SaaStr

OCTOBER 3, 2019

I’ve been in venture capital for about 20 years, made my first SaaS investment about 18 years ago and have really been focused on this space for a long time. We make early stage Series A investments in both consumer and enterprise companies. I was lucky enough to invest when it was three founders and a PowerPoint deck.

SaaS 144

SaaS Sales Hiring Scale Innovation 144

SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

Jason Lemkin: The highest stage of venture is crossover, crossover funds, TCV is one of an early one, but even mutual funds that invest in unicorns. A few can, Andreessen and maybe Sequoia, but 99% of the VCs you meet, legally, they can only invest in startups, whether they’re late stage or early stage. It could come back.

Sales Hiring 209

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling 209

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Bringing Sales & Leadership with Heart and Ladies Happy Hour to the sales community. I went through a VP of Sales Program with SaaSy Sales Leadership — the moment I realized I didn’t want to be a VP of Sales. Invest in your development internally and externally. She is a Speaker and Hostess for LinkedIn Live.

Scale 130

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130

Outseta

MAY 8, 2020

I’ve been working remotely since 2013, when I walked into the office of the best boss I’ve ever had and asked for permission to work remotely. Invest millions of dollars into growth while running your business at a loss. There’s an awful lot of nuance here and the devil is in the details. The lack of self awareness is real.

Part-Time VPE 102

Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 102

SaaStr

JUNE 25, 2019

Now, I have some background with luck because in between some long stints with other companies, seven years at Eventbrite and 15 years at Ticketmaster before, I spent five years of my life playing poker for a living and learned an awful lot about luck and positive outcomes as well. First off, in 2013 we made our first acquisition.

Engineering 137

Engineering Part-Time VPE Sales Hiring Scale 137

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

But in April of 2013, we were less than a month away from running out of money. They’re awful. Totally failed leadership by the sales leader, if that’s the case. And we went through three or four salespeople our first year, because the product just was not standing up. And it was just hitting a wall. Total dog s**t.

VP of Engineering 74

VP of Engineering Scale Development Team Review Technical Review 74