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What SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin Really Thinks About AI, Sales & Lead Gen In 2024

SaaStr

For part one of this Ask Me Anything session, Jason covers everything you need to know about hiring your first VP of Sales, what he really thinks about AI, what the future of lead generation in 2024 looks like, and much more. You’re not building a product or getting any new customers. All startups are trying to figure out how to grow.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Crossbeam and Podium – January 10, 2020

SaaStr

297: Bob Moore is the Founder & CEO @ Crossbeam, the startup that helps companies find overlapping prospects and customers while keeping the rest of their data private and secure. Does Bob agree with the notion that channel sales have completely died in the world of SaaS? 298: Startup success is not exclusive to Silicon Valley.

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Is Seed the new Series A? (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Since 2010 we’ve seen more startups, funds, and capital than ever before, but with this drastic increase, investors are seeing unexpected new trends reshaping the future of the industry. Pietro Bezza | Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures. It’s taking the bets that will take longer to prove just because it’s new.

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Whose Company Is It Anyway? Differences between Founders and Hired CEOs

OPEXEngine

This all relates to a core Kellblog theme of ownership — who owns what — that I’ve explored in some of my most popular posts: What It Really Means to be a Manager, Director, or VP , which touches on the real differences between people operating at different levels. When you’re CEO of a startup there is no boss and there are no peers.

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CEOs of Zapier, Walkme and Dialpad: How to Build Your First Management Team (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Then we needed to hire a sales guy who had experience selling to enterprise. We got the guy who ran enterprise sales at Rackspace. This is my third startup. UberConference started as this freemium, kind of funnel builder for later sales product. Now we have to hire VP marketing who has enterprise experience.”