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Lock 8 Partners Raise $182 Million for Fund III in Oversubscribed Fundraising

Lock 8 Partners Raise $182 Million for Fund III in Oversubscribed Fundraising.
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Strategic Reading for Strategic Leaders: Tailored Book Recommendations for New SaaS CEOs

I’ve posted a few times about tools for SaaS CEOs (including here, here, and here). A related question people ask is what books new CEOs…
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8 of the biggest mistakes first-time CEOs make

We recently spent a full day onboarding a new, first-time CEO for a recently acquired B2B SaaS business within our portfolio. After a grueling 7+…
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A (Dirty) Little Secret About Reference Checks Part 2

In part one of this series I discussed why reference checks rarely help small-scale SaaS businesses with high-stakes executive hiring but rather how they are…
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A (Dirty) Little Secret About Reference Checks Part 1

High-performing Leadership Teams may be the most critical element of successful B2B SaaS businesses. And in my experience, the alchemy that creates transformational team performance…
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More for New CEOs (2 of 2)

Previously, Part I of this post introduced an artifact that Lock 8 Partners uses to support the learning & development of portfolio CEOs. We refer…
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More Tools for New CEOs (1 of 2)

This blog has focused extensively in the past on the topic of first-time CEOs within small-scall SaaS business. This post made the case for hiring…
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Budgets Again // aka: Personas — Not Just for Marketing Anymore

Within our portfolio’s cohort of SaaS CEOs, budgeting consistently ranks among the most challenging aspects of their jobs. This led to a recent post on…
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