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Everyone Ends Up With a Sales Team. Even in the AI Era. The Team Just Scales Later Now. See, E.g., Replit, Gamma, Lovable, Anthropic, etc.
Aug 22, 2026
Amjad Masad, founder and CEO of Replit, posted the other day: "I thought I hated sales culture. By the end of this year, more than half my company will be salespeople." He goes on: for most of the last decade he was a typical tech guy. Build a good product, put it on...
A Simple 4 Part Test to Know If You’ve Hired the Right VP
Aug 22, 2026
https://twitter.com/jasonlk/status/1936070637371421134?s=61&t=ZWlHxY1IQMwjLHbJx9Z4OA Hiring your VPs as a founder is tough. Wait too long, and the business stalls out. Underhire, and you don't get an owner. Overhire, all the money is gone. And simply getting...
ServiceTitan Just Shut Off Podium’s Integration for ~1,000 Shared Customers. Why? Agents Turned a 9-Year Partner Into a Direct Competitor.
Aug 21, 2026
When a 9 year partnership … breaks down in the Agent Era. Podium co-founder and CEO Eric Rea posted last week that ServiceTitan gave roughly 1,000 shared customers about 30 days' notice that the Podium integration was being switched off, in the middle of peak HVAC...
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Everyone Ends Up With a Sales Team. Even in the AI Era. The Team Just Scales Later Now. See, E.g., Replit, Gamma, Lovable, Anthropic, etc.
By Jason Lemkin | August 22, 2026
Amjad Masad, founder and CEO of Replit, posted the other day: “I thought I hated sales culture. By the end of this year, more than half my company will be salespeople.” He goes on: for most of the last decade he was a typical tech guy. Build a good product, put it on the internet,…
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A Simple 4 Part Test to Know If You’ve Hired the Right VP
By Jason Lemkin | August 22, 2026
Did you hire a good enough VP? 4 part test: – who great did they hire in the first 60 days?– did their #1 key metric improve?– did they take part of the job off your plate?– does the team believe? If they don't pass the 4 part test, they aren't good enough — Jason…
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Blog Posts, Scale
ServiceTitan Just Shut Off Podium’s Integration for ~1,000 Shared Customers. Why? Agents Turned a 9-Year Partner Into a Direct Competitor.
By Jason Lemkin | August 21, 2026
When a 9 year partnership … breaks down in the Agent Era. Podium co-founder and CEO Eric Rea posted last week that ServiceTitan gave roughly 1,000 shared customers about 30 days’ notice that the Podium integration was being switched off, in the middle of peak HVAC season, after nine years as a partner. ServiceTitan says…
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Schmoozing Is Dead, Agents Are Hitting 120% of Humans, and Growth Is the Only Thing That Matters: 10 Things From the Closing Q&A at SaaStr AI Annual 2026
May 17, 2026
We just wrapped SaaStr AI Annual 2026, and the closing Q&A on Day 3 ended up being one of the most engaged of the whole gathering. No script, no prepared deck, just an hour-and-a-half of questions from the audience on the topics most on their mind....
Dear SaaStr: What Was the Toughest Rejection You Ever Had in Sales?
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Dear SaaStr: What Was the Toughest Rejection You Ever Had in Sales? The hardest rejection I’ve had in sales was around renewals. Especially ones I thought we really had earned. But still lost. In particular, in the early days of EchoSign / Adobe Sign, we had a...
Dear SaaStr: What Is the Playbook for a Successful Customer Success Team?
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Dear SaaStr: What Is the Playbook for a Successful Customer Success Team? A good playbook for customer success is all about driving retention, expansion, and customer happiness while making it scalable: Hire Truly Product-Savvy Customer Success Managers at First Focus...
AI at Scale: 8 Learnings from monday.com Co-Founder and Co-Ceo Eran Zinman
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monday.com Co-CEO and Co-Founder Eran Zinman recently sat down with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin to share his insights on their journey, including how they’ve leveraged AI, maintained growth, and expanded into multiple product lines.
The 2025 SaaS Vibe Check: What Founders Need to Know Right Now with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
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SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin did a vibe check into the state of SaaS, AI, venture funding, and the rollercoaster of building a business in 2025.
Dear SaaStr: Can an Entrepreneur Back Out of a Signed Term Sheet Without Damaging Their Reputation?
Dec 9, 2024
Dear SaaStr: Can an entrepreneur back out of a signed term sheet without damaging their reputation? In my experience — Yes, probably. As a founder, you can back out of a term sheet if something is off, or even if you just get another offer you prefer. There is a lot...


