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7 Pieces of Advice Entrepreneurs Never Hear That They Need to Hear with Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

That placeholder for the VP of Finance never gets the financials done, and the VP of Marketing talks and talks but hasn’t ever worked with a sales team. When you hire that VP of Engineering who never learns the product, it doesn’t work. There is a 0% chance it works. Founders need to be honest about it, though.

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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

As part of the run up to 2021 SaaStr Annual in the SF Bay Area Sep 27-29 , we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite classic sessions. (And And grab the best deal ever on 2021 Annual tickets here ). The issue the SMBs had was, “Well, I’m a 20-person consulting company. Hubspot today is a $23B juggernaut.

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25 predictions for SaaS in 2025

Chart Mogul

Jared Kleinert , Founder and CEO of Offsite.com 2025 will be the best year for SaaS companies (and tech in general) since 2021, but it wont always feel like it. Martin Raile , VP of Finance & Operations at ChartMogul There will be more and more niche SaaS products.