Sun.Mar 23, 2025

article thumbnail

How Windsurf / Codeium Built a Billion-Dollar AI Company and a Winning Sales Machine

SaaStr

5 Key Learnings from Scaling from 3 to 75 Go-To-Market Team Members in Less Than 12 Months The latest SaaStr CRO Confidential is out and Sam Blond did a great deep dive with Graham Mareno, VP of Worldwide Sales at Codeium. I really liked this one and wanted to write up a few more learnings. Codeium has emerged as one of the hottest AI startups, growing from 30 to 150 employees in just one year, with a valuation already exceeding $1 billion.

article thumbnail

The Digital Hot Dog : Marketing in the Age of AI

Tom Tunguz

What is a webinar in the age of AI? It’s a blog post. And a podcast. And a video. And a meme. Let me explain. For many webinars, I’ll send a notetaker in my place, a robot to record the conversation & summarize it in the way I ask. A personal journalist in a sense. Instead of watching & listening to a conversation, I’m transmogrifying the subset of the content that matters to me into the format I prefer : a summary in a template, in other words, a blog post.

AI Search 157
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Dear SaaStr: What “Quotas” Should My VP of Customer Success and VP of Product Have?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What “Quotas” Should My VP of Customer Success and VP of Product Have? For a VP of Customer Success (VPCS), their “quota” or ownership should revolve around two key metrics: Net Revenue Retention (NRR) and Gross Retention Rate (GRR). NRR is the North Star metric for customer successit measures how much revenue youre retaining and expanding from your existing customer base.

article thumbnail

Social Media Engagement: 9 Ways to Boost Yours + Why it Matters

Buffer Resources

Picture this: You’re demonstrating your products or services at a kiosk — its benefits, use cases, social proof , all that jazz. You know your offer is A+, but no one seems to notice. They’re just passing you by like you’re invisible. What are you doing wrong? How can you get your audience’s attention? This is precisely what social media feels like without engagement — like you’re shouting into a void.

article thumbnail

State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

article thumbnail

Top SaaStr Posts and Pods of The Week: Windsurf’s VP Sales, Rippling’s CRO, Selling for Billions with Founder Collective, and More!

SaaStr

Top Posts: #1: 70% of Pipeline from Marketing Comes From Just 4 Things #2. Redpoint: 31% of All VC Money Last Year Went Into Just 20 Deals #3. The Y Combinator Guide to Perfectly Pitching Your Seed Stage Startup with Michael Seibel #4. How Much of Customer Support Will AI Replace? Gartner Says 80% #5. Dear SaaStr: Whats a Fair Amount of Founder Secondary in a Series B VC funding round?

Scale 165