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Who Should Your VP of Product Report To?

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Lately I’ve been working with 5+ SaaS companies all hiring their first VP of Product. And critically, most have a really strong CEO-CTO partnership. A few general learnings: A VP of Product that Reports to CTO / Engineering Rarely Meets With That Many Customers. I just see this time and time again.

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How to Stop Micromanaging After $1m-$2m ARR. You Have To.

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A new edition, new services, an outbound sales team, an account management / upsell team. And importantly, you need to spend more time with your existing customers (vs. But even if you’ve hired the world’s best VP of Sales … you can’t opt out of sales entirely. Add a layer. the prospects). Trust Me Here.

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

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They have service and all this, but the second cloud for them was sales. And it really makes no sense because I’ve asked so many of the best SaaS CEOs that are public how to go multi-product. Your core models for sales, for marketing spend, for hiring and engineering and product. More likely than not, but barely.

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

SaaStr

Prior to Crossbeam, Bob founded Stitched, a powerful ETL service built for developers that was acquired by Talend in 2018. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Bob made his way into the world of SaaS and came to found Crossbeam. * How does Bob think about when is the right time to hire a Head of Partnerships?

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How Buffer Reached $20m in ARR by Focussing on Growing ARPA

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An early entrant to the SaaS field, the company has pioneered a number of fields that are now commonplace in the industry — content marketing, the transparent startups movement, and remote work. Joel had what he calls “an honest conversation” with Buffer’s CTO Dan. What is Buffer. Tweet this quote. Pick each piece individually.

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

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Each year, tens of thousands of SaaS fans attend SaaStr Annual. 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. There is no silver bullet.

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How to Use M&A as a Tool to Accelerate Growth Feat. Insight Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

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Teddie Wardi’s, Principal at Insight Venture Partners, session at SaaStr Europa talked all things M&A. Teddie Wardi | Principal at Insight Venture Partners. I’m with Insight Venture Partners. I used to be a CTO and operator, co-founder of a SaaS start up. Grab your tickets! ??. Transcript.