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SaaS Funding in 2025

In 2025, SaaS founders face new funding dynamics, emphasizing capital efficiency and AI integration. How will you adapt your strategy to meet evolving investor expectations?...

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How to Create a Startup Pitch Deck ...

When I was starting my company ToutApp, I had no network, no “brand” behind me, and I wasn’t...

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Strategic Planning for Startups (Th...

As startup founders, we tend to keep this complex multi-variate equation in our head of how our startup...

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How to Compete

I never considered myself to be a competitive person. As I’ve built out ToutApp over the past 5 years, not...

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Reflections on Being CEO of a SaaS ...

In this blog post, I’ll be reflecting on my journey as the Founder & CEO running company ToutApp over ...

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Operational Ruthlessness, the key t...

Since 2010, I’ve been religiously blogging about the ToutApp journey, but about 24 months ago I had to go...

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It takes 3 Years to Make Your Start...

The end of 2013 marks roughly the three-year mark for my company. As I reflect on where we...

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This is Great. But I’m Not Co...

Almost every other day in Hacker News, I find the announcement about an awesome new web-app that potentially...

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What I Learned About Sales & M...

It was the Fall of 2006. I was a Senior at RPI and somehow I ended up being...

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Rule #1: Start With Showing Up

Say you want to start your own company. Or perhaps make a career change. Maybe you want to...

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