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The Early Days: 5 Things Vanta Got Right, And 5 It Got Wrong, Getting to First $10m ARR

SaaStr

” This approach gave them insights no amount of customer development interviews could provide. “We hear it all the time—people saying, ‘Oh, I first heard about Vanta on a podcast,'” their marketing team reports. Fast forward to 2025, and Vanta is valued at $2.45 Would you use it? Would you pay for it?”

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The $939B Question: Is AI Eating SaaS or Feeding It?

SaaStr

Prey Reality The AI Funding Explosion That Should Terrify SaaS Leaders Let’s start with the brutal math that should keep every SaaS CEO awake at night: $100 billion in venture capital went to AI startups in 2024 — an 80% increase from 2023 SaaS companies raised only $4.7 billion (two $6B rounds in 2024 alone) Sierra (Bret Taylor): $4.5

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GTM 127: B2B Bull$ to Avoid

Sales Hacker

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube To wrap up 2024, we’ve got a spicy episode! 11:46) Neal Patel on why you shouldn’t hire a sales leader for their playbook. (15:44) 11:46) Neal Patel on why you shouldn’t hire a sales leader for their playbook. (15:44)

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9 Easy Sales Concepts So Many Get Wrong with Sam Blond, Former CRO Brex

SaaStr

Sam Blond, the former CRO at Brex with 15 years in tech sales, took the stage at SaaStr Europa 2024 to share nine easy sales concepts that so many get wrong. Sam got his first job in tech sales as an SDR for Jason Lemkin’s company, EchoSign, which later sold to Adobe and launched his career. They did this right at Brex.

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What’s New at Greenhouse: $200M ARR, AI in the Real World, Going Big with PE, and More

SaaStr

Co-founder and CEO at Greenhouse, Daniel Chait, sits down with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin to share what’s new at Greenhouse, a successful recruiting software company at $200M in ARR today. But on sales calls, the buyer would say the product looked amazing — and that they needed an ATS before buying Greenhouse.

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Scaling from $1 to $10M, an AMA with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin (Pod 573)

SaaStr

Jason Lemkin: You certainly can hire a whole content team and build 10,000 pieces of content, but I will tell you what I have always seen work is one incredible piece a week. Jason Lemkin: I’ll answer it, but are you thinking more on sales or technology or broadly speaking in the question? That’s a great example.

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Be The Top Pick: Tips to Crush the Job Interview

Sales Hacker

Recruiters are still reporting it as a challenging time to fill roles, with both employers and candidates being more gun shy than previously. We will be hosting monthly digital events, kicking off the series with none other than Lars Nilsson who coined the phrase account-based sales development himself.