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AI & The Evolution Of The Modern Revenue Stack

Sales Hacker

Share Alright, AI continues to be the biggest talking point of 2023 ( are we sick of talking about it yet? ) – with every SaaS company on the face of the earth looking to experiment with some kind of AI integration into their software; It’s become quite apparent that less is more in today’s world.

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The Path to CRO with TigerEye, CircleCl, Lattice, and Notion

SaaStr

The path to Cheif Revenue Officer (CRO) is different for many people. Tracy Young , CEO and co-founder at TigerEye, sits down with three CROs to talk about how they navigated the journey to revenue leader. Shifting from an operator and loving operations and data to a sales and revenue leadership role felt like a big jump.

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The Three Strategic Questions Facing AI Agencies

Tom Tunguz

Since writing The AI Agency: A Novel GTM for Machine Learning Startups , I’ve been meeting many companies who operate this way. If you’re operating an AI Agency, I’d love to hear from you. This is an early strategic question, perhaps the first strategic question an AI Agency will face.

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Microsoft as a Mirror - What We Can Expect for SaaS in 2023

Tom Tunguz

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early weaknesses in the software market. Machine Learning is a Secular Platform Change & a Growth Driver for Software The age of AI is upon us, and Microsoft is powering it. Azure ML revenue alone has increased more than 100 percent for five quarters in a row 4.

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15 Sales Statistics That Will Change How You Think About Revenue In 2021

Sales Hacker

That’s why the team at Sales Hacker decided to put together a statistics round-up showcasing how things changed in this year and where they’re likely headed in the future. 40% of businesses did not meet revenue targets in 2020. Keep reading for the most important sales trends your revenue organization should keep a close eye on.

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How to Think of R&D Spend

Andreessen Horowitz

Most growth-stage CEOs I work with know how to tell if they’re efficiently allocating capital in every part of their budget with one glaring exception: research and development (R&D). Focus on performance management of your product and engineering teams as early indicators for what R&D investments are working, and which aren’t.

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The Latest 2023 Napkin Reveal: What it Takes to Raise Capital with Christoph Janz, General Partner of Point Nine Capital (Video + Podcast)

SaaStr

Christoph Janz, General Partner of Point Nine Capital, shares what it takes to raise capital in SaaS, overall investment activity in 2023, and how to develop a convincing AI strategy. Before conducting the survey this year, the expectation was that the napkin could look like this… “If you’re in AI, we’d give you money at any valuation.

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