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State of the Cloud 2023 with Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Podcast)

SaaStr

Discover Bessemer Venture Partners’s annual State of the Cloud report, going through trends, benchmarks, and metrics that underpin the Cloud economy. So they came up with a North Star benchmark, used it as a hurdle rate by channel, and any channels that hit that benchmark would justify a continued investment.

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16 Changes to the Way Enterprises Are Building and Buying Generative AI

Andreessen Horowitz

Last year, much of enterprise genAI spend unsurprisingly came from “innovation” budgets and other typically one-time pools of funding. In 2024, however, many leaders are reallocating that spend to more permanent software line items; fewer than a quarter reported that genAI spend will come from innovation budgets this year.

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The SaaS Trends You Need to Know for 2020

OpenView Labs

With the B2B SaaS space as crowded as it is, I foresee that in 2020 innovative companies will begin seriously targeting business “influencers” and ramping up their presence on G2Crowd or Capterra (or hopefully another review site will emerge that’s less “pay-to-play) in order to fill their top-of-funnel.

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7 Creators On The Systems That Support Their Content Creation

Buffer Resources

  She tracks the number of students who join her programs and uses this as a benchmark for her success.   Given his vast experience and focus on productivity, he uses a lot of innovative technology in his systems. They consider audience requests and current trends to create relevant and engaging content. "Regular

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The Rising Stakes in SaaS

Tom Tunguz

I’ve observed all these trends in the last few years. But it’s not the MRR milestones or the payback period benchmarks that have changed. Feature optimization - develop a product with 20% of the features but 80% of the value, and use a simplified product to challenge the competition. The fourth has the starkest data.

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A Guide to Customer Retention: Importance, Strategies & Metrics

User Pilot

Monitoring user behavior reveals negative trends linked to churn. This makes planning and budgeting easier and has a long-term impact on growth and innovation. They will serve as benchmarks to measure the success of your retention strategy. Once you know what’s behind the negative trend , implement appropriate strategies.

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Unlocking the Power of the Blue Ocean Strategy: A Comprehensive Guide for SaaS Businesses [2023]

User Pilot

Companies must shift from a focus on competition to a focus on innovation. The core of the blue ocean strategy is value innovation. Continued innovation maintains the Blue Ocean advantage. Adopting a blue ocean strategy requires shifting from competitive benchmarking to a market-creating strategy.