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The Official Saastr Podcast is the latest and greatest from the world of Saastr, interviewing the most prominent operators and investors to discover their tips, tactics, and strategies to attain success in the fiercely competitive world of SaaS. How do you get from $0 to $100m ARR faster? What does it take to scale successfully?
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State of the Cloud 2023 with Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Podcast)
Bessemer Venture Partners share their annual State of the Cloud report, including a look back at the past year, current trends and benchmarks, plus tactics to improve efficiency and innovation.


Building a Global SaaS Empire: 5 Bets That Paid Off with Freshworks Founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham (Video + Pod)
Freshworks is a successful public SaaS company that has a humble beginning in the small town of Chennai, India. Founder and CEO Girish Mathrubootham shares five big bets that paid off as he scaled this multi-product company.


What to Expect from SaaS in 2024 with Founder & General Partner of Craft Ventures David Sacks and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin (Video + Podcast)
Jason Lemkin, SaaStr CEO and Founder, and David Sacks, Founder and General Partner of Craft Ventures, share their predictions on SaaS in 2024.


SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Amias Gerety Partner at QED on Fintech Beat (Podcast 685)
Discover how three breakout SaaS companies scaled from an idea to hundreds of employees and $1B+ valuations, all while living their values along the way.
Notion COO Akshay Kothari, Motive CEO and Founder Shoaib Makani, and CEO and Co-Founder of Incredible Health Iman Abuzeid share the secrets of ensuring their company-centered values and purpose remained an anchor amidst hypergrowth.


A Look Back: Datadog’s CMO Alex Rosemblat on Building Marketing Channels Slowly to Achieve Massive Scale (Pod and Video)
Datadog CMO Alex Rosemblat shares his hard-won secret after eight years of leading his company’s marketing: Slow and steady wins the marketing channel race. Read on to learn Rosemblat’s pacing and methodology for achieving your most critical marketing goals, one channel at a time.


A Deep Dive Into The Power Of AI, Going Multi-Product, And The 2023 Ecosystem: “What’s New” With G2 CEO Godard Abel (Vid + Pod #684)
Discover how three breakout SaaS companies scaled from an idea to hundreds of employees and $1B+ valuations, all while living their values along the way.
Notion COO Akshay Kothari, Motive CEO and Founder Shoaib Makani, and CEO and Co-Founder of Incredible Health Iman Abuzeid share the secrets of ensuring their company-centered values and purpose remained an anchor amidst hypergrowth.


A Look Back: The SaaS Org Chart Live with David Sacks (Podcast #491 and Video)
You’re the founder of a nicely growing SaaS startup that has just raised a Series A, Series B, or Series C funding round. You need to hire rapidly to seize the opportunity. But how much should you hire, what roles should you hire, and what should the org chart look like when you’re done?
David Sacks, co-founder and general partner at Craft will share what works from the 20 unicorns he’s invested in, including AirBnB, ClickUp, Slack, SpaceX, Twitter, Uber, and Wish.


How To Live Your Values While Building A Unicorn with Notion, Motive, and Incredible Health (Video + SaaStr Podcast 683)
Discover how three breakout SaaS companies scaled from an idea to hundreds of employees and $1B+ valuations, all while living their values along the way.
Notion COO Akshay Kothari, Motive CEO and Founder Shoaib Makani, and CEO and Co-Founder of Incredible Health Iman Abuzeid share the secrets of ensuring their company-centered values and purpose remained an anchor amidst hypergrowth.


Stop Following These 10 Terrible Pieces of SaaS Advice with SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin (Video +SaaStr Podcast 682)
Bad advice is everywhere these days. Hundreds of thousands of experts are telling you how to succeed in SaaS. Many of those voices are incredible, yet terrible bits of advice pops up again and again.
On top of that, founders are full of excuses preventing them from scaling.
SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin shares the 10 worst pieces of SaaS advice, excuses, and mistakes founders make, and what to do instead.


A Look Back: The Secrets to Going Big, Going Multi-Product and Going Public with Amplitude CEO Spenser Skates (Pod 546 + Video)
Amplitude CEO Spenser Skates lays out the mistakes young companies will often make as they grow, and how he positioned Amplitude for growth and success.


Scalable, Low CAC Growth Tactics with Hypergrowth Partners Co-Founder Guillaume Cabane
Are you trying to unlock sustainable low customer acquisition costs (CAC) growth for your SaaS company?
Then you need to hear what Guillaume Cabane, Co-Founder and President of HyperGrowth Partners, has to say on the subject.
In this exclusive video, Guillaume shares the formula he used at Ramp, Gorgias, and Drift to reach explosive saas growth – showing you the secrets of smart scaling.
Don’t miss out – watch this must-see video now for groundbreaking advice on generating fast CAC growth success!


Raising Capital in H2 2023: What You Really Need To Know with Creandum Partner Peter Specht
Peter Specht, Partner at Creandum, shares a data-driven perspective into the market and shares what it takes to raise VC capital in 2023.


Why You’re Unfundable in 2023: The Cold, Hard Truths About SaaS AMA Part 2 with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
Jason Lemkin, CEO and Founder of SaaStr, recently answered our audience’s most pressing questions about the present and future of startups. Here is part 2 of the cold truth about SaaS in 2023.


The Cold, Hard Truths About SaaS In 2023: Part 1 AMA with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
Jason Lemkin, CEO and Founder of SaaStr, recently answered our audience’s most pressing questions about the present and future of startups. Here is part 1 of the cold truth about SaaS in 2023.
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Dear SaaStr: Can an Entrepreneur Back Out of a Signed Term Sheet Without Damaging Their Reputation?
Dear SaaStr: Can an entrepreneur back out of a signed term sheet without damaging their reputation? In my experience — Yes, probably.  As a founder, you can back out of a term sheet if something is off, or even if you just get another offer you prefer. There is a lot...
Why You’re Unfundable in 2023: The Cold, Hard Truths About SaaS AMA Part 2 with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
Jason Lemkin, CEO and Founder of SaaStr, recently answered our audience’s most pressing questions about the present and future of startups. Here is part 2 of the cold truth about SaaS in 2023.
The Cold, Hard Truths About SaaS In 2023: Part 1 AMA with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
Jason Lemkin, CEO and Founder of SaaStr, recently answered our audience’s most pressing questions about the present and future of startups. Here is part 1 of the cold truth about SaaS in 2023.
7+ Tips On How To Build Your First Sales Team. When You Have Zero Experience Building One.
Q: How do you structure a sales team when you’ve got zero experience doing sales? Well, first go get some experience with sales. 🙂 At least, close the first 10 customers yourself. If you don’t, you’ll never have any idea how to do it. And the odds your first rep...
15+ Due Diligence Questions You Really Should Be Asking Every VC You Meet
https://twitter.com/jasonlk/status/1295136982658461697 Q: What is the proper way to do due diligence on a VC firm? Here are the things, IMHO and IME, that are most important. First, if you want to do it right, you should diligence both (1) the firm and (2) the...
The 3 Types of Day 1 Pricing: Low End of Normal. Identical. And Anchor High.
Q:Â As an entrepreneur starting out, is it better to overprice your product or underprice it? I remember years ago I was at an event with the CEO of a SaaS leader. And I asked him how he came up with their freemium pricing model. A data science team? A/B Testing? "No....
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