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Top 10 GTM Mistakes Founders Make Again … and Again with SaaStr’s Jason Lemkin 

SaaStr

They hire a VP of Sales who doesn’t want to sell or learn the product. You also don’t want to hire a VP of Sales who won’t carry a bag. If you joined a startup at $2M and wanted to get to $6M with reps doing $400k, that VP of Sales would need to hire ten reps. Software is better, and AI makes it more so. Or why you lose?

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What SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin Really Thinks About AI, Sales & Lead Gen In 2024

SaaStr

For part one of this Ask Me Anything session, Jason covers everything you need to know about hiring your first VP of Sales, what he really thinks about AI, what the future of lead generation in 2024 looks like, and much more. Q: Should Early-Stage Companies Sprinkle in AI? You can’t hire a magician Head of Product.

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

SaaStr

The three worlds are: B2B2C B2B2B AI And then there are folks in impacted categories like ZoomInfo , where things haven’t really improved. And there’s AI. Jason tweeted WTF because many things are happening in AI, like 200x ARR rounds. A lot of the funding rounds for AI feel like 2021 again, but only for this subset of people.

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PODCAST 93: The Journey from 2x Founder to VC with Angus Davis

Sales Hacker

Angus Davis: Foundation Capital is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Although our firm is based in Silicon Valley, I’m based on the East Coast so I spend a lot of time working with founders in New York City, Boston, and London. We were part of the office of the CTO.

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“Seed is Broken But There is More Seed Funding That Ever”: The Latest Deep Dive with Harry Stebbings and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Public valuations are still at a fraction of their 2021 peaks, but seed rounds are more expensive than ever. There is more capital available to startups than ever before. This is due to several factors, including low-interest rates, the rise of venture capital , and the increasing popularity of angel investing.

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Top 30 SaaS Influencers to Follow in 2022

SmartKarrot

Chris Orlob is the senior director of product marketing at Gong.io, an AI (Artificial Intelligence) platform to provide sales analytics. She is an active speaker on startups, venture capital, inbound marketing, remote work, and spacetech. One of the top SaaS influencers is Dharmesh Shah , co-founder, and CTO of HubSpot.

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GTM 137: The Biggest Business Turnaround You’ve Never Heard Of & The Growth Levers to Pull When Things Go Wrong

Sales Hacker

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Cassie Young is a General Partner at Primary Venture Partners, a $1B AUM early-stage venture capital firm in New York that has backed category-defining companies such as Chief, Alma, K Health, Latch, Alloy, Dandy and Vestwell.

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