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The startup journey moves in waves—whether you’re ready or not. After finding funding and product/market fit, your next steps as a founder in the hypergrowth phase can determine the future of your company. Harry Stebbings of Stride.VC MORE
Dropbox Chief Customer Officer Yamini Rangan draws on 20 years of experience to challenge five common misconceptions about SaaS success. MORE
I wouldn’t think about your marketing spend post Series B solely as a % of revenue. Although you probably should start there: First, you can probably spend up to 50% of your first year ACV to acquire a customer once you are well-funded. MORE
As customers use your product, they generate data just by going about their daily workflow. And you would be missing out on a huge opportunity if you didn’t capture that data, analyze it, and organize it. MORE
Your sales team isn't meeting its potential. It's a hard truth. And I'm sorry to break it to you, but for most companies out there, it's true. A sales operations team can change that. MORE
Choosing a place of work is one of the biggest decisions you can make in your life. It’s right up there with choosing a life partner, having kids, or buying a house. So why do so many people just wing it? MORE
This guide covers the ten most valuable customer experience metrics for small to medium businesses broken down in practical terms. It’s primarily meant for those of us: Averse to analytics (english and communications majors, rejoice!) With little or no time to spare (this should be all of us, right?) MORE
Like family dynamics, sales and marketing dynamics can be… Interesting. . Having been on both sides of the equation, I’ve seen how lack of alignment gets in the way of everyone’s best intentions. MORE
Many of us in the design and technology community pride ourselves on being tool builders, creating products that others can use to get things done. MORE
We break down how to build your first end to end sales playbook. We cover everything from the benefits of having a documented sales playbook to maintaining quarterly playbook reviews. MORE
Ep 257: Justin Welsh is the former SVP Sales @ PatientPop, the startup that offers the first all-in-one practice growth platform that’s HIPAA-compliant and is proven to grow your practice. MORE
By Sabrina Kelly, Techstars Vice President of Talent. At Techstars, we define our mission in People Ops as the following : “ We are strategic partners in building Techstars business by maximizing the value of our most important asset—our people. MORE
In 2019, artificial intelligence (AI) is prevalent in our everyday lives. Whether it be selecting a movie on Netflix, shopping on Amazon, or ordering an Uber, AI is powering many of the decisions we make on a daily basis. MORE
Cloud computing isn’t one monolithic type of offering, but an assortment of services aimed at meeting the various IT needs of an organization. MORE
Automated customer service isn’t a new concept. We’ve all navigated our fair share of automated phone menus or interacted with support bots to get help. But much has changed, both in usability and customer perception. MORE
We’re one week closer to SaaStr Scale ! A few things to share with you this week about Scale on the 29th. BOOK A BRAINDATE WITH THE MENTOR OF YOUR DREAMS. MORE
The startup journey moves in waves—whether you’re ready or not. After finding funding and product/market fit, your next steps as a founder in the hypergrowth phase can determine the future of your company. Harry Stebbings of Stride.VC MORE
Revenue-based financing is quickly becoming a popular way for startups to raise funds without sacrificing equity. This is how it works. This is a guest post by Brian Parks, Managing Partner at Bigfoot Capital. New investment structures are gaining traction in the early-stage SaaS financing market. MORE
Prospects are dodging sales communications at greater and greater rates. . Armed with better filters on their email inboxes and cell phones, they can block just about any sales message. Which means email open rates and call connect rates are dropping. This should make every sales leader nervous. MORE
? ?. If an organization’s founders aren’t designers and don’t come from a background where well-designed products played a key role in their lives, it can often be the last discipline to be brought onboard the team. MORE
A few things that surprise you especially as a founder: Things are sort of … slooow. Yes, lots is always seemingly going on at a start-up. But the reality is, major releases happen only a few times a year. Really Big sales deals don’t close every day. MORE
If history repeats itself, the next social network won’t look like the social networks we know today. Since the invention of the Internet, there have been places to meet new people who share our interests, deepen our relationships with existing … Uncategorized gaming MORE
Harry Stebbings, founder of the Twenty Minute VC podcast and Stride.VC, spends time every day connecting with each of his new followers on social media. He ends every email with “How can I help you?” MORE
A common refrain we’ve heard is that people’s businesses are too small to use any sort of CRO tool that tells them what their visitors are up to. That their website traffic is too low. MORE
Sell More Faster is the book that every early-stage startup needs to help it find product-market fit. Every startup, at any stage, needs to get—and keep—more customers. Read it once, then keep coming back as your startup grows: it will be your guide over months and years of building your company. . MORE
Editor’s note: This article is based on an episode of the a16z Podcast, which you can listen to here. MORE
And how, as a result, we’re having more fun than ever. Have fun.” She stared at me. “Go Go ahead. Just have fun.” I wasn’t sure how to respond. Having fun yet?” I was talking with my sister, Elizabeth, and she was helping me come to an embarrassing realization. MORE
Have you ever wondered how other salespeople are tackling their roles? Structuring their days? Overcoming their challenges? In this series, we’re going behind the scenes with top salespeople to get the inside scoop. You’re welcome!). MORE
Despite the flurry of activity and anxiety leading up to the May 2018 enforcement of GDPR, just over a year since its enactment, there are organizations collecting personal data that are actually taking comfort and confidence in the guidance it provides. MORE
Some people think the most important moment in the customer relationship is when they make the initial decision to purchase. But the period after the purchase, the onboarding phase , is what really establishes the customer relationship. MORE
As the first step in the sales process, prospecting can make or break your entire funnel. . That’s why it’s critical you know how to qualify a prospect (the right way). MORE
SaaStr
AUGUST 15, 2019
A few things that surprise you especially as a founder: Things are sort of … slooow. Yes, lots is always seemingly going on at a start-up. But the reality is, major releases happen only a few times a year. Really Big sales deals don’t close every day.
InsightSquared
AUGUST 14, 2019
In 2019, artificial intelligence (AI) is prevalent in our everyday lives. Whether it be selecting a movie on Netflix, shopping on Amazon, or ordering an Uber, AI is powering many of the decisions we make on a daily basis.
The Daily Egg
AUGUST 13, 2019
A common refrain we’ve heard is that people’s businesses are too small to use any sort of CRO tool that tells them what their visitors are up to. That their website traffic is too low.
TechStars
AUGUST 14, 2019
Sell More Faster is the book that every early-stage startup needs to help it find product-market fit. Every startup, at any stage, needs to get—and keep—more customers. Read it once, then keep coming back as your startup grows: it will be your guide over months and years of building your company. .
Speaker: Steve Johnson, VP of Products, Pragmatic Institute
Product Management is one of the most exciting - and most misunderstood - functions in technical organizations. Is it strategic or tactical? Is it a planning role or a support role? Many product professionals are unclear about what is (and isn't) product management. After all, product management spans many activities from business planning to market readiness. In this session, we’ll examine many product activities and artifacts for product strategy, planning, and growth, and introduce a simple tool that you can use in your organization to clarify the roles of product management and others. Steve Johnson explores the many roles of Product Management in this fun talk focused on why product managers should obsess on problems instead of solutions.
Predictable Revenue
AUGUST 15, 2019
We break down how to build your first end to end sales playbook. We cover everything from the benefits of having a documented sales playbook to maintaining quarterly playbook reviews.
SaaStr
AUGUST 13, 2019
Dropbox Chief Customer Officer Yamini Rangan draws on 20 years of experience to challenge five common misconceptions about SaaS success.
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SaaS Brief brings together the best content for SaaS professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
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Sales Hacker
AUGUST 15, 2019
As the first step in the sales process, prospecting can make or break your entire funnel. . That’s why it’s critical you know how to qualify a prospect (the right way).
TechStars
AUGUST 13, 2019
By Sabrina Kelly, Techstars Vice President of Talent. At Techstars, we define our mission in People Ops as the following : “ We are strategic partners in building Techstars business by maximizing the value of our most important asset—our people.
Inside Intercom
AUGUST 13, 2019
Many of us in the design and technology community pride ourselves on being tool builders, creating products that others can use to get things done.
SaaStr
AUGUST 16, 2019
Ep 257: Justin Welsh is the former SVP Sales @ PatientPop, the startup that offers the first all-in-one practice growth platform that’s HIPAA-compliant and is proven to grow your practice.
Speaker: Terhi Hanninen, Senior Product Manager, Zalando, and Dr. Franziska Roth, Senior User Researcher, Zalando
It's important to know your users - what are their preferences, pain points, ultimate goals? With user research and usage data, you can get a great idea of how your users act. The tricky part is, very few users reliably act the same way every time they use your product. Join Terhi Hanninen, Senior Product Manager, and Dr. Franziska Roth, Senior User Researcher at Zalando, as they explain how they were able to reach a new level of user understanding - by taking their user research and segmenting their users by point-in-time intent. You'll leave with a strategy to change how your product team, and organization at large, understands your users.
Groove HQ
AUGUST 14, 2019
This guide covers the ten most valuable customer experience metrics for small to medium businesses broken down in practical terms. It’s primarily meant for those of us: Averse to analytics (english and communications majors, rejoice!) With little or no time to spare (this should be all of us, right?)
Sales Hacker
AUGUST 12, 2019
Have you ever wondered how other salespeople are tackling their roles? Structuring their days? Overcoming their challenges? In this series, we’re going behind the scenes with top salespeople to get the inside scoop. You’re welcome!).
TechStars
AUGUST 13, 2019
Harry Stebbings, founder of the Twenty Minute VC podcast and Stride.VC, spends time every day connecting with each of his new followers on social media. He ends every email with “How can I help you?”
Totango
AUGUST 13, 2019
Some people think the most important moment in the customer relationship is when they make the initial decision to purchase. But the period after the purchase, the onboarding phase , is what really establishes the customer relationship.
Speaker: Sam McAfee, Product Development Consultant, Startup Patterns
You know what they say: what's measured improves. As product managers we're in a golden age of being able to get all sorts of metrics and run all sorts of experiments. But what are your measurements and analytics focused on? Are they really truly objective? Do they contribute to the ultimate vision of your product? And is everybody clear on that vision? Join Sam McAfee, Product Development Consultant, as he takes you through a two-part measurement audit. First, you'll learn how to make sure your measurements actually align with your product strategy. And second, you'll learn how to evaluate your culture of using measurements, so future experiments will more consistently provide high-value results.
SaaStr
AUGUST 15, 2019
We’re one week closer to SaaStr Scale ! A few things to share with you this week about Scale on the 29th. BOOK A BRAINDATE WITH THE MENTOR OF YOUR DREAMS.
Close.io
AUGUST 11, 2019
Your sales team isn't meeting its potential. It's a hard truth. And I'm sorry to break it to you, but for most companies out there, it's true. A sales operations team can change that.
Sales Hacker
AUGUST 14, 2019
Prospects are dodging sales communications at greater and greater rates. . Armed with better filters on their email inboxes and cell phones, they can block just about any sales message. Which means email open rates and call connect rates are dropping. This should make every sales leader nervous.
Andreessen Horowitz
AUGUST 13, 2019
If history repeats itself, the next social network won’t look like the social networks we know today. Since the invention of the Internet, there have been places to meet new people who share our interests, deepen our relationships with existing … Uncategorized gaming
Speaker: Sari Harrison, Product Management Instructor, Product School
As a product manager, it's your job to realize your product’s vision by executing your chosen strategy. It’s also your job to deliver value to the business. Ultimately, these two outcomes are aligned so the temptation is to focus primarily on business metrics. Doing this can cause you to lose focus on the real value you are trying to achieve, in favor of moving the vanity metrics such as launches and time spent. Join Sari Harrison, Product Management Instructor at Product School, as she explains how to use immeasurable success criteria along with your more standard KPIs to deliver products that don't just get used a lot, but deliver real value.
Totango
AUGUST 15, 2019
As customers use your product, they generate data just by going about their daily workflow. And you would be missing out on a huge opportunity if you didn’t capture that data, analyze it, and organize it.
SaaStr
AUGUST 15, 2019
The startup journey moves in waves—whether you’re ready or not. After finding funding and product/market fit, your next steps as a founder in the hypergrowth phase can determine the future of your company. Harry Stebbings of Stride.VC
IT World
AUGUST 15, 2019
Cloud computing isn’t one monolithic type of offering, but an assortment of services aimed at meeting the various IT needs of an organization.
Sales Hacker
AUGUST 16, 2019
Like family dynamics, sales and marketing dynamics can be… Interesting. . Having been on both sides of the equation, I’ve seen how lack of alignment gets in the way of everyone’s best intentions.
Speaker: John Little, Head of Product Marketing, Centercode
When it comes to delivering a solid product/market fit, customer validation is key. After all, you want to provide customers with a product that not only fills the need, but is delightful -- right? To get there, you need to commit to a vital blend of market research, strategy, and user testing. Join John Little, Head of Product Marketing at Centercode, as he explains a two-part approach to customer validation. First, how do you strategically identify your top product areas that need attention prior to release. And second, how do you turn user data into strategic priorities that help the right teams make the right decisions.
Andreessen Horowitz
AUGUST 15, 2019
Editor’s note: This article is based on an episode of the a16z Podcast, which you can listen to here.
Inside Intercom
AUGUST 13, 2019
Automated customer service isn’t a new concept. We’ve all navigated our fair share of automated phone menus or interacted with support bots to get help. But much has changed, both in usability and customer perception.
SaaStr
AUGUST 13, 2019
I wouldn’t think about your marketing spend post Series B solely as a % of revenue. Although you probably should start there: First, you can probably spend up to 50% of your first year ACV to acquire a customer once you are well-funded.
Chart Mogul
AUGUST 15, 2019
Revenue-based financing is quickly becoming a popular way for startups to raise funds without sacrificing equity. This is how it works. This is a guest post by Brian Parks, Managing Partner at Bigfoot Capital. New investment structures are gaining traction in the early-stage SaaS financing market.
Speaker: Teresa Torres, Product Discovery Coach, Product Talk, David Bland, Founder and CEO, Precoil, and Hope Gurion, Product Coach and Advisor, Fearless Product LLC
If you want to build what matters, you can't move forward blindly. But to make progress, you can't let things slow to a crawl while you focus resources on gathering data. This is where continuous discovery and experimentation come in. Join Teresa Torres (Product Discovery Coach, Product Talk), David Bland (Founder, Precoil), and Hope Gurion (Product Coach and Advisor, Fearless Product) in a panel discussion as they cover how - and why - to build a culture of discovery and experimentation in your organization.
Sales Hacker
AUGUST 12, 2019
Choosing a place of work is one of the biggest decisions you can make in your life. It’s right up there with choosing a life partner, having kids, or buying a house. So why do so many people just wing it?
OpenView Labs
AUGUST 13, 2019
Despite the flurry of activity and anxiety leading up to the May 2018 enforcement of GDPR, just over a year since its enactment, there are organizations collecting personal data that are actually taking comfort and confidence in the guidance it provides.
Inside Intercom
AUGUST 15, 2019
? ?. If an organization’s founders aren’t designers and don’t come from a background where well-designed products played a key role in their lives, it can often be the last discipline to be brought onboard the team.
SaaStr
AUGUST 15, 2019
The startup journey moves in waves—whether you’re ready or not. After finding funding and product/market fit, your next steps as a founder in the hypergrowth phase can determine the future of your company. Harry Stebbings of Stride.VC
Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies
Innovation is both a process and an outcome. The best way to begin innovating your products is by innovating your internal process. We'll explore the challenges, solutions, and hands-on techniques for becoming a successful "agent of change" within a well-established product culture. We'll examine the importance of UX and user-centric feature analysis, the adaptation of Agile Methodologies to the creative process, as well as a way to drive successful culture change for setting expectations and winning approvals with cross-functional stakeholders. Innovation and Leadership go hand in hand. Join Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies, as we assess some case studies to see how to lead with a clear strategy well-defined tactics, and an unbiased understanding of the fundamental question: "why are you innovating?"
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