6M ARR
Interviewed published
Rare! A YC company that profits $300k/mo, $25m revenue
Revenue (2022)
$12M
Total Customers (2023)
6,000
Monthly Profit (March 2023)
$300K
Team Size (2023)
300
Interviewed published
The Sales & Marketing Tech Stack to Scale Successfully from $1 - $100M+ ARR
Phil RaderSaaScend Sr. Account Executive, SaaScend
Interviewed published
Lessons From $1bn in Exits: Behind The Scenes of the ThriveCart Exit
Total Transactions Completed
Over $1,000,000,000
Founders Represented
Over 1,200
ThriveCart Deal Size (2022)
$35,000,000
Year Founded
2010
Interviewed published
The 5 levels of great customer analytics experience
Karel CallensCumul.io Founder and CEO
G2 Companies Researched (2023)
250
Negative Analytics Reviews (G2 Sample) (2023)
89%
Interviewed published
Emotion is a superpower: how I leveraged mine to drive $5m in revenue
Annual Revenue (2023)
$5M
ARR (2023)
$4M
Lifetime Revenue (2023)
$20M
Venture Debt Raised (2023)
$400K
Interviewed published
How we pivoted our customer experience map to hit 80% Gross Margin
ARR (Q1 2023)
$1M
Customers (2023)
50
Avg Contract Value (2023)
$23,000 per year
Team Size (March 2023)
12
Interviewed published
ECommerce SaaS Hits $1.5m after Co-Founder Replaced Herself
Software Customers (2023)
200
Software Price (2023)
$125 per month
Total Funding Raised
$19M
Full-Time Staff (2023)
18
Interviewed published
Candidate Review Platform Convinced First 5 Customers to Pay $250 Each
Revenue (2023)
$3K
Paying Customers (2023)
5
Pricing (2023)
$600 per annual subscription
Total Reviews Collected (2023)
950
Interviewed published
How We Built a Culture To Drive Efficiency, $8m ARR, and $150k in ARR per Employee
Interviewed published
Doing more with less: Increasing productivity for finance teams
Anna KingMesh Payments CFO
Total Funding Raised
$13,000,000
Typical Month-End Close Duration (2023)
10 to 20 days
Interviewed published
20,000 AI Lip Sync Vids Created, Now Raising $2m on $10m Valuation
Revenue (consumer app) (2023)
€1,000/mo
AI Lip Sync Videos Created (since May 14, 2023)
20,000+
Videos Created Per Day (June 2023)
1,000
Website Visits (last 4 weeks as of June 2023)
100,000
Interviewed published
Why Tiktok is the Best Marketing Channel for Bootstrapped Startups in 2023
TikTok Deal Closed (2023)
$3,000
TikTok Followers (Early 2023 (approx. 50 days in))
6,000
Interviewed published
5 Ways to Grow Revenue in 2023 - Lessons from Analyzing 3M+ Deals
Win Rate Lift (Good to Great Engagement) (2023)
3x
Deal Speed Improvement (2023)
170% faster to close
Active Relationships in CRM (typical company) (2023)
Less than 50%
Onboarding Data Resolution (2023)
7 days
Interviewed published
Partnerships helped us scale to $10m+. Here's what we learned.
Michał SuskiSurfer Head of Innovation & Co-founder
Partnership Revenue (2022)
$3.5M
Share of Total Revenue from Partnerships (2022)
Over 30%
Affiliate Partners (2022)
3,000
Integrations Completed (2022)
20
Interviewed published
12 Founders disciplines that helped to bootstrap to $10m+ ARR
ARR (2020 to 2021)
$10M
Team Size (March 2023)
250+
Year Founded
2011
London Office Headcount (March 2023)
10
Interviewed published
Document Automation AI SaaS Hits $50k MRR in 12 months
Austin AmbroziDoxci Co-Founder and COO
MRR (April 2023)
About $50K
Seed Funding Raised (2022)
$120K
Team Size (2023)
11 full-time
Customers (2023)
Fewer than 10
Interviewed published
How Investors Bought 50% of Data.World with 2.1m free users, accounts at 31k paid seats
Total Funding Raised (2023)
$132M
Series C Round (2022)
$50M
Team Size (2023)
150
Engineers (2023)
50
Interviewed published
AI tool hits $2.4m ARR Helping Walmart Generate Thousands of Images
Monthly Revenue (2023)
$200K+
Monthly Revenue (2022)
About $100K
Gross Margin (2023)
55% to 60%
Team Size (2023)
6 full-time
Interviewed published
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