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

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1: Don’t hire a VP (or anyone in the early days) that you aren’t 95% sure is great. Founders between a million and $250M are talking about lowering the bar for hiring because they aren’t sure if the person is great or they’re trying to fill a gap. A great Head of Sales will move the needle. You can’t do that.

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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)

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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

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Next we’ll be hiring it. 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.