The Latest From SaaStr: A Very Simple Sales Comp Plan For Your First Sales Reps

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By Jason Lemkin · Monday, March 8, 2021
 
     
 

  Q: What is a good model for SaaS product sales commission? The average package price is USD 500 for subscription/month. At the end of the day, most SaaS companies...
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By Jason Lemkin · Monday, March 8, 2021
 
     
 

I had my first mentor a couple of yrs ago when I was SVP. Really helped me work through things and see all the things I was missing. I extended...
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By Jason Lemkin · Sunday, March 7, 2021
 
     
 

If you take nothing else away from this A+ post, take away this: The CEO only needs to speak for the first 30 minutes. That's it. Max. Then it's time...
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By Jason Lemkin · Sunday, March 7, 2021
 
     
 

Recently I put together a quick list on twitter of the Top 10 things that with hindsight, I could and should have done to get from $1m to $10m ARR...
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By Jason Lemkin · Saturday, March 6, 2021
 
     
 

Wrike never went public, but instead was acquired by Citrix for $2.2B.  But since Citrix is public, we can still learn a bit about how Wrike looked right at the...
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By Jason Lemkin · Saturday, March 6, 2021
 
     
 

Recently I spent some time with two seemingly similar SaaS start-ups.  Both are at about $100k in MRR (congratulations!).  Both have happy, enthusiastic customers.  Both have really great products and...
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Last chance to Register for SaaStr Build
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SaaStr Build is next week, March 9-10. Limited free tickets remain for the core sessions to see sessions like the 2021 State of the Cloud with Bessemer Venture Partners and Winning at Enterprise through Community Building with Notion. For full access, VIP ticket holders get access to all content, 1:1 networking and VIP matchmaking -- grab $50 off VIP tickets with code saastr50.

 
 
 

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