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The Reality of Managing 10 AI Agents in Production: What We’ve Learned Building Our AI-First Revenue Team at SaaStr

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Not as a tech experiment or marketing stunt, but as core members of our revenue and operations team. The pipeline has 3-4 more AI agents in development. Managing 10 AI agents is like managing a team of 10 very capable but very literal junior employees who need explicit instructions for everything. Maybe more. Try it , it’s free!

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10 Ways AI Will Change Sales Forever. It’s Already Happening, In Fact.

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If you’re skeptical about AI in sales because of hallucinations or poor experiences, Lemkin suggests it’s likely because you haven’t seen a well-trained AI. While not replacing the absolute best humans, they’re better than 90% of the team. Training takes work, but the results are game-changing.

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The Real Reason 50%+ of Our Sales Team is Now AI (And What We Learned)

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More than 50% of our little sales team at SaaStr is now AI. Generic Outreach at Scale : Watching team members send the same templated message to hundreds of prospects, then genuinely wondering why response rates were sub-1%. Not because we’re chasing headlines or trying to be the poster child for the AI revolution.

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The Keys to Getting to $500M ARR In Just 7 Years with Attentive’s CEO

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The KPI Alignment System Have customers email explicit performance expectations Build custom reporting dashboards Weekly cross-team optimization meetings Formal performance reviews 2. A self-reinforcing flywheel where successful customers: Get promoted Tell their network Become champions Drive organic growth 3. Black Friday playbook) 3.

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We Sent 4,495 AI SDR Emails in 2 Weeks and Got The #1 Response Rate. Here’s How (It’s Not What You Think)”

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Our AI references specific SaaStr events people attended, congratulates them on new roles it found on LinkedIn, and suggests relevant programs based on their company profile. We developed what we call “The Four C’s” for pre-call research: Chat : What did they discuss with our AI? The reactivation campaigns?

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

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The Infrastructure Bypass Midmarket software companies are caught in a “pressure cooker” with fast-moving AI startups developing applications far more rapidly than traditional software companies on one side, and tech giants investing billions in proprietary AI tools on the other.

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4 Things Most Founders Get Wrong About Marketing with Dave Kellogg

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A smaller number of high-quality leads that convert at higher rates is vastly superior to a flood of poor-fit prospects. You assembled a talented team, built an amazing product, and established a growing SaaS business. Mix in the classic conflict between sales and marketing teams, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster.