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5 Challenges in Moving Upmarket and How to Overcome Them with Salesforce Ventures

SaaStr

As Managing Director of Salesforce Ventures, Nowi Kallen , shared at last week’s Workshop Wednesday, there are five main challenges of moving upmarket and tips to follow if you want to succeed at Enterprise sales in today’s macro environment. Show and deliver business value upfront. Most founders want to expand their TAM.

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Thanks to ChartMogul, ChurnZero, Cledara, Secureframe, and Verdane for Sponsoring SaaStr Europa 2023!

SaaStr

ChartMogul is an analytics platform to help you run your subscription business. Our mission is to build powerful and secure cloud software for subscription businesses of all sizes, with a strong emphasis on good design and ease of use. ChurnZero is the Customer Success platform and partner for growing SaaS and subscription businesses.

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11 application security questions that show if your SaaS is enterprise-ready

Audacix

How are you managing changes to your environment? This is why it's so important to have robust change management processes that include regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing. Playing offence in application security is a dangerous, and potentially illegal, business. But that doesn't mean that you're helpless.

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SaaStr Podcast 454 (and Video): Shiven Ramji, Auth0 Chief Product Officer on What To Expect From a (Great) VP+ of Product

SaaStr

Yet, as time passes, the cost of failure grows, and therefore experience, research, and enterprise readiness are essential. They will be the most prominent customer advocate in your business. Scaling a startup is no walk in the park, and the struggle is painfully real, even for the most experienced product managers.

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The Impact of Generative AI on Software With Theory Ventures Founder & General Partner Tomasz Tunguz (Pod 650 + Video)

SaaStr

There are two approaches you can take with the platform layer: Developer Tool/API Managed Enterprise Service Large businesses will gravitate toward bespoke models to their specs. Enterprise Readiness: If you can prepare for the needs of a large business before your competitor, it may give you the edge.

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The Chat GPT Growth Story: How AI is Changing the Way We Work with OpenAI’s Head of Sales, Aliisa Rosenthal

SaaStr

After that, they released instruction following models, which were the first Enterprise-ready models. She went from managing a huge sales organization to being one of two people. And even though it was a consumer product, it fired off a huge demand among Enterprise and businesses.

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7 Ways to build Enterprise Readiness into your SaaS roadmap

CloudGeometry

Now may be the time to turn your eyes to the enterprise readiness horizon. Here are seven things enterprise SaaS customers look for. #1 It’s not just that enterprises are rich targets. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals. Nothing scares an enterprise customer like security risk. Not so fast.