Short interview-style transcript from the YouTube video "What SaaStr Annual is All About!" (Jason M. Lemkin). Multiple speakers describe the high energy of the SaaStr Annual conference, the value of candid founder stories (learning from mistakes and hires), and the conference community as a supportive, home-like place for entrepreneurs to grow, learn, and connect.
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 three ways I completely screwed up this hire, and here are two 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 may 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.
Saaster to me is home. It's sort of comforting to actually come to SAASTR Annual because the community is there for you when you want to grow, learn, teach. They sort of always have your back. It kind of felt like coming home today. I would say it's like your security blanket. That's the best example I can talk about saastor. Just because you know that you can rely on it whenever you need it.
There is an excitement around the kinds of businesses that can do things that are innovative, that can do things that are important and that help people to just do things they never thought they could. Right. As a business leader, and I think that you see all of that hope and all of that aspiration and all of that enthusiasm for building something very present at this event, which I think is really cool. Good afternoon, everyone.
And now for the six o' clock news.
If you have a fantastic team that is on that journey together and committed to it, you can be successful.
If you care about something deeply, which is what founders do, they have an authentic mission and they say, stop at nothing. Then you find a way to the people who may help you in that journey, CEOs who may even compete with the next generation, Everyone, founders, all want to share and help. We're sharing our mistakes. We're sharing our learnings. That's what makes Sastor special. We're all willing to share and who knew? I'm so grateful to everyone that comes and shares at all levels.
