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The Future of AI in SaaS Sales with Henry Schuck, CEO of ZoomInfo and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin

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There’s recruiting and there’s people building. Almost equally to their ability to recruit great people. ” Without a big budget to get the best people, Henry believes part of the ZoomInfo difference has been recruiting good people that he then fostered and developed into great people.

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Top 10 Unexpected Learnings from Scaling Wiz From $0 to The First $100M ARR with founding CRO Colin Jones and Sam Blond

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It’s an incredible look back on scaling and more: Colin Jones, first Chief Revenue Officer at Wiz. A Philadelphia native, Colin started his professional career as a Business Development Representative (BDR) 14 years ago and worked his way up to his current role as CRO.

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10 Things That Are Different in Vertical SMB Sales with Toast’s CRO

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Jonathan Vassel, CRO at Toast helped scale the company from $20M ARR in 2017 to $1.7B+ ARR in Q1 2025 and a stunning $25B market cap. Toast’s CRO Jonathan Vassel shared fascinating insights on how vertical SMB sales is fundamentally different—and why those differences can become massive competitive advantages.

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How We Scaled OpenAI’s Sales Team from 10 to 500 People in 2 Years: The Inside Playbook from ChatGPT Enterprise’s GTM Leader Maggie Hott

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Building Top-Performing Sales Orgs: Hard-Won Lessons from Scaling 4 Unicorns (Including OpenAI’s Hypergrowth from 10 to 500 People) Maggie Hott has spent 15 years building go-to-market teams at four unicorns that collectively represent over $500B in market value. What did they scale from scratch?

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Dear SaaStr: How Do I Know If My New VP of Marketing Is Going To Make It?

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The best ones deliver tangible results fast, and there are clear signs to watch for in the first 30-90 days: They Own a Lead Commit—and Deliver A great VP of Marketing will own a lead commit from Day 1. You should see clearer, more compelling narratives in your website, sales decks, and campaigns.

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

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The Best Speakers In The World With hundreds of sessions from proven SaaS leaders who have scaled companies to significant revenue milestones, SaaStr Annual offers practical, actionable insights you won’t find elsewhere. Finding and recruiting top talent is consistently ranked as one of the biggest challenges for growing SaaS companies.

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

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The Billion-Dollar AI Unicorn Factory The scale of AI startup funding isn’t just impressive — it’s existential for SaaS: The AI Billion-Dollar Club: OpenAI : $8.4 billion valuation after 175M round Scale AI : $29 billion valuation / “sale” with Meta’s $14.3 billion in funding xAI : $6.4