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Strategic Finance in Today’s Market: A Tactical Guide to Building & Scaling Your Team with IVP

SaaStr

The role of finance in SaaS is changing. No longer are finance teams the traditional “bean counters” of ages past. IVP Partner Michael Miao explains, “The role and the scope of the modern finance team has changed dramatically in the last decade. SaaStr Workshop Wednesdays are LIVE every Wednesday. Sign up for free.

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From $1M to $3B ARR: Databricks CRO Ron Gabrisko on Scaling a Revenue Rocket Ship

SaaStr

With Databricks now one of the largest pre-IPO technology companies, with $10 billion of expected non-dilutive financing and a valuation of $62 billion, Ron’s insights are gold for any revenue leader looking to scale. For context,Ron has an MBA and a master’s in engineering from Stanford. You gotta know the product cold.)

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The Critical Question Facing Web3 Infrastructure Startups

Tom Tunguz

That’s much more work than the automatic credit card payment with AWS. Can you imagine a site reliability engineer managing 15 to 20 tokens, coordinating with finance teams to ensure proper treasury management, while ensuring high uptime? Third, software engineers decentralize only a subset of the app.

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The Most Common SaaS Sales Potholes and How to Avoid Them with Mark Roberge (Podcast #498 and Video)

SaaStr

Consider the scenario: There are a handful of skilled engineers in Silicon Valley. Pothole #6 – Massive Hiring of Salespeople Immediately After a Financing Round. But are those factors really going to carry the company long-term, or could another competitor outstrip them? Roberge suggests trying the “Sustainable Moat Test.”

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Why Cloud Adoption Demands Better Internal Billing

Blulogix

From statewide digital transformation initiatives to university research platforms running on AWS and Azure, cloud services have become essential infrastructure. Cloud providers like AWS and Microsoft Azure dont operate on fixed fees. Finance flags it, but IT has no internal ledger to show whos responsible.

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Managing infrastructure costs as your company grows

Intercom, Inc.

For example, at Intercom, we primarily focus on return for effort; the estimated savings we will make per engineering hour required to execute the work. Instead of trying to democratize complex, per-product billing knowledge across your team, create a small team of engineers to navigate the world of cloud computing. No surprises.

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Beyond Buzzwords: Real-World AI Applications for Business Leaders

How To Buy Saas

This article goes beyond the buzz to show how AI is already driving results in SaaS, finance, retail, and operations, with lessons and case examples that any executive can learn from. The payoff is faster, more confident decisions: AI-augmented analytics have become indispensable tools in corporate strategy and finance teams.