SaaStr
JANUARY 12, 2024
” — mostly from folks who had a tougher 2023. 2023 wasn’t hard for everyone: First, it was mainly hard for folks that sold into “tech”, broadly speaking : Monday sells mainly outside of tech — it crushed 2023. Not So Bad, Actually So 2023 wasn’t all bad. Now let’s be clear.
Tom Tunguz
DECEMBER 17, 2022
Here are my predictions for 2023. The hangover from web3’s raucous 2022 extends into 2023. We exit 2023 with inflation below 2.5% Flat & down rounds surge to 30% of all mid-stage rounds completed in 2023, up from less than 5% in the first half of 2022. In short, 2023 will be the first year of a new-normal era.
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Tom Tunguz
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Yesterday, at the Monte Carlo Impact Summit I shared my 9 Predictions for Data in 2023. Cloud data warehouses (CDW) will process 75% of workloads by 2024. Data workloads will segment by use case into three groups. Metrics layers will unify the data stack. Today, there are two different forks in data.
Tom Tunguz
MARCH 27, 2023
Sales cycles shifted dramatically in 2023. The average startup saw a 24% increase in sales cycle from early 2022 to 2023. The VSB chart shows a bi-modal tilt to the data: most companies observe a moderate increase but about one-quarter have seen a doubling. The data analysis uses the results from the 2023 GTM Survey.
Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase
However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs. January 18th, 2023 at 9:30am PST, 12:30pm EST, 5:30pm GMT
Tom Tunguz
APRIL 1, 2024
Rubrik, a Palo Alto-based data security company, filed their S-1 yesterday. In fiscal 2023, we began transitioning customers from our legacy CDM (Cloud Data Management) capabilities to our subscription-based RSC offerings. The contribution margin has improved from -117% in 2022, to -38% in 2023, to -12% in 2024.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 11, 2023
So there’s a perhaps obvious conversation everyone should be having, but isn’t: “Look, in 2023 we basically hid inside our existing customer base. We saw threats to lose your data if you left. And maybe take renewals away from sales — if they took it too far in 2023. We saw way too much abuse here in 2023.
Speaker: Dr. Greg Loughnane and Chris Alexiuk
December 6th, 2023 at 11:00am PST, 2:00pm EST, 7:pm GMT Register today to save your seat!
Speaker: Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union
In this webinar, Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union and business strategist, will take you through the ABCs of intent data. You'll learn how to effectively use it to drive business results, with practical tips on how to leverage both company and contact intent data to maximize your marketing efforts.
Speaker: Donna Shaw - Senior Product Manager & Eric Frierson - Director of Innovation for Public and School Libraries
June 21, 2023 at 11:00 am PT, 2:00 pm ET, 7:00 pm GMT Nonetheless, by leveraging foresight and valuable insights, you can cultivate a thriving product management team that works together harmoniously to craft customer-centric products.
Speaker: Evan Leong - CEO & Founder, Product Signals
How do industry leaders like Apple and Amazon successfully leverage customer and market insights to enhance their products, even with vast customer bases and extensive market data? July 26, 2023 at 11:00 am PT, 2:00 pm ET, 7:00 pm GMT
Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications
Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. and get a practical roadmap for effectively leveraging intent data once you receive it.
Speaker: Edie Kirkman - VP, Digital at Focus Brands
To overcome this challenge, it is crucial to build core product and technology competencies that provide actionable insights through qualitative and quantitative data analysis. By leveraging data-driven insights, companies can accelerate time-to-market, enhance product quality, and align offerings with customer needs.
Advertiser: Data Robot
An organization’s path to AI success can be full of obstacles, from a proper assessment of its own AI maturity, to a better alignment between business and technical teams, many factors can influence the outcomes. All of this is tightly intertwined with a myriad of complicated technical decisions that can make or break any long-term AI strategy.
Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera
64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. November 14th, 2023 at 9:30am PST, 12:30pm EST, 5:30pm GMT Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. In the U.S. billion in 2022.
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