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“Seed is Broken But There is More Seed Funding That Ever”: The Latest Deep Dive with Harry Stebbings and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Public valuations are still at a fraction of their 2021 peaks, but seed rounds are more expensive than ever. There is more capital available to startups than ever before. This is due to several factors, including low-interest rates, the rise of venture capital , and the increasing popularity of angel investing.

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AMA at SaaStr Annual 2022 with SaaStr Founder & CEO Jason Lemkin – Part 1 (Pod 607 + Video)

SaaStr

But as time went on, we shared lessons, what best practices were in customer success and revenue retention and all these things are, right. But it was super interesting that the two big interviews I did were with Ben Chestnut from Mailchimp yesterday and with Dharmesh and Brian from Hubspot. And I don’t mean in an edgy way.

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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

Evernote’s CTO on Your Biggest Security Worries From 3 to 300 Employees. You can also read the full transcript of the interview, which has been lightly edited for clarity, below. So we’re hiring across the board, all departments. Caught your interest? SOC 2 compliance: A Beginner’s Guide. The LinkedIn Incident.

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

SaaStr

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. In this interview, David Sacks talks about how 70-80% of investor time is spent looking at AI.

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

SaaStr

How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships? Where do most startups go wrong both in hiring for partnerships and in the engagements themselves? Below, we’ve shared the transcript of Harry’s interview with Bob. 298: Startup success is not exclusive to Silicon Valley. Harry Stebbings.

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The Road Now Taken: 4 SaaS Start-ups And Their Quest For Independent Growth

Outseta

Venture capital is not inherently bad or the manifestation of greed and commitments to impossible-to-deliver growth. The company had for a few years prior followed a growth-first path, hiring aggressively and prioritizing projects designed to make an immediate impact on their growth rate. in debt to buy out their investors.

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PODCAST 131: Data, Set, Match: How to Build a Two-Sided Marketplace to Drive Revenue with Ryan Walsh

Sales Hacker

Instead, there’s one continuous streamlined customer-centric journey, leveraging the next generation of artificial intelligence, Outreach allows sales reps to deliver consistent, relevant, and responsible communication for each prospect every time enabling personalization at scale previously unthinkable. Are they hiring?