


SaaS Couples Counseling for Sales & Marketing with Greenhouse’s CMO and VP Enterprise
Theoretically, the relationship between sales and marketing should be easy –– after all, these teams are responsible for pulling in more business and increasing revenue. However, it is often the case that relationships are complicated between these teams, and sometimes they can even butt heads.
Unfortunately, this type of tension is all too common and plagues many companies. But there is hope. Greenhouse CMO, Carin Van Vuuren, and VP of Enterprise Revenue, Ankur Passi, share their approach to bridging the communication gap to bring the traditional frenemies together.

My App Stack: Jessica Gilmartin, Chief Marketing Officer of Calendly
“My App Stack” is a new series where we dig in with top CMOs, CROs, CTOs and CEOs on just what apps they’re really using to run their business. I always learn a lot from these — they are in essence a best practices list from each leader. Last week we had a great one...
My App Stack: Sarah Scharf, VP of Marketing of Vanta
“My App Stack” is a new series where we dig in with top CMOs, CROs, CTOs and CEOs on just what apps they’re really using to run their business. I always learn a lot from these — they are in essence a best practices list from each leader. This week we have Sarah...
My App Stack: Shrav Mehta, Founder and CEO of Secureframe
“My App Stack” is a new series where we dig in with top CMOs, CROs, CTOs and CEOs on just what apps they’re really using to run their business. I always learn a lot from these — they are in essence a best practices list from each leader. Last week we had a great one...
The Top 5 Questions Every CEO Wrestles With – Lessons From Dave Kellogg (Video + Transcript)
We’re almost there!! 2023 SaaStrAnnual.com!! And while 85% of our speakers are new, we’ve also brought back some of our all-time favorites — with brand new content. That includes Dave Kellog, the former CEO of Host Analytics and prolific blogger. ...
My App Stack: Luca Penati, CMO & CCO of BEE
“My App Stack” is a new series where we dig in with top CMOs, CROs, CTOs and CEOs on just what apps they’re really using to run their business. I always learn a lot from these — they are in essence a best practices list from each leader. Last week we had a great one...
A Look Back: Datadog’s CMO Alex Rosemblat on Building Marketing Channels Slowly to Achieve Massive Scale (Pod and Video)
Datadog CMO Alex Rosemblat shares his hard-won secret after eight years of leading his company’s marketing: Slow and steady wins the marketing channel race. Read on to learn Rosemblat’s pacing and methodology for achieving your most critical marketing goals, one channel at a time.

11 Tips to Get the Best ROI on Your Event Sponsorships
With SaaStr Annual 2023 now just a week away, we’re getting a lot of questions from sponsors wanting to know how to get the best ROI from their sponsorship package. So we reached out to a few of our returning sponsors who absolutely crushed it at the 2015-2022 Annuals...
The One About the VP of Sales That Didn’t Want to Work with The VP of Marketing
So there’s a situation I see happening with many (not most, but many) SaaS companies as they build out the first management team: They hire a VP of Sales that doesn’t think much of the VP of Marketing. And doesn’t work with them. So they bypass...
My App Stack: Syndey Sloan, CMO of Drata
“My App Stack” is a new series where we dig in with top CMOs, CROs, CTOs and CEOs on just what apps they’re really using to run their business. I always learn a lot from these — they are in essence a best practices list from each leader. Last week we had a great one...
How to Get Me To Do Your Podcast — And Probably Other Busy People, Too
So I get a lot of podcast requests, and I think podcasts are great. They are an incredible way to communicate with your customers and prospects. Even if the absolute number of listeners and viewers is low, the quality is often high. Yet, folks tend to do the ask...
Stop Promoting Your Startup. Start Promoting Real Value in Your Industry.
So two discussions this week were reminders to me of how much marketing has changed in the early and “pre-brand” stages: Two very successful founders ($1B+ exits) with new startups pushed me really hard to promote their new startup you’ve never heard of our our...
Dear SaaStr: What Are The Characteristics of a Good SaaS Product?
Dear SaaStr: What Are The Characteristics of a Good SaaS Product? A good SaaS product is one that after 18–24 months at least, propagates enough of its own leads to create a self-sustaining business. The customers are happy enough, the problem solved is important...
Scalable, Low CAC Growth Tactics with Hypergrowth Partners Co-Founder Guillaume Cabane
Are you trying to unlock sustainable low customer acquisition costs (CAC) growth for your SaaS company?
Then you need to hear what Guillaume Cabane, Co-Founder and President of HyperGrowth Partners, has to say on the subject.
In this exclusive video, Guillaume shares the formula he used at Ramp, Gorgias, and Drift to reach explosive saas growth – showing you the secrets of smart scaling.
Don’t miss out – watch this must-see video now for groundbreaking advice on generating fast CAC growth success!