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Top 10 Reasons SaaStr Annual 2025 Will Be Better Than Ever!! May 13-15 in SF Bay!

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SaaStr Annual has always been the go-to event for SaaS founders, executives, and investors, but 2025 is shaping up to be the best one yet. It’s 50% about the intersection of AI + B2B, 50% about GTM in 2025+, and … 50% about helping you meet the best of the best! 100+ scale-ups and start-ups showing you how they do it!

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A Founder’s Guide to Building and Scaling Marketing Channels: Lessons from Datadog’s CMO and First Marketing Hire

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And see everyone at SaaStr Annual 2025, May 13-15 in SF Bay!! At Datadog, their first focus was sponsored trade shows – specifically targeting the AWS ecosystem. Follow the Pilot-Repeat-Enlarge Methodology Pilot : Start small with minimal investment. This is critical for managing expectations across the organization.

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The Capex Conquest in the Cloud

Tom Tunguz

Aside from the overall growth of these clouds increasing, the massive investment in CapEx data centers, power plants, and GPUs is stunning. Google and Microsoft would wait another two years to replicate a similar level of investment. Google and Microsoft would wait another two years to replicate a similar level of investment.

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From $1M to $3B ARR: Databricks CRO Ron Gabrisko on Scaling a Revenue Rocket Ship

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In the latest episode of SaaStr’s CRO Confidential Series, our host Sam Blond sits down with Ron Gabrisko, CRO of Databricks , to unpack the journey from $1M in ARR to crossing $3B ARR at the end of January 2025. Because thats how their customerswho were used to AWS, Azure, and GCP pricingexpected to buy. Talent beats everything.

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AI is Already Remaking SaaS. 10 Trends To Watch Right Now. And Not Fall Behind On.

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This means investing heavily in R&D and hiring top-tier talent to make your AI capabilities truly world-class. — James McGillicuddy (@jpmcuddy) March 20, 2025 #9. at 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay. One Thing is Clear: AI Makes a Lot of Business Software Look Awfully Expensive Today. Is Deflation Coming? #5.

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7 Marketing Hot Takes with SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin on the Exit Five Podcast 

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2: What Keeps Someone Motivated In The Startup World Jason has been successful, has had exits, has invested in great companies, and has built SaaStr into what it is, so what motivates him and other founders to keep going? “It For LinkedIn, he has morning posts scheduled through 2025. It changes over time,” Jason shares.

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Forgot the SaaS Gloom and Doom on Social. ‘Just Build’ with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

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SaaStr founder and CEO Jason Lemkin shares his take on the current SaaS landscape midway through 2024 and what might be coming next in 2025 at the opener to this year’s SaaStr Europa. If B2C rebounded back in 2023, that means 2025 might be a little easier for a lot of folks in classic B2B. Every VC wants to invest. Just build.

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