Tuesday, December 05, 2017

We’re looking for an Associate

›
I’m very excited to announce that we’re looking for a new Associate. In all modesty, I think that for a young, smart person who’s passiona...
Friday, December 01, 2017

How public SaaS companies report churn, and what you can learn from them

›
While doing some research for another post I just stumbled on this excellent overview from Pacific Crest on the churn rates of publicly l...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Getting feedback from your Board

›
After a Clio Board Meeting last week I received the following email from Jack Newton, the company's amazing co-founder & CEO. Hi ...
Saturday, November 18, 2017

Unsure how much you should pay yourself? Check out this Founder Salary Calculator.

›
[July 21, 2023] There’s a newer version of this post , including an updated calculator . Founder salaries are not a topic I’ve had to spend ...
Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Knowing when to scale (and how to prove that you can do it)

›
When you’re talking to investors about a Series B, Series C or later round, one of the questions that will inevitably come up is “What are y...
Friday, August 25, 2017

A sneak peek into Point Nine's investment thesis

›
Over the last couple of weeks and months we spent some time putting our investment thesis on paper. The purpose of this exercise was to ch...
Wednesday, July 05, 2017

WTF is PMF? (part 2 of 2)

›
In the first part of this post , I looked at what some of the most knowledgeable people in the industry said about Product/Market Fit (PMF) ...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

WTF is PMF? (part 1 of 2)

›
I’ve been fascinated by the concept of Product/Market Fit for quite some time. The reason why it’s such an interesting and important concept...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

The growing dissonance between two business models (SaaS and VC)

›
In our weekly investment team call earlier this week we decided to pass on two early-stage SaaS startups that were both on track to grow f...
Friday, May 05, 2017

Revisiting Point Nine’s tech stack. Plus: 7 little hacks that help me keep (some of my) sanity

›
[This post first appeared on Point Nine Land, our Medium channel .] A few years ago I wrote about some of the tools that we’re using to ru...
Sunday, April 02, 2017

Why startups should hire an HR person sooner rather than later

›
At the excellent SaaStr Annual 2016 conference about a year ago, a very experienced SaaS CEO said on stage that an internal recruiter can b...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

5 ways, 100 million dollars, 100 free posters

›
I'm a big fan of placeit.net ;) If you're a reader of this blog, chances are that you've already come across my post about  ...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Impressions from the 5th annual PNC SaaS Founder Meetup (AKA PNC SaaS Camp)

›
We have a tradition here at Point Nine that once a year, we organize a meetup for the founders of our SaaS portfolio companies. The first m...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

SaaS Funding Napkin, the 2017 edition

›
Today is January 10, 2017. That means that in ten days, this jerk will become the leader of the free world. Ugh. It still feels surreal to ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

What we're looking for in SaaS in 2017

›
As the year is coming to an end I’d like to share a few thoughts on what we’ll be looking for in the SaaS world in 2017. This is not meant t...