22 REAsons to come to 2022 SaaStr Annual!
Your chance to meet that new mentor, learn from that great VP
#1. 1000+ Braindates and Mentoring Sessions, including 100s of Top VCs, CROs, CMOs and More.
meet the best — in person
#2. The Biggest Event of the Year in SaaS!
With Dreamforce scaled back, and our good friends at HubSpot moving Inbound to a hybrid digital/IRL event, SaaStr Annual is now the biggest event in the world for SaaS. Now of course, we aren’t a vendor-specific event like Dreamforce or Inbound. But if you want to meet the most CEOs, CROs, CMOs, CPOs, VPEs, VCs and more in SaaS and Cloud … you gotta be there!
CROS of asana, atlassian, divvy, hubspot, cloudflare, and so much more!
#3. New!! Incredible CRO/CMO Growth Track!
All-day of Sep 14th we’ll have the best CROs and CMOs and more, one after another, showing you how to scale faster and better. We’ll have the CROs of Atlassian (!), Calendly (!), Cloudflare (!), Asana (!), Lattice, Algolia, Divvy, Deel, Confluent, Snowflake, New Relic, Expel and so, so much more sharing their Playbooks to Scale!
they’re bringing term sheets
#4. The Best VCs in All of SaaS. 100s and 100s of Them.
Yes, VCs are still investing over Zoom. But it goes so, so much better if you’ve met in person. Come meet 100s of VCs from Sequoia, Lightspeed, HubSpot Ventures, Battery, Mayfield, YCombinator, General Catalyst, Redpoint, Index, Base10 and so so much more! Get funded at Annual! More here.
the best ceos share their playbooks
#5. Learn from the most incredible CEOs, from Mailchimp to Grammarly to Airtable to Front to Lattice and so much more!!
We’ll have so, so many incredible CEOs and founders!! We’ll have the CEOs of Grammarly, Algolia, Airtable, Braze, Gusto, Front, Segment, ServiceTitan, DoNotPay, Medable, Lattice, Okta and so much more!! Phew!!
IT’s just plain fun to learn together
#6. Tons of parties and meet-Ups, hang with the best!
There are tons of different way to meet new great founders, execs and VCs. Parties are one good way. We’ll have happy hours on site every night in the Cantina, on Tuesday night Sep 13 we’ll have 12+ informal parties in the area for different subject matters and functions, on Wednesday Sep 14 we get everyone together for a Big Party on-site with Duke Dumont, and then on Thursday Sep 15 we all get together with more braindates and a big, informal Closing Out Party.
let your hair down a bit!
#7. Bring a Friend to The Big Party with Duke Dumont.
This is gonna be fun. And all attendees can bring a buddy, a S.O., or a good friend to The Big Party.
2,000 No-COST VIP PAsses
#8. The top Equality and Inclusion program in the industry
SaaStr has reserved 2,000 no-cost, VIP passes to Annual for less represented founders and execs. We believe this is a bigger commitment than anyone else in the industry. Please apply here. Our EIB programs includes VIP access to everything, inclusion session reg and Braindates, along with our classic Inclusion Brunch.
VISIT YOUR CUSTOMERS & PARTNERS
#9. A Perfect Event to Combine With a General SF Bay Area Business Trip.
The world has changed, but the SF Bay Area is still the global HQ of SaaS. Come to Annual in September, yes, but also come visit your customers here, your partners here, and more.
This is gonna be fun. And all attendees can bring a buddy, a S.O., or a good friend to The Big Party.
meet the best in saas
#10. Find That Great VP You Need to Hire — and Meet a Great VP So You Know Who To Hire.
We’ll have everything from our classic Job boards, to AMAs, to Braindates, and more. So many chances to meet great VPs. Maybe you’ll hire one! And certainly, you’ll get a sense of what best-of-breed is.
Share. scale. learn.
#11. A Lot of Fun. You Deserve This. We Make Learning Fun.
SaaStr is very serious about learning together how to scale at Annual. But we know one of the best ways to learn is to have fun along the way. SaaS isn’t easy, and it takes a while. We take every session, every speaker, every part of Annual seriously. But we also try to design every element so it’s genuinely fun. From Art Cars, to parties that are truly fun, to special sessions like Founder Confidential, to having a bit of a senes of humor about how hard this all really is.
meet the best in saas
#12. Do Your Team Offsite at Annual!!
We have big discounts on team packs for a reason — Annual is even better when you bring your team. We have great tracks, content, braindates, and mentoring sessions for Sales, Marketing, Product, Success and Engineering leaders. You have to do quarterly offsites anyway. Do the next one at Annual! Bring 20+, and we can bring your whole team for one modest price, let us know!
Share. scale. learn.
#13. 200+ Sponsors and Partners to Learn from, Talk to, And Get Tune-Ups From.
The best of the best sponsor SaaStr Annual. We have a higher concentration of founders and SaaS CEOs than any other global gathering. So it’s a great chance to talk to them. To discover a new product for your tech stack, or to interact with one of your favorite vendors IRLs. And to learn together.
incredible masterclasses
#14. The Playbooks to Scaling. Scaling Revenue, Leads, Teams, NPS, and More.
We’ll have 20+ special sessions on The Playbooks. The Playbook to getting more leads. More customers. Driving NPS up. And so much more. Real, actionable Playbooks. From the best of the best.
We have big discounts on team packs for a reason — Annual is even better when you bring your team.
the winners are there
#15. It’s the Super Bowl of SaaS.
That’s from Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom — not us. There’s just something special about being together with the best of the best.
close that big deal from SaaStr
#16. A Quiet Co-Working Space To Get Work Done, When You Need To.
Plenty of power, quiet space, and more to get work done while you are at Annual. Don’t worry if you have meetings or calls. We’ve got a huge, enormous open-air fed hall for you to take them in.
the winners are there
#17. Birds-of-a-Feather Lunches and More.
We’ll make sure you meet other great folks doing what you’re doing. Lunches for Sales, for Marketing, for CS, for Product, for Ops and more. They’re a lot of fun and all part of our journey to make sure everyone makes as many connections as possible!
close that big deal from SaaStr
#18. Plato Sessions for Product and Engineering Mentorship.
These are roundtables with top executives from top tech leaders from Box, Adobe, Zoom, VMWare, Coursera, Paypal, Zendesk, Proofpoint, Segment, and more and are highly rated. You automatically meet new great folks here.
the winners are there
#19. A Double-Sized Cantina, All Day Long!
Dead center of Annual we have our Cantina, open all days, with everything from kombucha to ice coffee to margaritas. The goal is a hub to again meet more and new folks. The Cantina was packed all day and night long last time, so we’re doubling the Cantina itself, and tripling the number of Cantina stages from 1 to 3.
close that big deal from SaaStr
#20. Mainly Outdoors and Open Air Across a 40+ Acre Campus. And 100% Tested.
SaaStr Annual is again mainly outdoors and open air across a 40+ acre campus. We’ll build 9 outdoor stages and an outdoor expo, and have open air co-working space and meeting spaces. In addition, 100% of all attendees will be Covid tested prior to attending or on site, as well as temperature scanned. No one else does this.
the ones that know, are there
#21. More Unicorns, Decacorns, & Centaurs Than Anywhere on the Planet.
Want to really meet the best of the best? They come to SaaStr. Meet the CEOs, founders and CXOs of Gong, Algolia, HubSpot, Lattice, Divvy, Front, Checkout.com, Divvy, Braze, Airtable, Medable, Gusto, AngelList, Cloudinary, Deel, Confluent, Okta, Grammarly, Mailchimp, Drift, Notion, Atlassian, Salesloft, Talkdesk, Klaviyo, TripActions, Carta, Nylas, Oyster, Airbase, Drata, Calendly and so much more. 100+ Unicorns, Decarons
close that big deal from SaaStr
#22. The Super Fun Last Call Party on Thursday.
This was one of the very best parts of Annual last year. We stayed until they kicked us out! We’ll have a progressive party all across our 40 acre campus. The Last Call party ended up being a time where folks that were most engaged had some of the best conversations of the whole event. It is worth staying for.
Phew!! Trust us, it’s worth it. Just come.