The Latest From SaaStr: How To (Successfully) Source Your First 2 Sales Reps

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By Jason Lemkin · Saturday, January 8, 2022
 
     
 

We’ve talked a lot on SaaStr about how to hire a Great VP of Sales, and how you have to close the first 10 or so customers yourself, and how when...
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By Jason Lemkin · Friday, January 7, 2022
 
     
 

Crunchbase has its latest VC report up here and it’s good reading. Everyone has slightly different data, but it helps answer a seeming conflict in the VC markets: Massive amounts...
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By Jason Lemkin · Friday, January 7, 2022
 
     
 

Q: Dear SaaStr: What Are The Top Things Consistently Missing from Series A Pitches? The biggest problem I find with Series A pitches is simply that they are still Series...
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By Amelia Ibarra · Friday, January 7, 2022
 
     
 

Dave Kellogg, EIR at Balderton Capital and Principal at Dave Kellogg Consulting, shares five tips to help founders and CEOs navigate their marketing strategy and develop clarity around what successful marketing looks like.

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By Jason Lemkin · Thursday, January 6, 2022
 
     
 

Even with these market wobbles, if you’re fortunate enough to be a “hot” startup in SaaS today you may find yourself oversubscribed in a fundraising round, and/or with investors that...
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By Amelia Ibarra · Thursday, January 6, 2022
 
     
 

Join us at SaaStr Annual 2022 in San Mateo, CA!

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