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How to Train Your Sales Leaders: Key Learnings from HubSpot and BILL with Michelle Benfer

SaaStr

Having led sales teams of 500+ at BILL and 800+ at HubSpot, Michelle has unique insights into what makes great frontline managers and why investing in them is crucial for sustainable growth. “Some teams consistently sold more enterprise SKUs, others had high volume but low ACV. Shaping and maintaining company culture.

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AI, Sales + GTM in 2025/2026: This Changes Everything with Jason Lemkin and Owner CRO Kyle Norton

SaaStr

By the end of this quarter, team members who aren’t genuinely AI-curious should be let go. The 50/50 Team Is Coming Fast. CROs will need to manage teams that are 50% AI agents and 50% human by end of year. The performance distribution in sales teams will become dramatically wider, forcing tough talent strategy decisions.

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

SaaStr

The KPI Alignment System Have customers email explicit performance expectations Build custom reporting dashboards Weekly cross-team optimization meetings Formal performance reviews 2. Weaponize Customer Success Align on specific metrics Build education systems Create community Drive organic growth 3. Black Friday playbook) 3.

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SaaStr on 20VC This Week: Why 40% Cloud Adoption Marks the End of Easy Growth. And Why the AI Budget War is Just Getting Started

SaaStr

This isn’t just a statistic—it’s a fundamental shift that explains why your growth metrics don’t look like they did in 2019. When a development team switches to an AI-powered coding assistant, they’re not just adding a new tool—they’re often reducing their dependency on multiple legacy SaaS platforms.

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From $10M to $100M ARR in 5.5 Months: Inside Replit’s AI Coding Rocketship

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✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) June 23, 2025 The $10M-$100M ARR Sprint: How Replit Became the Fastest-Growing “Vibe Coding” App (Or One Of The Fastest) A deep-dive into the AI development platform wars and why Replit’s 10x growth in 5.5 And allowing more experienced developer to ship far, far faster. 2023 : $2.4M

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How to Build and Improve Your Product Analytics Strategy

User Pilot

In this article, we’ll talk about: What product analytics is and why you need a solid strategy. Key steps to build and improve your product analytics strategy. How to apply actionable metrics to different SaaS business stages. Why should you have a product analytics strategy? How to build a product analytics strategy?

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4 Things Most Founders Get Wrong About Marketing with Dave Kellogg

SaaStr

“Marketing is fluffy and unmeasurable” – Unlike sales, which has clear metrics like quota attainment, founders often believe marketing can’t be measured. A smaller number of high-quality leads that convert at higher rates is vastly superior to a flood of poor-fit prospects.