Dear SaaStr: Can a SaaS Company Get to 50% Profit Margins?
Dear SaaStr: Can a SaaS Company Get to 50% Profit Margins? It’s possible, though it does require a very efficient model. The biggest, most mature software leaders aren’t quite there — but they are close. Adobe is currently at 45% non-GAAP operating margins: Microsoft,...
Databricks is Growing 60%+ at $2.4 Billion in ARR. And Accelerating.
So it’s a strange world out there in SaaS and Cloud. Many leaders in traditional B2B2B categories are struggling. Salesforce is predicting next year will be its first year with < 10% growth. Workday, MongoDB, UiPath and others leaders have seen substantial...
The Future of AI in Sales with Gong’s CEO and Co-Founder Amit Bendov
Gong’s CEO and Co-Founder Amit Bendov sat down with SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin at SaaStr Europa 2024 to talk about all things AI and the lessons learned while scaling to billions. Back in 2015, Google AI beat the world chess champion easily. AI was starting...
5 Interesting Learnings from Salesforce at $36 Billion in ARR
So this past quarter was a big one for Salesforce. For the first time ever, it projected next year, growth would fall to the single digits, to as low as 7%. The markets reacted strongly, driving down the stock as much as 20%. Salesforce is a more profitable, leaner...
The 3 Principles for Building a Multi-Product Roadmap with 1Password CPO Steve Won
1Password’s Chief Product Officer, Steve Won, walks through the 3 Key Principles for Building a Successful Multi-Product Roadmap.
How to Incorporate AI Into Your Demand Gen and Marketing with Guillaume Cabane
HyperGrowth Partners’ Co-Founder and GP Guillaume Cabane walks through how to incorporate AI into Demand Gen & Marketing and picking the right tools for you
Dear SaaStr: What is a “Good” Exit Strategy for a SaaS Company Raising a Seed Round?
Dear SaaStr: From An Investor’s Perspective, What is a “Good” Exit Strategy/Plan for a SaaS Company That’s Raising a Seed Round? Ok, people are going to tell you not to have a slide or discussion on an “exit strategy” and they are...
Salesforce: We Need 50% More Pipeline Than Before To Hit the Plan
So Salesforce had a rough quarter. While overall growth met Wall Street’s projections, their guidance for next year was down. For the first time ever, Salesforce projected only single digit growth for next year. I.e., less than 10%. Salesforce predicts annual...
How Your Sales Team Can Use PLG to Acquire and Expand New Customers Faster with Uday Chakravarth, Former Head of PLG at Atlassian
Atlassian’s Former Head of PLG, Uday Chakravarthi, walks through how your sales team can use PLG to acquire and expand next customers, faster.
5 Interesting Learnings from UiPath at $1.5 Billion in ARR
So UiPath was early to what we now think of as “AI”, but blazed the path in automation. Which is what a lot of SaaS and B2B AI is really about. Automating away human-driven processes. And its “Robotic Process Automation” did that to an...
5 Lessons Learned When Scaling Product-Led Growth and Sales Motions Beyond $100M with Cloudinary VP of Developer Experience Sanjay Sarathy
Cloudinary VP of Developer Experience Sanjay Sarathy shares 5 Lessons Learned When Scaling Product-Led Growth and Sales Motions Beyond $100M
How Much Does “Profitability” Matter in SaaS Today? Let’s Compare HubSpot, Veeva and DropBox. All Are At $2.5 Billion in ARR.
So the #2 topic in SaaS today is probably profitability and efficiency. #1 is AI. But profitability is a close second. And the message to founders is confusing. Yes, everyone has to be at least 2x as efficient as 2021, maybe more so. But … that’s not...
5 Interesting Learnings from Gartner at $6 Billion in Revenue
OK Gartner is NOT a SaaS or Cloud company. But — it’s one that is very important to many of us that sell into the enterprise. Its research and reports in enterprise software are critical. And … 92% of its revenue is from subscriptions. So while...
Snowflake CMO Denise Persson: Building Your Marketing Strategy to The First $100,000,000 in ARR
Denise Persson, the CMO of Snowflake, shares the five secrets to a winning marketing strategy to grow your company’s revenue and cement customer loyalty.
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