5 Ways AI Has Already Changed SaaS Sales Forever with Perplexity’s CBO Dmitry Shevelenko and SaaStr CRO Confidential Host Sam Blond
Perplexity’s CBO Dmitry Shevelenko and host of the SaaStr CRO Confidential series (and former CRO at Brex), Sam Blond at SaaStr Annual share how AI has already fundamentally rewired how SaaS sales works.
Top 10 Unexpected Learnings from Scaling Wiz From $0 to The First $100M ARR with founding CRO Colin Jones and Sam Blond
“I thought I had 60 days to get the value proposition right. In the end, we had roughly 4.” – Colin Jones, CRO Emeritus at Wiz You may have seen the news that Google is making its biggest acquisition — by far — of Cloud and SaaS security...
CRO Confidential: How Windsurf Built A Billion-Dollar AI Company and a Winning Sales Machine with VP of Worldwide Sales, Graham Moreno
Join us on this episode of CRO Confidential as host Sam Blond dives into the remarkable journey of Codium’s VP of Worldwide Sales, Graham Moreno. Discover how Graham led Codium from a 30-employee startup to a unicorn with 150 employees in just one year.
From $1M to $3B ARR: Databricks CRO Ron Gabrisko on Scaling a Revenue Rocket Ship
In the latest episode of SaaStr’s CRO Confidential Series, our host Sam Blond sits down with Ron Gabrisko, CRO of Databricks, to unpack the journey from $1M in ARR to crossing $3B ARR at the end of January 2025. With Databricks now one of the largest pre-IPO technology companies, with $10 billion of expected non-dilutive financing and a valuation of $62 billion, Ron’s insights are gold for any revenue leader looking to scale.
Usage-Based Revenue Models: Successes and Pitfalls from Checkr COO Lindsey Scrase on CRO Confidential
In the latest episode of SaaStr CRO Confidential, host Sam Blond sat down with Lindsey Scrase, COO of Checkr to discuss growth tactics and pricing.
CRO Confidential: Clay CEO & Co-Founder Kareem Amin and Sam Blond on the Future of AI-Driven Growth
CRO Confidential podcast host Sam Blond chats with the CEO and co-founder of Clay, Kareem Amin on AI’s impact on Go-to-Market SaaS teams.
The Revenue Playbook: Rippling’s Top 3 Growth Tactics at Scale with Rippling CRO Matt Plank and Former CRO at Brex Sam Blond
Matt Plank, CRO at Rippling, and Sam Blond, former CRO at Brex, discuss Rippling’s key growth tactics that led their SaaS sales team to closing over $100M+ in revenue. Including: outbound sales, sales efficiencies in closing and customer retention.
CRO Confidential: How Wiz Went From $0 to The First $100M with Wiz ex-CRO Colin Jones (Pod 665 + Video)
Some are reporting Google may buy SaaS security leader Wiz for over $20 Billion — just a little over 4 years after founding! That would be a record. Whatever happens, Wiz’s growth is already a record to $100m, to $350m ARR … and beyond. It may...
CRO Confidential: How to Sell in a Hyper-Competitive Space with Apollo CRO Leandra Fishman
SaaStr’s CRO Confidential podcast host Sam Blond chats with the CRO of Apollo, Leandra Fishman, about Apollo’s success in a competitive market, emphasizing product differentiation, value-based selling, and the importance of customer relationships in driving sales success.
CRO Confidential: Bringing Product-Led and Sales-Led Growth Together For Go-To-Market Success with Giancarlo Lionetti, CRO of Zapier
In this latest episode of CRO Confidential, Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund and former CRO at Brex, sits down with the CRO of Zapier, Giancarlo Lionetti (GC), to chat about Product-Led Growth (PLG) and Go-To-Market (GTM). Everything from hiring on the GTM side to layering in a sales-led motion into PLG.
CRO Confidential: What It Really Takes to Be Successful in Enterprise SaaS Sales with Christian Smith, CRO of Splunk
In this week’s latest episode of CRO Confidential, Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund and former CRO at Brex, sits down with the CRO of Splunk, Christian Smith. Splunk is a 20-year-old Enterprise software giant that has accomplished many things — a 2012 IPO, a $28B+...
From Zero to Hero: How to Dominate Outbound SaaS Sales with Rippling and Founders Fund on CRO Confidential
In the latest episode of CRO Confidential, host Sam Blond, partner at Founders Fund and former CRO at Brex, sits down with Ashley Kelly, VP of Global Sales Development at Rippling. Together they share how they scaled an outbound sales team from $0 to $300 million and how you can replicate their success step-by-step.
CRO Confidential: The Proven Customer Acquisition Strategies Behind Toast’s Explosive Growth with Founders Fund Partner Sam Blond and CRO of Toast Jonathan Vassil
In this new episode of CRO Confidential, we take a look at the proven customer acquisition strategies behind Toast’s explosive growth to over $1.1B ARR. Hosted by Founders Fund Partner Sam Blond, this episode features CRO of Toast Jonathan Vassil, who walks us through Toast’s go-to-market and customer acquisition strategies.
CRO Confidential: How The Biggest Product-Led Enterprise Company In The World Did It With Atlassian CRO Cameron Deatsch (Pod 640 + Video)
How did the largest product-led growth enterprise company in the world find success? In this week’s episode of CRO Confidential, Cameron Deatsch, CRO of Atlassian, shares his wisdom with Founders Fund Partner Sam Blond. Atlassian is trading at over $40B with revenue...
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