Great anecdotal feedback from Sean Fanning. Happy to see M&A conversations ongoing. Consolidation is critical in SaaS at this juncture. Too many vendors exist as customers willing to buy best in breed. Meanwhile, legacy vendors who need to modernize are too conservative in M&A

Amazon's Kristin Graham On How to Build, Maintain and Scale a Strong Culture | OpenView openviewpartners.com/blog/build-mai… via @openviewventure

On this episode of the OpenView BUILD #SaaS podcast Chris Miller (Director of Product Growth @Hubspot) explains how Hubspot uses advanced segmentation to serve a large and heterogeneous pool of prospects. Listen and learn more here 👉 bit.ly/OVBUILD

OpenView Venture Partners raises $450M for sixth fund, its largest to date tcrn.ch/2SUJjrS via @techcrunch

While this new fund will allow us to invest in new opportunities, it won’t take away our focus on expansion stage business software and more importantly improving the lives of working people. Learn more about our vision here 👇 openview.vc/3kcACFn #VC #SaaS #venturecapital

Calendly Announces Integration With Microsoft Teams, Makes All Video Conferencing Free For Users prn.to/2T93HFy

Datadog’s CEO: Software will only get more complex protocol.com/datadog-ceo-in… great article Olivier Pomel!

The 4th annual Expansion #SaaS Benchmarks survey results are in 🎉 This year we revisited topics such as: 🙂 Founder attitudes 📈 The adoption of #productledgrowth 👩🏾‍ Progress on executive diversity ☕️ How founders really feel about their VCs 👇👇👇 saasbenchmarks.com

OpenView SaaS Benchmarks: How does your business stack up against 1,200 others? producthunt.com/posts/openview… via Eithiriel DeMeré 🏴🥀🏳️‍🌈

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Congrats Tope Awotona and the entire Calendly team for your {truly} amazing success to date, and on the new round we at OpenView are honored to lead. The best is yet to come! 🎉 🎉 check out more on the big news here: bit.ly/2YoLFSu

🚀TechCrunch Early Stage is tomorrow! OpenView's Blake Bartlett and Calendly's Tope Awotona will be sharing pro tips on bootstrapping, product led growth, and when a profitable company should consider raising capital. Reserve your spot now 👉 openview.vc/3m6iZIS

"Mom, the other day at school we were googling our parents, and I told my friends to google "Devon McDonald product led growth" and they found you." -Grace, 8

OpenView is excited to be a part of Encamp journey as they simplify #EnvironmentalCompliance along with High Alpha, Allos Ventures, and UI Ventures!

🔎Are you a product-led imposter? Find out in OpenView’s 2021 Product Benchmarks Report with Product Collective and pendo.io. We surveyed 250+ companies and uncovered trends in product-led adoptions, growth teams, and more.👇 productbenchmarks.com

💖 This August, our portfolio company, Deputy (@deputyashik), is delivering 100,000 meals to vulnerable workers impacted by food insecurity in Australia. For more info and to donate: gofundme.com/f/giftashift #Giftashift

🚀Had the best time sharing the stage at SaaStr.ai with Contentful, Calendly, and Algolia! Now on to the happy hour. Stop by Pinstripes if you are in the area.

🎙️👂 On this episode of BUILD, @Gitlab's Hila Qu and @OpenViewventure's Blake Bartlett chat about the most underrated growth lever in B2B and B2C contexts. 🎧👇 podcast.openviewpartners.com #advice #growth #productledgrowth

A 5-point back-to-basics guide to networking in a hybrid world -- awesome new piece from Casey Linn Renner in Fast Company fastcompany.com/90697519/a-5-p…

🎙️👂 The key to customer centricity is empathy. But where does empathy come from? And how can your company develop this knowledge? Productboard CEO, Hubert Palan, shares on OpenView’s BUILD. 🎧👇 podcast.openviewpartners.com