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Dear SaaStr: How Do I Get a Job as a First Time VP of Sales?

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Dear SaaStr: How Do I Get a Job as a First Time VP of Sales? If you’re aiming to land a VP of Sales role, you need to position yourself as someone who can deliver results and scale a team. "The "The biggest mistakes CROs and VPs of Sales make when they take a new role." Show you can recruit.

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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 Top 10 Reasons to Attend 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay!!

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Finding and recruiting top talent is consistently ranked as one of the biggest challenges for growing SaaS companies. SaaStr Annual attracts thousands of high-quality SaaS professionals across functions like engineering, product, marketing, sales, and customer success. Meet and Find Your Next VP / CXO! Pull together the team.

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The Top 10+ Questions to Ask a VP of Sales / CRO During an Interview (with New Cheatsheet)

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One of the classic original SaaStr posts was on the Top 10+ Questions to Ask a VP of Sales Candidate. All the questions still hold today, but I wanted to update them for 2025. It’s a different world today, AI-fueled, often distributed and hybrid, and with inflation both in titles (CRO or VP Sales) and compensation expectations.

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Dear SaaStr: Should I Move My Start-Up to SF Bay Area?

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pic.twitter.com/IPZBNrz1jQ — Sam Altman (@sama) May 21, 2025 Here’s the rationale: #1. Whether it’s hiring a VP of Sales who’s scaled a team to $50M ARR or finding a product leader who’s built enterprise-grade solutions, the talent pool here is unparalleled. #2. — Hurley (@Johnsjawn) May 31, 2025 #4.

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How to Get Hired Before the Role Is Posted

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People post in our Slack channel that they’re hiring but it’s not posted. And in a world of layoffs, AI disruption, and hiring freezes, your next opportunity will increasingly come through backchannels, not applications. Refresh your LinkedIn to tell a singular story Most recruiters spend less than 20 seconds on a profile.

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“Talk to You in 2025”: When There Isn’t Budget

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It’s the most common objection you’ll get in SaaS sales … Not Right Now. It can’t strategically improve sales software, financial software, quoting software, recruiting software, QA processes, call center software, etc. And when you hire a real, great VP of Sales. Truly qualified leads and prospects.