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We Run 21 AI Agents and They’ve Closed Millions. But There Still Isn’t a Good AI Account Executive. Yet
Sep 14, 2026
We run 21 AI agents in production at SaaStr. They have closed millions in revenue. They book meetings on Saturday nights, resurrect leads nobody had touched in six months, run the invoice and the collections follow-up, and write to Salesforce all day without asking...
Why You Should Kill Your Competitor in B2B
Sep 14, 2026
https://twitter.com/jasonlk/status/2099250266034016411?s=61&t=ZWlHxY1IQMwjLHbJx9Z4OA IMHO and experience, most B2B founders aren't Killers. They're Builders. In fact, the two jobs of a founder/CEO are antithetically opposed to zero-sum and attack thinking. First,...
Dear SaaStr: When Should a Startup Hire its First Sales Person, and What Should Their Profile Look Like?
Sep 14, 2026
https://youtu.be/SudPdHV2INQ Dear SaaStr: When Should a Startup Hire its First Sales Person, and What Should Their Profile Look Like? We’ve talked a lot about this on SaaStr, let me summarize my top learnings from 15+ years Try to close at least 10–20 customers...
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We Run 21 AI Agents and They’ve Closed Millions. But There Still Isn’t a Good AI Account Executive. Yet
By Jason Lemkin | September 14, 2026
We run 21 AI agents in production at SaaStr. They have closed millions in revenue. They book meetings on Saturday nights, resurrect leads nobody had touched in six months, run the invoice and the collections follow-up, and write to Salesforce all day without asking anyone for permission. It’s so great and so disruptive, and now…
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Why You Should Kill Your Competitor in B2B
By Jason Lemkin | September 14, 2026
"How do you kill your competition? You have to think about this if you really want to win. At Elevenlabs, we did a grants program, 10,000+. Then we upsold them — later. And it helped crush the competition." with @samdblond https://t.co/ktEXlxMQJV pic.twitter.com/CglTU9LMqm — Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) September 13, 2026 IMHO and experience, most B2B…
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Dear SaaStr: When Should a Startup Hire its First Sales Person, and What Should Their Profile Look Like?
By Jason Lemkin | September 14, 2026
Dear SaaStr: When Should a Startup Hire its First Sales Person, and What Should Their Profile Look Like? We’ve talked a lot about this on SaaStr, let me summarize my top learnings from 15+ years Try to close at least 10–20 customers yourself first, before you hire a sales rep. You can’t teach them how…
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