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The Top 3 Reasons AI Sales Tools “Don’t Work” (Spoiler: They Actually Do)

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✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) June 16, 2025 The Top 3 Reasons AI Sales Tools “Don’t Work” (Spoiler: They Actually Do, If You Use The Tools Properly) I get this question at least 3x a week: “Jason, we tried AI sales tools and they just don’t work. I’ve been in B2B and Saa sales for 15+ years.

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The Vertical SaaS Gold Rush: Why Non-Tech B2B Is Growing 250%+ Faster

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The Numbers Tell the Story: Monday.com Q1 2025 : 30% growth, $282M revenue Asana 2024 : Single-digit growth, struggling with churn Mostly Same Product Category, Mostly Different Customers Both companies build “work management” software. ” The Lesson : In 2025, customer composition matters more than product features.

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

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The Great Spending Showdown: AI vs SaaS in 2025/2026 — What Every B2B Leader Needs to Know We’re witnessing the most dramatic shift in enterprise tech spending since the cloud migration began 15 years ago. The numbers are staggering: AI spending is set to hit $644 billion in 2025, growing at a mind-bending 76.4% year-over-year.

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The #1 and #2 Reasons I See Sales Execs Fail Today

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When I look at the VP of Sales / CRO that didnt work out the past 12-18 months across the SaaStr Fund portfolio and my ecosystem, one thing stands out. And its an old SaaStr theme: #1: You have to hire folks in sales where their last job was harder. Security compliance? There may exceptions at rocketships. Voice APIs?

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The Early Days: How Veeva Hit $100m ARR With Just $3m Raised — And a Deep Vertical Focus

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Veeva is the dominant cloud software provider for life sciences – serving pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies with mission-critical applications for drug development, clinical trials, regulatory compliance, and commercial operations. You have to have enough to hire people to dedicate on it. That’s it.”

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Is AI Penetration … Slowing Down? Ramp Says Possibly

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as of April 2025, the growth trajectory has flattened since late 2024. I pay more for AI subscriptions than I do for my car lease — Matthew Berman (@MatthewBerman) June 5, 2025 Why the Slowdown May Be Real Several structural factors suggest this isn’t just a temporary pause: Implementation complexity has caught up with enthusiasm.

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SaaStr Live: How Wiz’s CMO Built a $32B Marketing Machine (Without Any Marketing Experience)

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The Hiring Philosophy That Built a $23B Company “Every single person you hire should be your best hire ever. Unless you leave an interview very excited—like ‘I wish this person was here right now’—don’t hire them.” ” Raaz is obsessed with hiring. She already knew cyber.