Legends of SaaS Share: What's It's Like To Be at SaaStr Annual

Name: Legends of SaaS Share: What's It's Like To Be at SaaStr Annual
Uploaded: 2018-09-18T02:47:19+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Jason M. Lemkin
Description: In this panel from the SaaStr Annual conference, several SaaS founders discuss the vibrant energy of the event and share candid, practical advice. One…

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In this panel from the SaaStr Annual conference, several SaaS founders discuss the vibrant energy of the event and share candid, practical advice. One speaker highlights the value of transparent storytelling about hiring missteps, outlining specific ways they went wrong and how to avoid those pitfalls. Another emphasizes the importance of learning from peer companies that have faced similar challenges, encouraging founders to seek out real‑world stories. The conversation also underscores the need for founders to believe in their long‑term journey, not just day‑to‑day tasks, and celebrates the enthusiasm of young entrepreneurs in the audience who see the event as a formative experience they’ll look back on fondly.

There's so much energy at this conference.
So normally if you read a VC blog post, it's like theoretical or kind of tidied up. Zester is like, here is the 3 ways I completely screwed up this hire, and here are 2 ways in which you can get it right.
I think it's incredibly important to be able to have a bunch of companies that have learned the lessons that you might be learning right now. You want to be able to hear stories from other founders or entrepreneurs that have dealt with the exact same struggle.
People have to believe in where they're going. It's not about what you're doing today, but it's about the journey that you're taking together.
There's a lot of promise out there. There's a lot of young founders that are sitting in the audience going, "Hey, wow, I can learn from this," or, "Can I ask you a question?" It'll be really cool to look back and be like, "Hey, we were a part of that, and this is when it all started."