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25 predictions for SaaS in 2025

Chart Mogul

2024 was a big year for SaaS with AI in the spotlight and new pricing models shaking things up. This time last year, 24 SaaS experts predicted big things for 2024. Next we’ll be hiring it. The old models wont die out overnight, but I expect well see new winners and a larger overall pie. What will 2025 bring?

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Stop Following These 10 Terrible Pieces of SaaS Advice with SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin (SaaStr Podcast 682)

SaaStr

No one has time to have coffee with all of those folks. 2 “Give the VP of Sales more time.” You can’t always expect a great VP of Sales to double sales in 30-60-90 days. They know sales processes, objections, and timings, so they bring in a few deals in the pipe to close faster. Hiring someone too junior.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Aileen Lee and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

” In this episode of the SaaStr podcast, Aileen and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin take a deep dive on how Aileen finds deals, her tips for a winning pitch, and the state of VC in 2020. 347: Ready to hire your first VP Sales? You can see the full video here , and read the podcast transcript below. But haven’t done it before?

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Seed Investing Today: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t with Aileen Lee and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

We’ll have some time. It sounds minor or technical, but if you want to due diligence on a human being, I get to do it a few 100 times a year. I used it in kind of my breakfast pre warm-up, the crazy times we’re in. From Satya from Homebrew, we just heard that seed’s at an all time high.

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Changing Your Pricing Model: How Hired Went from a Transactional to a Subscription Model

OpenView Labs

Pricing is an incredibly important part of any SaaS product’s go-to-market strategy. In a market that requires companies to earn their customers’ business each and every day, it can literally make or break your entire business model. With twenty-five years in the software business, I’ve seen my share of pricing exercises.

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The Y Combinator Guide to Perfectly Pitching Your Seed Stage Startup with Michael Seibel

SaaStr

The fundraising relationship is inherently asymmetric – investors see hundreds of pitches while founders pitch the same company hundreds of times. Become Ridiculously Easy to Understand The #1 barrier preventing investors from understanding your company isn’t the complexity of your technology or business model.

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