Sat.Nov 12, 2022

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Five Reasons to Hire Top Sales Talent

Iannarino

There are only three ways to acquire top sales talent. The first way is to buy it. The second way is to build it. The third way is to use both strategies together. Consider for a moment the investment in time and money required to develop talent. It’s expensive, difficult, and time consuming.

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The Different Flavors of Risk Early Stage VCs Take

SaaStr

It's not just FTX. Every VC I catch up with has a quiet story of fraud in their portfolio. Numbers that were sort of made up usually. Most won't ever be discussed or end up public. — Jason Be Kind Lemkin (@jasonlk) November 10, 2022. I’ve had the privilege to invest one way or another in about 35 SaaS companies, both as a VC and as angel. 6 have become decacorns and unicorns, and 3 have sold for $1B+ cash.