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Common Pitfalls in Crypto Projects

Valerian Tech

Cryptocurrency is a type of digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography for security and operates independently of a central bank. Cryptocurrencies are decentralized, meaning they are not issued or backed by governments or central banks. How can CTO’s help ensure the Success of a Cryptocurrency Project?

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The most common mistake SaaS companies make on sales tax collection and filings

SaaStr

They learned the importance of sales tax compliance the hard way—when they had to pay millions in back taxes. Early on, Basecamp had to deal with banks that were wary of their subscription plans. Meanwhile, new tax legislation for SaaS companies was brewing. It’s not hard to understand how Basecamp got this wrong.

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30+ Tough Learnings from Losing a Top Customer

SaaStr

. “That it was much easier to do more in order to keep that customer than to get a new “top” customer. We all know this, but we forget about it, especially when the Hot New Deal and the sales team’s wants and needs consumes all of management’s resources. ” — Ankit Sindhi, Founder, Spurt.

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Women in Tech – Female CxOs Share their Challenges in Tech Startups – with Melissa Kwan, Alice de Courcy, Maja Voje, Laura Erdem & others

User Pilot

I approached the challenge of proving myself by pretty much consistently working harder and longer through much of my career. […] Now, as a new mum – it has forced me to find more balance. At some point I was going into a meeting with a Product Leader at a bank and it turned out it was a woman with a Russian accent.

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How Enterprise Companies are Buying AI (or Not) with ContextualAI, Anthropic, Glean, and Unusual Ventures

SaaStr

On top of that, these AI experts were impressed with how the largest companies in the world, not just software companies, but even more consumer-facing enterprise-sized companies like banks and retailers, are rolling forward with AI. Compliance matters. So getting your SOC-2 certification, HIPAA compliance, GDPR, and FedRAMP.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Justin Bedecarre, Jen Nguyen, Jason Lemkin, and Aaron Levie

SaaStr

And in major hubs like San Francisco and New York, what we’re doing is helping create the vision for a more experiential space, almost like a cafe where they can come and go as they want, they can bring clients, they can bring customers. We’re already in this like a new gen.” This is a new workflow, isn’t it?