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SaaStr
JUNE 13, 2025
” I saw a term sheet the other day where a leading VC firm reserved $1m of the round … for hiring a “VP of AI” Leadership teams scrambling to post job descriptions for “Head of Artificial Intelligence.” Board meetings where someone inevitably asks, “Don’t we need a VP of AI?”
SaaStr
JANUARY 3, 2025
The Current State of Leadership Tenures in SaaS Brian sets the stage frankly on how hiring has gone at HubSpot: “We’ve hired a lot of executives, but many haven’t worked out.” Our head of product, head of engineering, like pretty much everybody in leadership. They grew up in their career with us.
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SaaStr
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Technical Decision Makers : These are your “10x engineers” – the architects and principal engineers who may not have leadership titles but carry massive influence with leadership. CTO/Engineering Leadership : The final approvers who need to see clear business value and ROI.
SaaStr
MARCH 7, 2025
When to Hire Executives But there are three other factors that I tell companies to consider when hiring finance leaders (or any other department leaders): Leaders cost Capabilities of current leadership Complexities and needs of the business These factors will help you determine when you need a true CFO. Source: Pave 2. Can they fill gaps?
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SaaStr
OCTOBER 18, 2024
” What Will AI Change in Go-to-Market “It will lead to a next level of transparency for leadership,” Jason answers. So we should learn from it in sales for leadership, for transparency, for product, because here’s your crystal ball. It will be a big change and a lot of friction.
SaaStr
JUNE 4, 2025
Account Research : Instead of reps spending hours researching prospects, AI can instantly analyze company financials, recent news, leadership changes, technology stack, and competitive positioningthen synthesize it into actionable insights. AI eliminates entire categories of work.
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Speaker: Peter Cowen, Managing Director, Sutton Capital Partners & Tim Draper, Founder, Draper Associates
What are some examples of companies and leadership that has impressed you? What sectors (e.g. ecommerce) are gaining traction in this new world? Can you provide business metrics you are prioritizing now more than you were a few months ago? What is something surprising/inspiring that you learned during COVID-19?
Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies
Innovation and Leadership go hand in hand. We'll examine the importance of UX and user-centric feature analysis, the adaptation of Agile Methodologies to the creative process, as well as a way to drive successful culture change for setting expectations and winning approvals with cross-functional stakeholders.
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What are some examples of companies and leadership that has impressed you? What sectors (e.g. ecommerce) are gaining traction in this new world? Can you provide business metrics you are prioritizing now more than you were a few months ago? What is something surprising/inspiring that you learned during COVID-19?
Speaker: Peter Cowen, Managing Director, Sutton Capital Partners & Ben Narasin, Venture Partner, NEA
What are some examples of companies and leadership that has impressed you? What sectors (e.g. ecommerce) are gaining traction in this new world? Can you provide business metrics you are prioritizing now more than you were a few months ago? What is something surprising/inspiring that you learned during COVID-19?
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What are some examples of companies and leadership that has impressed you? What sectors (e.g. ecommerce) are gaining traction in this new world? Can you provide business metrics you are prioritizing now more than you were a few months ago? What is something surprising/inspiring that you learned during COVID-19?
Speaker: John Mansour - President, Product Management University
You’ve come up with a winning product strategy, everyone’s on board and energized, and you’re halfway down the path to execution only to have it submarined by something someone convinced your leadership was more strategic!
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This is just one of the findings in this year’s State of Product Leadership report. Delivery is the top success metric for product leaders. But should it be? Download the report to discover more ways product management is changing in 2021.
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