U.S. Veterans Come to 2025 SaaStr Annual for Free as Our VIP Guests
As part of our Equality and Inclusion program, for 8+ years we’ve offered 100% no cost VIP tickets to U.S. veterans at SaaStr Annual. It’s a tiny way to say Thank You. -> Please just apply here. And please spread the word. We’ll see you at 2025...
If You Fall Off the Venture Track, At Least Stay on The PE Track
So a lot of scale-ups and startups have fallen off the venture track. They aren’t growing at venture-scale rates anymore. Triple Triple Double Double is now firmly in the rear-view mirror. That can be tough. It quickly becomes impossible to raise any capital other...
Top SaaStr Posts, Pod and Vids of the Week: Jason Lemkin + Dave Kellogg, State of the AI Cloud, New CRO Confidential, and More!!
Top SaaStr Posts of the Week: #1. “A Lot of Great Sales Leaders — Just Aren’t Great at Selling Anymore. And Why You Really Need a VP of Sales, and Not a CRO.” #2. The Cloud Bubble Lasted About 18 Months. How Long Will the AI Bubble Last? #3. The Top...
6 Brutal Truths About Fundraising
Dear SaaStr: What’s Are The Brutal Truths About Fundraising for Startups? The brutal truths are: Everyone wants to fund the same thing. The earlier stage you are, the more different folks will come to different conclusions based on very limited data. E.g., just...
Iconiq Capital: Scale-Ups Are 20%-25% More Efficient Than They Used To Be
I've noticed many successful founders have a new KPI for their second startup: revenue per employee They built huge companies the first time around, but got so bloated they didn't like working at their own startup anymore Learn from them: track this for your...
Do You Really Need Venture Capital To Build A Top SaaS Company?
Dear SaaStr: How many companies in the Fortune 500 raised venture capital? Why are so many people obsessed with venture capital when many successful businesses didn’t raise it? There are many successful companies that did not raise venture capital, and VC does seem...
83% Percent of You Haven’t Gotten AI SDRs to Work … Yet
So Salesforce is hiring 1,000 more salespeople to sell AI software … that is supposed to reduce the need for humans and replace them with agents pic.twitter.com/hsjlrz3mqS — Jason ✨????SaaStr 2025 is May 13-15✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) November 11, 2024 So...
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.
What To Do In a High Churn Environment
Dear SaaStr: If you were in the driving seat of a company, getting 1,500 trials a month, with 200 paid conversions and a 6.8% MoM churn, where would you focus your energy to scale? If on the churn, where would you allocate resources specifically? Churn much past 3% a...
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