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How Healthy is the SaaS IPO Market?

Tom Tunguz

Salesforce’s initial public offering in 2003 demarcated the beginning of a new era, the era of Software as a Service. In the 13 years that followed, many startups have followed their path to build innovative software that has transformed their respective industries and sectors. In 2003, Salesforce kicked things off.

Marketing 101
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The Economic Case for Generative AI (presentation)

Andreessen Horowitz

For the first part of this talk, I’m going to argue that the capabilities have all been there, but the economics just haven’t for startups. The AI mediocrity spiral If you step back and you look at the standalone case for AI economics—not what a big company can extract from it, but a startup—it’s actually not been great.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with PatientPop and Plaid — August 16, 2019

SaaStr

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. During his 5 years at PatientPop, Justin grew sales from $0 to $56m alongside the full build-out of the sales team.

Scale 139
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The Best Website Builders (In-Depth Review)

Neil Patel

Or perhaps you work in marketing and are looking for ways to test and optimize your sales funnels. For instance, you may be setting up an online shop and your primary consideration may be a low learning curve, whereas somebody else may be thinking about a platform that can allow them to scale easily. Ease of use.

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Engineering Customer Success Processes for Maximum Impact

Valuize Consulting

Perhaps it was fueled by all of the strategic expertise, funding and time required to develop a category-leading customer success strategy—one that transforms your company’s revenue retention and expansion metrics. This leads us to the reality of customer success processes in many companies today. Or perhaps not.

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Paid Search Management For SaaS Start-ups - An Interview With Soren Ryherd, CEO, Working Planet

Outseta

In 2003 we realized that CMOs were really struggling with the auction-based nature of media buying in Search and we knew that was a math problem we could solve in a way that would tie directly to their business success. Soren: This was 2003, and I was working as Head of Business Development for a web engineering company in Boston.

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Disrupting the Desk Phone: How and Why We Made a $50M Acquisition with Dialpad (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

With one startup acquired by Yahoo in 2005, another acquired by Google in 2007 and a background as an M&A lawyer, Craig’s perspective on M&A is insightful for any startup founder looking to acquire another company. What advice do you have for founders who maybe looking to go out to acquire startups themselves?