The Latest From SaaStr: Why You Might Not Actually Enjoy Being a VC

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By Jason Lemkin · Wednesday, November 25, 2020
 
     
 

Why would you not work in a VC fund? There may be times, maybe even many times, in the earlier days when you look at VCs and Venture Capital and...
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By Jason Lemkin · Wednesday, November 25, 2020
 
     
 

We’ve talked a lot on SaaStr about how to hire a Great VP of Sales.  And we’ll keep talking about it — so long as 70% of first-time VPs of...
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By Amelia Ibarra · Wednesday, November 25, 2020
 
     
 

In today's SaaStr Insider episode SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin catches up with Ben Hindman, Co-Founder & CEO at Splash to talk about the future of digital events.

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By Jason Lemkin · Wednesday, November 25, 2020
 
     
 

A few years back at SaaStr Annual, we put back-to-back a seemingly very different set of speakers, Jeff Lawson CEO of Twilio (transcript here) and Peter Gassner of Veeva (transcript...
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By Kaitlyn Palatucci · Tuesday, November 24, 2020
 
     
 

It is the last SaaStr event of 2020 and it sure has been a wild ride.  Thanks to our partners and sponsors we have been able to take our events digitally - bringing together SaaS industry experts from across the world.  Check out the low down on our sponsors for SaaStr Scale who are helping to make this event happen.

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By Jason Lemkin · Tuesday, November 24, 2020
 
     
 

Don't pick a cofounder that – has something better to do– wants to see how it goes– has a clear backup plan– sees it as risky– argues over who should...
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