by Deborah Findling | Jul 15, 2019 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, SaaStr Events |
We’re back in San Jose! Well, not QUITE yet but if you’re already planning your trip to SaaStr Annual 2020, here is our initial speaker lineup. Keep checking this space as we’re adding new speakers every week. After the jump, a little bit more...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 5, 2019 | Featured Posts |
So we’re into 2H’19 (where did the time go?), and hopefully 1H was a good one for you! We now produce so much content on SaaStr, we thought we’d share the Top 20 Posts of 2019, so far. The stuff that resonated with our community the most. #1. The Ultimate Guide to...
by Jason Lemkin | Mar 28, 2019 | Blog Posts, Early, Featured Posts, SaaStr Events |
We’re not that far off from the second-ever SaaStr Europa, again back in Paris, on 12-13 June. Just bigger and better! More new friends! More Unicorns! More amazing sessions! More mentors! And as part of Europa, we’re bringing the Meet-a-VC program...
by Jason Lemkin | Mar 27, 2019 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, Marketing |
If you sell to B2B companies in particular and want leads — we got ’em. SaaStrEuropa is coming up FAST on 12-13 June. We’ll have 2,500 founders and execs right in the Left Bank of Paris. SaaStrAnnual is in March of 2020 at San Jose Convetion Center...
by Jason Lemkin | Jan 3, 2019 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, SaaStr Events |
The Monday night before SaaStr Annual we’ll have a fun VIP+Friends party at the San Jose Museum of Art on Feb 4. We’ve set aside up to 50 tickets to the VIP Party on Feb 4 for folks that take a fun selfie in front of our new billboard on 101S. Find it (not...
by Jason Lemkin | Jan 1, 2019 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, SaaStr Events |
We’re finally doing true, gated session reg for our 200+ sessions at the 2019 SaaStr Annual on Feb 5-6-7. No more overcrowded sessions. No more camping out in the hallways. NO MORE COMPLAINTS! 🙂 The sessions will be simply incredible this year, with CEOs and...
by Jason Lemkin | Dec 2, 2018 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts |
We are incredibly excited to have Danai Gurira join us for a special, extended keynote discussion at the 2019 SaaStr Annual in February. She will help us lead one of many sessions at the Annual on what we really can do, to do better, on Inclusion. What’s...
by Jason Lemkin | Aug 2, 2018 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, SaaStr Events |
Ok we’re really gearing up for the 2019 SaaStr Annual this year. It will be, by far, the biggest ever — but without some of the massive, packed-ness we had in the past. We’re moving to the San Jose Convention Center and the adjacent buildings for...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 29, 2018 | Blog Posts, Early, Featured Posts |
We’re half-way through Summer (sad, I know) and I thought it might be fun to look at what the Top 25 posts on SaaStr.com were so far this year. You may have missed several, or even most, and it’s also just interesting to me to see what truly engages...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 2, 2018 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, SaaStr Events |
With our first SaaStr Europa behind us (and over 1,500+ registrants for our first big event in Europe — wow!), it’s time to get going on the 2019 SaaStr Annual! We’ll be back again, bigger and better than ever, with 12,500+ attendees, in a 3+ day...
by Jason Lemkin | Jul 1, 2018 | Early, Featured Posts |
Two of the great SaaS start-ups working out of the 18,000+ square foot SaaStr CoSelling Space in SF have recently graduated, so we have room for 2 more full-time teams, as well as a handful more of half-time teams (e.g., if you are HQ’d in Europa but here a...
by Jason Lemkin | Jun 22, 2018 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts |
We recently gave the SaaStr.com website a rethink, and as part of it, I took a stab at cataloging the Top 100+ of the 3,000+ pieces of content on the site. Much you may have read before, but as a group, these are some of our most popular and beloved pieces. Let us...
by Jason Lemkin | Dec 29, 2017 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, Fundraising, Marketing, Metrics |
In some ways, the “local maximum” for SaaS companies was 2015. Valuations as a multiple of revenues, both for public companies and startups, peaked back then. But revenues didn’t peak. SaaS recurring revenues have just grown from there. Even if...
by Jason Lemkin | Feb 26, 2013 | Blog Posts, Featured Posts, Hiring, Human Resources |
Ready to hire your first VP Sales? But haven’t done it before? Let me give you a partial interview script that may help a bit. You’ll have to vary it for different types of SaaS businesses — a bit. But it will basically work for all SaaS companies...