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What SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin Really Thinks About AI, Sales & Lead Gen In 2024

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For part one of this Ask Me Anything session, Jason covers everything you need to know about hiring your first VP of Sales, what he really thinks about AI, what the future of lead generation in 2024 looks like, and much more. You’re not building a product or getting any new customers. PLG is like the Cloud.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Crossbeam and Podium – January 10, 2020

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Does Bob agree with the notion that channel sales have completely died in the world of SaaS? With more companies launching and thriving outside of Silicon Valley, regions such as ‘Silicon Slopes’ in Utah and ‘Silicon Alley’ in New York City are gaining traction within the startup scene. Why is this? What are the drivers of its death?

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“The “Dos & Don’ts” of Building Winning SaaS Companies with G2 Crowd (Video + Transcript)

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I remember when I was in business school the internet was brand new and back then the hero was Jerry Yang. And so we started building a cloud solution, but it was a long arduous journey. We burned through $23 million in venture capital and only had 1 million in revenue to show for it. It’s in the cloud.

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Whose Company Is It Anyway? Differences between Founders and Hired CEOs

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This all relates to a core Kellblog theme of ownership — who owns what — that I’ve explored in some of my most popular posts: What It Really Means to be a Manager, Director, or VP , which touches on the real differences between people operating at different levels. Whose Team is it Anyway? Nothing can take that away.

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SaaStr Podcast #394 with Sunil Dhaliwal and Jason Lemkin

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394: Where is Venture Capital today? I wanted to have another fun, informal conversation with, one of, I think, the most insightful and smartest cloud investors, Sunil Dhaliwal. Interesting for a couple reasons, but Sunil’s been investing in cloud internet since before almost anybody. And how do you hack it?