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

SaaStr

1,000+ Networking Sessions Weve doubled down on networking opportunities, with over 1,000 sessions, including Braindates, AMAs, mentoring, and 1:1 meetings. Whether youre looking for a co-founder, a mentor, or your next big customer, youll find them here. It’s one of the best ways to informally meet VCs!

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PCI explained: Why every platform should prioritize compliance | Episode 42

Payrix

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), which make up a large portion of the market, are particularly vulnerable. A single data breach can cost a SMB up to $650,000, making it essential for software companies to partner with payment processors who prioritize security. In most cases, software companies are serving SMB merchants.

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Making the jump from Customer Success to CEO with FranConnect’s Gabby Wong

ChurnZero

We had to say: what does SMB want? So, we combined our 20 products into one and said here’s a package for SMB, here’s a package for mid-market, and here’s a package for enterprise. Q: In your career, did you actively seek out coaches, sponsors, and mentors? Gabby: You should always seek out mentors.

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SaaStr Podcast #376 with ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck: “10 Mistakes the CEO of ZoomInfo Made on His Journey to IPO (Part 2)”

SaaStr

Do you segment enterprise and SMB? It’s not like I just go … I can’t just go to my CTO and go, “Do that,” and he goes, “Yep. Jason Lemkin: Let me just hear you as a mentor give us these four takeaways. Do you treat them by usage together? Jason Lemkin: I see. Not segmenting early enough.

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

Sales Hacker

SMB Sales & SDRs at (Smaller) Scale [18:20]. A couple weeks into my summer internship at Netscape, I met a guy named Mike McCue who really became my mentor at Netscape. We were part of the office of the CTO. At that time, Marc Andreessen, the founder was the CTO of the company and there were only three of us in the group.

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Product-Led Growth (PLG) For Startups

Mucker Capital

Hila is a mentor with Mucker Capital. From there, you will also want to enable me and Tony, once we are so convinced, to easily have a conversation with the our CTO or our Chief Financial Officer when there's opportunity to buy new developer software. Currently she's Executive in Residence with Reforge and advising other companies.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

And during my time there, one of my close friends and mentors, his name is Steve Carpenter, gave me a nudge and said, “Hey man, when are you leaving?” Bret was formerly the CTO at Facebook. And so, I got to just grow up, if you want to put it that way. ” And I’m like, “What are you talking about?

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