7 Changes You Can Make Today To Grow Faster
Since SaaS compounds, even doing just 5% better now can compound dramatically over time. Everything doesn’t have to be 10x better to move the needle, if it compounds.
But a lot of advice takes time to pan out. What are 5+ changes you can make today, or at least this week, to do better?
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Ramp a New Sales Rep at a Seed Stage Start-Up?
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Ramp a New Sales Rep at a Seed Stage Start-Up? Ramping a sales rep quickly at a seed-stage company is critical because you don’t have the luxury of time or resources to wait for them to figure things out. Or usually, a VP of Sales to handhold...
5 Interesting Learnings From Figma at $900,000,000+ ARR. The B2B IPO of The Year?
Figma has just unleashed its non-confidential IPO filing, and it’s … epic. Here’s what Figma looks like today: 📊 Core Metrics $821M LTM revenue (46% YoY growth) $913M ARR at Q1’2025 91% gross margins (best-in-class) 18% non-GAAP operating...What 300 of The Highest Growth B2B Startups Are Actually Doing With AI: The Latest from ICONIQ
So ICONIQ Growth is back with their 2025 State of AI Report: Survey Overview It has some great data from 300 high growth software companies building AI products. Survey Methodology & Sample Size 300 executives surveyed at software companies building AI products...
Everything Now is Just So Much Faster in The AI Age. Have You Adjusted?
“I just get so much more done today with the AI on the team instead of the humans on the team.” — leading CMO to me, last week. Fast as Frack. That’s the new speed of business in the AI era. I’ve been in B2B software now for 20+ years (!). Goodness....
What Happens When You Hire the Wrong VP
You know how everyone says you'll never look and wish you'd kept a bad VP as long as you did? That when you make a mis-hire, you'll always look back and say you should have made a change 3-4 month earlier? Well, everyone is right — Jason ✨👾SaaStr...
Why AI Has Taken Longer to Come to Sales Than Coding with Artisan’s CEO
Insights from Jasper Carmichael-Jack, CEO of Artisan at 2025 SaaStr AI Summit About Artisan: AI-powered sales platform building the end-to-end solution —from marketing personalization to AE automation across the entire revenue cycle. They’ve rocketed to $6m ARR...
Dear SaaStr: I’m Joining a Start-Up as Head of Sales At Just $1m ARR. What Should I Do First?
Dear SaaStr: I’m Joining a Start-Up as Head of Sales At Just $1m ARR. What Should I Do First? First off, congrats on the role—it’s a big deal. But seed stage is tough. You’re building from scratch, and there’s no playbook handed to you. And you really are going...