Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin on Hiring

Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin@jasonlk

10 Things That Would Have Helped Me Go From $1m to $10m Faster with Less Stress: 1/ Spending less time fixing things, more time recruiting senior folks to own them 2/ Hiring a full-time head of biz dev once I had a few key partners 3/ Getting on more jets

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Why it worked

Promises a countable payoff up front, which sets a clear expectation.
Uses concrete numbers instead of vague claims, which makes it credible and quotable.
Follows a clear Hook → Context → Context → Landing shape, so the reader always knows where they are.
Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.

The mechanics

Hook: Promises a list
Structure: Hook → Context → Context → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal, concrete, punchy
Mechanisms: Specificity
Written for: Hiring managers and founders

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