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The Future of AI in SaaS Sales with Henry Schuck, CEO of ZoomInfo and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin

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There’s recruiting and there’s people building. Almost equally to their ability to recruit great people. ” Without a big budget to get the best people, Henry believes part of the ZoomInfo difference has been recruiting good people that he then fostered and developed into great people.

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How Windsurf / Codeium Built a Billion-Dollar AI Company and a Winning Sales Machine

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5 Key Learnings from Scaling from 3 to 75 Go-To-Market Team Members in Less Than 12 Months The latest SaaStr CRO Confidential is out and Sam Blond did a great deep dive with Graham Mareno, VP of Worldwide Sales at Codeium. Let’s unpack the key strategies that drove this remarkable expansion. What is Codeium and Windsurf?

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3 Key Steps to Successfully Recruit a VP of Sales with Greenhouse

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A strong sales leader is vital to any company hoping to scale. With this in mind, hiring for the Head of Sales role is one of the most important things a business can do. Unfortunately, too many companies focus on the wrong things when hiring their sales leaders, which can lead to hires that aren’t the best fit for the business.

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

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And the evidence is mounting that AI startups aren’t just complementing SaaS — they’re actively hunting traditional SaaS incumbents for lunch. The Billion-Dollar AI Unicorn Factory The scale of AI startup funding isn’t just impressive — it’s existential for SaaS: The AI Billion-Dollar Club: OpenAI : $8.4

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Dear SaaStr: Should I Move My Start-Up to SF Bay Area?

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Even as the world has gone more remote and distributed, there are unique advantages to being based here—especially for startups that want to build something really big. Whether it’s hiring a VP of Sales who’s scaled a team to $50M ARR or finding a product leader who’s built enterprise-grade solutions, the talent pool here is unparalleled. #2.

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The Playbook to Recruiting Your Sales Team with Brex Chief Sales Officer Sam Blond (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Nothing matters but recruiting and using your personal network. Sam Blond, CSO at Brex explains why recruiting, networking and employee happiness is the key to this playbook on recruiting your sales team. Sam Blond | Chief Sales Officer @ Brex. I’m doing The Playbook To Recruiting Your Sales Team.

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CRO Confidential: How Codium Built A Billion-Dollar AI Company and a Winning Sales Machine with VP of Worldwide Sales, Graham Moreno

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Codium is one of the fastest-growing startups in the AI coding assistant space, having scaled its go-to-market team from 3 to 75 in just under a year. Before hiring their first sales reps, the founders personally closed millions in revenue. Their strategy?