Saket Saurabh defied standard SaaS advice by skipping SMBs and selling directly to enterprise giants like Instacart and LinkedIn from day one. In this episode, early-stage B2B SaaS founders will learn the "Enterprise First" strategy that helped Nexla become cash flow positive before raising a Series A.

Saket breaks down exactly how to navigate complex corporate buy-cycles without a track record. You will learn how to overcome the "we can build this ourselves" objection from technical buyers, why a "Zero Salary" founder pivot was necessary to reach profitability, and the "Critical Path" leadership advice he learned directly from Jensen Huang at Nvidia.

In this episode, Saket also shares the "Magic Moment" sales tactic where his co-founder live-coded a fix during a pitch meeting to close Instacart, and why consultative selling beats pitching when you are a technical founder.

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