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A Look Back: How $13 Billion Ramp Began To Scale with Co-Founder and CTO Karim Atiyah

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Co-founder and CTO Karim Atiyah came to SaaStr Annual to share how they got this rocketship … off the ground. Back in 2021 though, Ramp was just 2 years in — but already experiencing hypergrowth. That’s an incredible advantage.” Optimize for quality investors and clean terms over valuation.

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Top 10 Reasons SaaStr Annual 2025 Will Be Better Than Ever!! May 13-15 in SF Bay!

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1,000+ Networking Sessions Weve doubled down on networking opportunities, with over 1,000 sessions, including Braindates, AMAs, mentoring, and 1:1 meetings. Whether youre looking for a co-founder, a mentor, or your next big customer, youll find them here. It’s one of the best ways to informally meet VCs!

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Top 10 Tech Startup Founders in the UK for 2025

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From advising the UK government on SME growth to mentoring startups and championing waste reduction, Tessa is reshaping how businesses and individuals think about consumption and sustainability. Will Donnelly Will Donnelly is a passionate entrepreneur tackling the eldercare industry.

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Samsara’s Rise to Vertical SaaS Leader and $1B+ ARR with Samsara’s CEO and Co-Founder, Sanjit Biswas and SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

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Ben Calderon, Samsara’s CTO who runs the hardware team did the hardware at Meraki. Originally entering the market with a telematics product, their expanding suite now includes AI-driven safety and driver coaching tools. A lot of Samsara’s early sales leaders, sales reps, and a lot of engineers all liked working together.

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5 Ways AI Has Already Changed SaaS Sales Forever with Perplexity’s CBO Dmitry Shevelenko and SaaStr CRO Confidential Host Sam Blond

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It’s about showing up as a strategic advisor, not an order-taker. Meeting Prep Went From 90 Minutes to 90 Seconds The original post covered this, but here’s the deeper implication: “Every question you would typically ask during a discovery call should now be asked of AI before the meeting.”

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How to Bridge the Gap Between Sales and Tech Teams to Drive Customer Success with HashiCorp’s CTO and VP

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Sarah Polan, EMEA Field CTO at HashiCorp, and Louise Fellows, VP NEMEA at HashiCorp, explore the relationship between Field CTO and sales to help you understand why it exists and how you can leverage this relationship when you have a highly technical product. That’s where the CTO comes in. It’s a CTO motion. An SE motion.

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GTM 134: When to Hire Your First Sales Reps (And How to Get It Right) with Joe DiMento

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And they did a really good job of getting advisors who are not necessarily on their board, but people they go to all the time, who have relationships. Uh, not only as an advisor role, but typically I think you should get the expertise elsewhere, whether it’s full time or part time. What are your thoughts on player coach?