The Average SaaS CEO is 43 at IPO (Updated)
Does “age” even matter anymore for SaaS founders, if it ever did? On the one hand, the Stripe founders became billionaires in their teens. So you can build something epic in SaaS without 20 years of domain expertise. Henry Schuck started ZoomInfo at 23,...
Dear SaaStr: Why Are VCs So Adamant About Warm Intros?
Dear SaaStr: Why Are VCs So Adamant About Warm Intros? I’ve learned that 90% of warm intros are the biggest waste of time of all, unless they are “double qualified”. Some startups I funded on a cold email: Talkdesk, worth $10B TodayAlgolia, worth...
How to Hit $20M ARR in Just 2 Years with Secureframe’s CEO and Lightspeed Venture Partners
Shrav Mehta CEO of Secureframe talks with Lisa Han Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, about lessons learned going $1M to $20M in ARR in 2 years
How to Use AI-Powered Marketing to Get More Leads and Customers with Guillaume Cabane of HyperGrowth Partners (Video + Pod)
Guillaume Cabane, Co-Founder and General Partner at HyperGrowth Partners, shares how you can use AI-Powered Marketing to win outbound, SEO, and paid.
The One Thing My Worst Investments Had in Common
"Why we lost all our money on deals" with @HarryStebbings "Because we cut corners." pic.twitter.com/MWRSMuV3hu — Jason ✨👾SaaStr 2025 is May 13-15✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) February 9, 2025 The worst investments for me have one common theme: The...
Dear SaaStr: Why Do Venture Capitalists Say No? And How Do You Get Them To Say Yes?
Dear SaaStr: Why do venture capitalists say no? And how do you get them to say yes? Here’s the thing: most VCs, at least, most early VCs … know if they want to invest mid-way through the first meeting. Not for sure, but they’ve made a tentative conclusion they want to...
How to Bridge the Gap Between Sales and Tech Teams to Drive Customer Success with HashiCorp’s CTO and VP
HashiCorp’s EMEA Field CTO, Sarah Polan, and VP NEMEA, Louise Fellows, discuss bridging the gap between sales and tech teams.
Salesforce: Most Of You Have To Go Back To The Office 4-5 Days a Week
Salesforce is making most folks outside of engineering come to office 4-5 days a week starting October 1 I think this is what most CEOs want. Sales in the office 4-5 days a week. Marketing, finance and legal at least 3-4. And engineering? Whatever it takes to get the...
5 Interesting Learnings from OneStream at $480,000,000 in ARR
So we’ve finally had another great SaaS IPO — OneStream. Just the third SaaS IPO since December 2021, OneStream is SaaS for CFOs and financial operations, a large but somewhat under-discussed category. SAP and Oracle are very strong here. Folks, TODAY...
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