A SaaStr Annual + AI Summit conversation with Jesse Zhang, CEO of Decagon, and Sarah Ittelson, Partner at Accel Decagon Today: The Numbers Behind the Hype Founded in late 2023—just months after GPT-4’s release—Decagon has become one of the fastest-growing AI...
Dear SaaStr: Why Do Founders Hire So Many Terrible VPs that Mislead Them? I think it’s a combination of three factors: Trusting your team. It’s hard to scale if you don’t. Needing a team. You can’t do it all yourself. And Hiring folks to do something you don’t know...
It’s time. It’s time to get ahead of the pack in AI + B2B. Not next quarter. Not next year. Right now. Because the companies that figured out AI in GTM over the past 12 months are now scaling those playbooks aggressively. They’re closing bigger...
After 100+ days and with 9 apps vibe coded into production with Replit used over 500,000 times we’re just getting going. And … I think key to that is that I’m now “Replit Fluent”. What does that mean? It’s a state where I know how to vibe...
Dear SaaStr: How Long Does It Take the Average SaaS Startup to “Exit”? I took a look a little while back at how long it took the average SaaS company that was sold for $1B+ to get that acquisition. The answer? 11.7 years on average, with a median of 10.0...
Dear SaaStr: What should a founder know about raising VC capital for the first time? Fundraising is one of the most critical—and often misunderstood—parts of building a startup. It’s essentially a specialized form of sales, where instead of selling a product, you’re...
Dear SaaStr: What Are The Top 10 Metrics Series A Investors Look At? Here’s the prioritized list of metrics a seed-stage SaaS startup should focus on to position itself for a successful Series A: 1. ARR Growth Rate. Of Course 🙂 Growth is the #1 metric for Series A....
The Bottom Line: Alloy is “vibing” for product development. You can prototyping new features for existing products in plain english in a prompt or two. It’s the first AI prototyping tool that captures your actual product from your browser — and generates...
Dear SaaStr: Competition is Really Heating Up in Our Market. What Should We Do? When competition heats up, the first thing to remember is that most SaaS markets aren’t natural monopolies—they’re oligopolies. That means you’re not going to kill your competitors, and...
Dear SaaStr: What Steps Does It Take To Scale From $1m to $10m ARR? The best way to get from $1M ARR to $10M ARR is to double down on what’s already working. At $1M ARR, you’ve proven there’s demand for your product, and you’ve likely identified your core customer...
