The Top SaaStr Posts, Pods and Vids of the Week: HubSpot’s Chairman, Checkr’s CRO, Rippling’s CRO, and a new CRO Confidential!

Top Posts:

#1:  2025 And The Rise of the “Mech AE” (Account Executive)

#2:  2025 Should Be Better Than 2024 For Almost All Leading Public SaaS Companies

#3:  38% of Bootstrapped Start-Ups Have Solo Founders. But Only 17% of VC-Backed Ones Do. And 10%-12% of Ones That IPO.

#4:  What Really Works When Hiring VPs, and How M&A Really Works, with HubSpot Co-Founder and Chair Brian Halligan + Jason Lemkin

#5:  What’s Better, X/Twitter or LinkedIn? Our Data and Some Learnings

 

Top Pods & Vids:

#1: HubSpot Co-Founder Brian Halligan on How to Hire Great VPs and How M&A Really Works

#2: Usage-Based Revenue Models: Successes & Pitfalls from Checkr COO Lindsey Scrase on CRO Confidential

#3: From Outbound to Channel Partnerships: Your Burning Sales Questions Answered by Jason Lemkin

#4: How to Think About Product-Led Growth, Bootstrapping vs VC, and Early Exits with Jason Lemkin

#5:  The Revenue Playbook: Rippling’s Top 3 Growth Tactics at Scale with Rippling CRO Matt Plank