We’re so close now to the 2024 SaaStr Annual!! The 10th Annual!! Sep 10-12 in SF Bay Area, once again across our 40+ acre indoor-outdoor campus at the San Mateo County Events Center.
With so much change in SaaS, Cloud, and AI the past few years, it’s albeit become much harder to predict so many things — including how events will go. But the good news is attendance for this year’s Annual is already running at 105% of last year!
And one our top requests for 2024 was to add additional ways to network at this year’s Annual. We get it :)!
It’s a huge campus and 3 days and you want to make the most of your time at this event making new connections. So To help facilitate additional networking, conversations, and community, we’ve added not one, but FOUR brand new micro-events within the event to SaaStr annual this year, PLUS new features to Braindates, The Big Party and Meet a VC.
If you’re a current ticket holder, and you meet one of the criteria to attend these events within the event, we encourage you to apply. (if accepted, you’ll receive a dedicated calendar invite with the full details of how to access these ‘closed-door’ events within SaaStr Annual.
And if you haven’t gotten your ticket yet, but one of these entices you to attend – GRAB YOUR LAST CHANCE TICKETS HERE BEFORE THEY’RE GONE.
CRO + CEO Poker Night
Last year we hosted the inaugural SaaStr Casino Royale at Annual, and it was such a hit that we’re bringing it back this year – with an added twist from the house.This time, we’re also hosting a CRO + CEO exclusive poker night on Wednesday, Sept 11! Join the party with 100 of the best CROs and 100 of the top CEOs in the ‘biz right at SaaStr Annual.
Chief Customer Officer Summit at SaaStr Annual
This special collaboration between the SF Customer Success Meetup and SaaStr Annual. The Chief Customer Officer Meetup at SaaStr Annual will feature a day of invite-only content and networking for leaders and executives in Customer Success on Thursday, Sept 12th. There are already over 200+ signed up so applications for this one are closing shortly.
Plus, three of the closing sessions will be open to the broader audience of Annual this year:
Customer Success in Different Business Models with Slack, Mulesoft, and OpenAI: In this session, these three CS leaders will discuss how customer success strategies differ across various business models. They explore the unique challenges and opportunities presented by different approaches, from subscription-based models to enterprise solutions. The conversation highlights the importance of tailoring customer success efforts to align with specific business goals and customer needs. Learn a few best practices for driving success and customer satisfaction across diverse business environments.
Customer Success Proactively Sells: The Best Defense is a Great Offense with Notion’s CRO and GitHub’s VP CS. In this session, Notion’s CRO, Erica Anderson, and GitHub’s VP of Customer Success, Abbas Haider Ali, discuss how customer success teams can take a proactive approach to drive sales. They’ll explore strategies for using customer success not just as a support function but as a powerful engine for revenue growth. The conversation will emphasize the importance of being on the offensive and aligning customer success with sales objectives to unlock new opportunities. Learn how to enhance both customer retention and business expansion by leveraging sutomer success.
AMA for All Things CS: Get Your Burning Questions Answered from Top CS Leaders!
The CFO Summit at SaaStr Annual
Join us for the official Chief Finance Officer (CFO) Summit at SaaStr Annual. The CFO Summit at SaaStr Annual will feature an afternoon of invite-only content and networking for leaders and executives in Finance only on Wednesday, September 11.
Agenda for CFO Summit x SaaStr
12:00 – 1:00 pm: Kick-off with Networking lunch with CFOs
1:00 – 1:45 pm: Road to Profitability by Alka Tandan, CFO of Gainsight
There is a tension between Growth and Profitability for public and private CFOs. How does the CFO manage this balance across investors, peer executives, and the team? Alka Tandan, CFO of Gainsight, will share a framework for how to move forward with this.
1:45 – 2:30 pm: How CFOs build and measure GTM Value Creation Plans
Building on the previous session, Christoper Fountain, Lead Operating Partner at Frontier Growth, shares a model for how top investors support their CFOs on planning, investing, and tracking the GTM initiatives that drive value creation
2:30 – 3:15: How to build the Benchmarks of Success, and the Tech Stack to create them
Ben Murray, The SaaS CFO, and Ray Rike, founder of Benchmarkit.ai, will discuss how to build the tech stack to track and forecast a predictable model, and how to benchmark it, against industry data
3:15 – 3:30 – Concluding remarks and top take-aways
SaaStr Annual CMO Brunch
There are a limited number of spots and tickets for the leading CMOs to attend.The Chief Marketing Officer Brunch at SaaStr Annual will feature a morning of invite-only content and networking for leaders and executives in Marketing only.
