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Planning Your 2027 Event Calendar? Our Top 9 Sponsors Averaged 957 Leads at SaaStr AI Annual. And Next Year Will Be Even Bigger
Oct 14, 2026
Most B2B + AI companies are locking their 2027 event budgets between now and January. Most will spread that budget across too many events, picked from lists built on organizer press releases. By Q3, half of those booths will have produced nothing anyone can trace to...
The #1 Sign Your New CRO, CMO, CCO, CTO Will Fail: They Aren’t Doing It Themselves
Oct 13, 2026
https://twitter.com/jasonlk/status/2107209712827875762?s=20 It can make a ton of sense to take risk when it comes time to hire your VPs and C-level execs. Risk they don't have industry experience. Risk they only have experience at one stage earlier. Risk on a...
Private Equity Fundraising Is Down for the Fourth Year in a Row. Selling Your B2B Company to PE Got Harder Again in 2026
Oct 13, 2026
Venture is on fire right now. AI rounds are closing at speeds and sizes we haven't seen before, and the VC asset class has held up better than most people expected a year ago. Private equity is in a very different spot. PitchBook data in the WSJ shows U.S. PE...
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Planning Your 2027 Event Calendar? Our Top 9 Sponsors Averaged 957 Leads at SaaStr AI Annual. And Next Year Will Be Even Bigger
By Jason Lemkin | October 14, 2026
Most B2B + AI companies are locking their 2027 event budgets between now and January. Most will spread that budget across too many events, picked from lists built on organizer press releases. By Q3, half of those booths will have produced nothing anyone can trace to revenue. We run SaaStr AI Annual, so discount this…
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The #1 Sign Your New CRO, CMO, CCO, CTO Will Fail: They Aren’t Doing It Themselves
By Jason Lemkin | October 13, 2026
Every time I see a CRO that doesn't sell themselves, they fail. Every time I see a CTO that doesn't code themselves, they fail. Every time I see a CMO that doesn't market themselves, they fail. Every time I see a CCO that isn't constantly meeting with customers themselves,… — Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) October…
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Private Equity Fundraising Is Down for the Fourth Year in a Row. Selling Your B2B Company to PE Got Harder Again in 2026
By Jason Lemkin | October 13, 2026
Venture is on fire right now. AI rounds are closing at speeds and sizes we haven’t seen before, and the VC asset class has held up better than most people expected a year ago. Private equity is in a very different spot. PitchBook data in the WSJ shows U.S. PE fundraising down again in 2026….
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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...


