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5 Nonobvious Learnings from Atlassian’s Path to The First $10B in ARR With Ex-CRO Cameron Deatsch

SaaStr

As we gear up for 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay , we wanted to do a deep dive on some of the best sessions from past Annuals. As Atlassian was crossing $10B ARR, CRO Cameron Deatsch came to SaaStr Annual to share how they build a platform and ecosystem to fuel that growth. 5 Nonobvious Learnings from Atlassian’s Path to $10B 1. The “Anti-Enterprise” Enterprise Model Most surprising insight: Atlassian’s growth challenges conventional enterprise wisdom.

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You Can’t Eat Pipegen

Kellblog

Years ago, I was in a board meeting and a VC dropped the expression: “you can’t eat IRR.” I’d never heard it before. It sounded catchy. But, honestly, I didn’t know what it meant. At first, I thought it was VC-ism. But then I learned the phrase was coined by the venerable Howard Marks of Oaktree in one of his famous investor memos.

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Top SaaStr Posts and Videos of the Week: Databricks’ and Notion’s CROs, Tunguz + Lemkin on AI, S-Tier AI vs. B-Tier Humans

SaaStr

Top Posts: #1. Its 2025. There Is No Downturn Anymore. Its You. #2. Lessons Learned Rolling out AI Agents to 16,000+ SMB brands with Gorgias CTO #3. From $1M to $3B ARR: Databricks CRO Ron Gabrisko on Scaling a Revenue Rocket Ship #4. The Arguments For Not Raising at a Unicorn Valuation #5. S-Tier AI is Coming For B-Tier Employees Top VIdeos and Pods: #1.

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Five unconventional customer success interview questions: why to ask them, and how to answer.

ChurnZero

The goal of any customer success interview is to determine if a role is a mutual fit. Does the candidate have the skills and experience the hiring manager is looking for? Is this a role, team, and company that the candidate wants to commit to joining? Of course, there are some standard customer success interview questions that are bound to come up, from simple things like tell me about yourself, age-old head-scratchers like what are your strengths and weaknesses, and scenario-based questions tha

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Going Beyond Chatbots: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems, & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

If AI agents are going to deliver ROI, they need to move beyond chat and actually do things. But, turning a model into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. In this new webinar, Alex Salazar and Nate Barbettini will break down the emerging AI architecture that makes action possible, and how it differs from traditional integration approaches.

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Discover 10 Product Analytics Best Practices From Real Experts

User Pilot

Our industry needs to rethink product analytics best practices: Companies are flooded with data silos and errors from using many inefficient, fragmented tools. Teams rely too much on engineering resources to set up systems, implement a new flashy dashboard, and solve errors. Theres low-quality data everywhere, redundant tracking, and metrics that dont align with business objectives.