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

SaaStr

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.

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

SaaStr

Head of AI Dialpad: How to Build AI at Scale GTM/ B2B Speakers: CEO HubSpot Yamini Rangan: Going More Multiproduct, Going More AI, and Going More SMB and More Enterprise CEO Dropbox Drew Houston: DropBoxs Third Act: AI & Content Intelligence CEO Calendly, Tope Awotona Open AMA and AI in 2026 CEO Clio, Jack Newton: Reaccelerating Vertical SaaS to (..)

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Dear SaaStr: I’m Bootstrapped. How Can I Afford to Hire Any VPs?

SaaStr

But as you approach $8m-$10m ARR, there will be enough revenue. ARR VPCS: $2m ARR VPP: $3m-$4m ARR VPE: $5m-$6m ARR CFO: $10m ARR COO: $20m ARR. And no excuses not to have a fully built management team by then. And thus the next level C-level hiring process ends up being about the same, bootstrapped or not. ARR VPS: $1-$1.5m

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What Has Your GPU Done For You Today?

Tom Tunguz

Today, buyers are more familiar & have security options : deploying AI on virtual private cloud architectures, tools to delete data from cloud AI vendors, dedicated security tools for AI, & a panoply of open source alternatives. What revenue has AI increased? ROI (return-on-investment) has replaced fear.

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You *know* your exec team desperately needs an offsite. We’ve got the easiest (and best, and cheapest) solution

SaaStr

Scaling Revenue in 2022: What’s the Same and What’s Different? . Karen Tang, VPCS @ Active Campaign. Toni Tiffany, VPCS @ Orum. With sessions like… Revenue Alignment: How to Pull Marketing, Sales, Customer Success Together . More… Michelle Adams, CRO @ Algolia. Sterling Snow, CRO @ Divvy.

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Bet On Up-and-Comers. But Add One Veteran For Each $10m ARR.

SaaStr

A truly experienced VP of Sales, for example, will know exactly how to scale the sales team to hit your revenue goals. That's a wrap for @Twilio 's Q4 2020 earnings: $548M revenue, up 65% Y/Y. ARR VPCS: $2m ARR VPP: $3m-$4m ARR VPE: $5m-$6m ARR CFO: $10m ARR COO: $20m ARR. Once it all starts to get really complicated.

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16 Changes to the Way Enterprises Are Building and Buying Generative AI

Andreessen Horowitz

In 2024, we believe the revenue opportunity will be multiples larger in the enterprise. While they are relying on NPS and customer satisfaction as good proxy metrics, they’re also looking for more tangible ways to measure returns, such as revenue generation, savings, efficiency, and accuracy gains, depending on their use case.