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New SaaStr on 20VC! “The VC Playbook: What’s Working in 2025”

SaaStr

Non-technical CEOs can win in AI : Despite conventional wisdom, OpenAI is dominating with non-technical leadership because they excel at recruitment, empowerment, and strategic partnerships. They’ll sign the contract tonight. A CMO with a $5-10M budget will happily spend $200K on a tool that might save their career.

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The 5 Stages of Business Growth To Build Success

Salesforce

Partnerships : Forming strategic partnerships to increase reach and capabilities. According to The Ninth Edition State of Marketing Report, businesses in this phase spend 45% of their time focusing on optimization rather than rapid expansion. Market penetration : Increasing market share in existing markets.

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The Latest 20VC + SaaStr: Why Vibe Coding is On Fire — But Also Can’t Be Trusted, How YC and Multi-Stage Funds Have Won, and Figma’s Epic IPO

SaaStr

” The Defensive Strategies: Hunt ultra-early (Bold Start approach) before multi-stage funds notice Hunt where they’re not hunting in non-consensus markets Create your own pipeline through accelerators or unique deal flow The Fund Construction Reality: Jason’s discipline is telling: “30 is the highest price I pay. .”

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Anthropic May Never Catch OpenAI. But It’s Already 40% as Big.

SaaStr

of the generative AI chatbot market share, though this represents a decline from 76% in January 2024—indicating growing competition. million daily active users as of 2025. ChatGPT holds 59.5% million monthly active users and 2.9 million mobile app users—roughly 5% of ChatGPT’s user base.

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Why Growth Hacking Doesn’t Scale, And How To Plan For Growth Instead

Sales Hacker

In 2015 Randy had kept pace with the growth in the market. Competitors were increasing their market share and Randy was falling behind. FIND PRODUCT MARKET FIT. Pursue new accounts for example from SMB to Mid Market to Enterprise. Randy was let go in July. However, the growth accelerated substantially in 2016.