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In the Vault: Placing Multiple Bets on a ‘Mosaic of Solutions’ With Former Global Payments CEO Jeff Sloan

Andreessen Horowitz

ABOUT IN THE VAULT “In the Vault” is a new audio podcast series by the a16z Fintech team, where we sit down with the most influential figures in financial services to explore key trends impacting the industry and the pressing innovations that will shape our future. Angela: Why Global Payments? Jeff Sloan: Thanks for having me, Angela.

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop? Moving forward in your career, avoid the trap of doing work that feels high-impact, but it’s actually not , or work that makes you look good at the expense of the project and the team. How do people move into staff engineering roles?

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To Manage a Call Center Efficiently see what Employees Really Think

Upscope

Every call center ceo/manager should spend AT LEAST a full shift on the phone." A couple of them our team did. Selfishly enjoying the 5-10 minutes of silence when your phone didn't ring , while trying to throw your coworkers of their game until your phone rang. ??Constantly Don't let them know that.

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Ayoa Review 2021: Features, Functionality, Pricing, and More

All that Saas

In this Ayoa review, we will look at OpenGenius’s powerful mind mapping and online collaboration platform. It doesn’t matter what the size of the team is, they can do it all, plan projects, conduct meeting, and multi-task. Teams need to collaborate for ideas, execute projects, and increase knowledge to cultivate stellar work.

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Everything You Need to Know About Freemium Pricing

OpenView Labs

Freemium Model for SaaS – The Good, The Bad, and The In-between. How to Increase Your Payment Customers In a Freemium Model. For certain customer profiles or market segments, it may be necessary to combine freemium with a sales team. Low-touch freemium models can work in concert with an inside sales or field sales model.

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A Look Back: “SaaS Metrics Masterclass: Key Business Metrics, Pricing Strategies and Billing Models with Stripe’s Head of France and Southern Europe, Guillaume Princen” (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

So growth of the kind of subscription, eCommerce industry has been over 100% year on year for the past five years, according to McKinsey. It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. Why do developers love SaaS products?

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How support leaders can empower their teams to satisfy, delight, and retain customers

Intercom, Inc.

As a support leader, you already know how important it is to take care of your customers – but it’s just as important to take care of your support team. Here’s why human support is so crucial for any customer-centric organization, and how it can have a significant impact on your team, your business, and your customers. Here’s why.