Dear SaaStr: Why Are So Many CEOs Former Engineers, or At Least Have Technical Backgrounds?
Dear SaaStr: Why Are So Many CEOs Former Engineers, or At Least Have Technical Backgrounds? I’ve come to almost exclusively invest in founder-CEOs that are engineers. Or at least where the co-founder CTO is a true equal partner to the CEO. Why? Well to get something...
My Biggest Mistake Of All Time, Again and Again: Settling
The mediocre often require endless kudos for doing the bare minimum Just remember that when you settle — Jason ✨????SaaStr 2025 is May 13-15✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) October 18, 2024 So this is a post on a point we’ve made many times over the years at SaaStr,...
5 Interesting Learnings from Crowdstrike at ~$3 Billion in ARR
So the last time we checked in on Crowdstrike, they were growing a stunning 65% at $1.7B in ARR. Growth has slowed somewhat as Crowdstrike approached $3 Billion ARR — but only somewhat. The company is still growing a jaw-dropping 37% at almost $3B ARR —...
Hitting Hypergrowth: How To Take Your SaaS Company from $25M to $100M and Beyond with Amplitude’s CEO, Spenser Skates
Discover four critical lessons for maintaining hypergrowth on your journey from nothing to $100M and beyond with the CEO and co-founder of Amplitude.
Four Sales Compensation Tactics for Consumption-Based GTM with MongoDB’s SVP of Sales
Learn four sales compensation tactics that work to drive behaviors for consumption-based businesses like MongoDB from its SVP Sales.
Dear SaaStr: What’s The #1 Way to Motivate a Sales Team to Sell More?
Dear SaaStr: What’s The #1 Way to Motivate a Sales Team to Sell More? The best motivation for salespeople is seeing other salespeople at the same company making a ton of money. This: Proves (x) it can be done — even when sales feels hard, and Challenges everyone...
80% of IPOs Since 2020 Are “Broken”
So the Wall Street Journal did a great job slicing and dicing IPO data recently. To me, the most jarring statistic was this one: 80% of IPOs since 2020 are trading below their IPO price, or “broken”: So what, you might think? Buyer beware? Hooray for “efficient...
5 Secrets to Product Velocity as You Scale with Drata’s VP Product
Learn the five not-so-secret secrets to building and shipping your product organization quickly as you scale from the team at Drata.
Dear SaaStr: What Has Been Your Biggest Career Mistake?
Dear SaaStr: What Has Been Your Biggest Career Mistake? Maybe not slowing down just a little bit. The week in my first real professional job when I realized I’d been there long enough and had nothing left to learn … I walked in and quit that day on the spot. I had no...
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