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searcher University of Virginia-Darden - Darden School of Business Brigham Young University

RESOURCES TO LEARN ABOUT SAAS ACQUISITION

Hi everyone, I am interested in SaaS companies but that’s not my background and I honestly don’t know much about it. Can anyone recommend some books, articles, or other sources to get started?

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admin Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management Taylor University Stanford University - Graduate School of Business - 12/16/2020

^[redacted]‌ - There are 114 members in the SAAS Group on Searchfunder, although the group itself is not very active. It's a great directory of other Searchers with similar interests. Here is the direct link: www.searchfunder.com/group/view/3114

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investor University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School College of William and Mary - 12/16/2020

I was a SaaS searchfunder and now a SaaS owner and didn't know this existed. This is great!

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searcher Northern Alberta Institute of Technology - 12/16/2020

saas-capital.com has a whitepaper they publish every year on how to value SaaS companies

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searcher University of Virginia-Darden - Darden School of Business Brigham Young University - 12/16/2020

Thanks

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investor University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Miami University of Ohio - 12/16/2020

Serial entrepreneur with 3X exits in SaaS. I like SaaStr, forentrepreneurs.com as a couple places to get started.

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searcher University of Virginia-Darden - Darden School of Business Brigham Young University - 12/16/2020

Thank you

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searcher Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London - 12/16/2020

Check out https://www.thesaascfo.com which digs into the economics of what makes good SAAS companies.

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investor University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School Miami University of Ohio - 12/16/2020

I like SaaS CFO as well - good one.

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professional Harvard University - Harvard Business School Dartmouth College - 12/16/2020

+1 ^[redacted]‌'s resources and here's an exceptional interview with David Skok that is a great starting point: https://www.saastr.com/saastr-podcast-156-downloaded-saastr-2017-david-skok-general-partner-matrix-partners/.

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searcher University of Kansas - 12/16/2020

good stuff. thank you.

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searcher Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University - 12/16/2020

Yeah, I started following Mike Boyd of Vroom Vroom Vroom and Andrew Wilkinson of Tiny Capital. They both blog and do various podcast. Both in the SaaS space and share their learnings.

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searcher Columbia University - Columbia Business School London Business School Northwestern University - 12/16/2020

A broader list, but will provide some diversity of thought, and other launching points: https://twitter.com/ttunguz https://twitter.com/lennysan https://twitter.com/a16z https://twitter.com/awilkinson (already mentioned) https://twitter.com/tylertringas https://twitter.com/robwalling https://twitter.com/TheSaaSCFO (already mentioned)

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investor University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School College of William and Mary - 12/16/2020

I was a SaaS searcher and purchased a SaaS business. I really like Profitwell and their Recur blog.
https://www.profitwell.com/recur/all

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searcher The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business Davidson College - 12/17/2020

Also this site has good references: https://resources.microacquire.com

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searcher - 12/17/2020

sure, take a look at this website , https://www.thesaascfo.com/

if you want want to learn about valuation, SaaS metrics and overall financial stuff about the SaaS business

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searcher Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - 01/04/2021

Here is another good source of resources: https://saasmetrics.co/

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