Ep. 367: Hilary Headlee is Head of Global Sales Operations and Enablement @ Zoom. Prior to joining Zoom, Hilary was VP of Global Sales Operations and Productivity @ MindBody and before that enjoyed similar roles with Alteryx, Invoca and Lynda.com. At Lynda.com, Hilary...
We’re off to the races for registration for 2020 SaaStr Annual at Home on Sep 2-3. 1000s of folks haven’t chosen their sessions yet. And also note a handful of super-popular sessions like the COO of Github and SVP Product at Zendesk have just kicked off...
OK, Session Reg is FINALLY live for real for 2020 SaaStr Annual at home next week!! While VIP networking and more is reserved for VIP ticketholder, a ton of amazing sessions are FREE and open to Keynote pass holders! Including: CEO Y Combinator CEO Mailchimp CEO...
Q: Will SaaS prices drop due to competition from developing countries? What prevents them from charging 5x or even 10x less? ( I ask as a potential startup founder ) It’s an interesting question. I can’t think of too many examples at scale, but for a long time, Zoho...
Satya Patel | Partner @ Homebrew That technology, as it’s getting cheaper, more flexible, more accessible is democratizing access and doing so most profoundly in industries and functions and for constituencies that haven’t been able to...
Q: As forward stock splits create further dilution, why would a company want to split? Forward splits (e.g., everyone gets 2 shares for each 1 share they have now) do not create dilution (nor do reverse splits). Shareholders (and optionholders) receive more shares...
Ok, time to have some fun in the run-up to 2020 SaaStrAnnual.com Sep 2-3!! We’ve set aside 500 SaaStr T-Shirts, Socks, and Water Bottles for the SaaStr Scavenger Hunt!! It only takes about 100 seconds to sign up to start!! Sign up now here and get scavenging! ...
Q: What is more important, getting new customers or customer retention? It’s a trick question, of course — the crazy high net negative churn of top SaaS companies means that of course retention matters more than new customers. If you have 140% net revenue retention...
SF, SF, SF, San Mateo https://t.co/gINrQt9sif — Sundeep Peechu (@speechu) November 19, 2020 So we are how many months into this? I’m not even sure anymore. And of the CEOs I’ve invested in who aren’t originally in the Bay Area, I’d say...
Ep. 365: The Office of the Future, How Everything’s Changed and What 2021 Will be Like with Justin Bedecarre, CEO @ HelloOffice and Jen Nguyen, Founding Partner @ TEAMWERC Centralized HQs with all the perks and amenities “under one roof” have traditionally been...
Q: “How long will it take VC to reply to emails? Once a VC finds a deal they really want — they move fast. They hunt, and close, just a few deals they really want each year. Each individual VC partner typically only does 1-3 deals a year. So when they find...
The time has arrived. Following much anticipation, we just released the full speaker lineup and agenda for SaaStr Annual at Home, taking place very soon on Sept 2-3. I’m super proud of the team for putting together this gathering for 50,000 community members...
Ep. 343: Kyle Parrish is the Head of Sales @ Figma, the company that helps teams create, test and ship better designs from start to finish. To date the company has raised over $132M in financing from some of the best in the business including Sequoia, a16z, Index,...
When LinkedIn added a feed a few years back, it looked like a copycat of Facebook. And perhaps it was, just one full of a ton of B2B product commercials (at least for me). Fast forward to today, though, and LinkedIn is about to pass Twitter as our #1 source of...
Portag3 Ventures Partner Chris O’Neill discusses leadership and teamwork lessons he’s picked up in his career through a hobby and a metaphor of sailing. Chris O’Neill | Partner @ Portag3 Ventures I’m thrilled to be with you here today,...