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64% of You Are Growing Your Sales Teams in 2024

SaaStr

So layoffs still fill the headlines in 2024. Most of you are, in fact: According to our latest unscientific but directionally correct survey of over 2,000 SaaS execs, 64% of you are growing your sales team in 2024. I bet you get an interview. Even now. But now everyone is focused on getting more and more efficient.

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Demo Day is Coming to SaaStr in Jan 2024!!

SaaStr

For the first time ever in 2024, SaaStr is hosting its first Demo Day – a completely live, digital event that will bring the global SaaStr community together with the brightest innovators in SaaS for the inaugural Demo Day on Tuesday, January 30th. The post Demo Day is Coming to SaaStr in Jan 2024!! More details on it here!

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AI Day is Coming Digitally to SaaStr on March 27 2024!

SaaStr

Based on the popularity of AI Day at SaaStr Annual, we’re hosting a full AI Day as a digital event at the end of March 2024. We expect a strong balance of CEOs, CROS, Revenue Leaders, and Investors to attend AI Day in March 2024. The post AI Day is Coming Digitally to SaaStr on March 27 2024! AI Day is back!

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The Best Sales Execs Are Great at The Interview Process, Too

SaaStr

If a sales exec makes it anything but effortless to schedule a job interview with them, Basically it won't work out — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin  ?? jasonlk) February 13, 2024 So I remember years ago I went to hire my first VP — ever. I went to reach out to the best candidate I could find by a cold email.

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In 2024, Maybe It’s Best Everyone Starts as an Individual Contributor.

SaaStr

The other day I interviewed yet another other great AE who had recently become a Director of Sales. I think my best advice is this, in 2024: Make Sure any VP You Hire Does The Job Themselves First. I interviewed several seasons VPs of CS in the past 12 months that didn’t believe in this. Ask in the interviews.

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Advice Every SaaS Founder Needs to Know in 2024 with Sam Blond and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

At SaaStr Miami, former Founder’s Fund Partner and CRO of Brex Sam Blond — host of the SaaStr CRO Confidential Podcast — sat down with SaaStr CEO and founder Jason Lemkin for a fireside chat about finding success as a SaaS company in 2024. What works well from the classic playbook in 2024, and what should we walk back or modify?

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Gartner: SaaS Will Still Grow 18% in 2023 to $200 Billion Worldwide. And Another 18% in 2024.

SaaStr

And after interviewing 100s of CIOs and CXOs, it still sees SaaS growing another 18% in 2024 to $232 Billion a year: There’s no question that inflation, infrastructure costs, and vendor consolidation will take up a lot of this increase. And Another 18% in 2024. Well, Gartner has its latest report and predictions out.

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