The Angel VC

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Development velocity: I don’t know if (or how strictly) you should use a software development methodology like Scrum, which allows you to nicely visualize your development velocity, in the very early days, when you’re maybe just two developers – I would be very interested in your thoughts on that question.

Scale 190

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SaaSOptics

MAY 19, 2022

Keeping your customer acquisition costs low ensures that you’ll have greater profit margins, which can then be re-invested into your business and employees. Below, we’ll dive into how to develop a customer acquisition strategy from start to finish. . An online academy to teach the fundamentals of app development in Bubble.

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Tom Tunguz

MAY 13, 2015

At the time of its IPO, the company was only investing about 75% of its revenue and sales and marketing. In 2002, the company invested significantly in sales and marketing, but suffered a decline in revenue. Presumably this is due to customer churn, as a fair number of their customers must have gone out of business.

Outsourced Development 109

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

A positive NPV indicates that the project is expected to generate more financial value than the initial investment. Code churn: This metric quantifies the amount of code added, modified, or removed, within the first 2-3 weeks of writing. Product Manager The Product Manager’s role is to: Create a product strategy.

Sales Hiring 89

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User Pilot

MARCH 16, 2023

Any time spent improving the onboarding experience is worth the investment. There’s then a virtuous cycle: the more your users use and get value from your features, the better your customer retention and the lower your customer churn. Software developer: Developers are responsible for creating the actual onboarding experience.

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ProfitWell

AUGUST 18, 2020

How are churn and new revenue trending over time? We’re also seeing no churn this week. Apple’s 30% commission fee on in-app purchases is under fire again, and it might have met it’s match this time with Epic Games —a video game and software developer. Invest in relationships. Drop me a note at grace.g@profitwell.com.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments B2B 98

User Pilot

JANUARY 30, 2023

Some product adoption KPIs that can help you get the big picture includes: Time to value , feature adoption rate , customer engagement score ( CES ), weekly and daily active users, and churn rate. They're important for software development to get early feedback, but they usually don't stick around. Churn rate.

Technical Review 80

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Education 80

Baremetrics

AUGUST 11, 2021

Baremetrics helps you track all your SaaS metrics from a single dashboard Get deep insights into MRR, churn, LTV and more to grow your business. Investors will usually prefer to work with GAAP-compliant companies, so it’s a good idea to follow the principles if you hope to secure additional investment. Try Baremetrics Free.

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Kellblog

JANUARY 30, 2021

Numbers wise, the average Series A was up 16% in size over 2019 at around $15M, but early-stage venture investment was down 11% over 2019. I was used to remote work for individual creative positions such as writer or software developer. Since I’m being charitable today, HIT. Autonomy CEO extradited. Video here.

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Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

They were clearly property management and software development, and as someone that was hired to accelerate Buildium’s growth I immediately saw countless opportunities to grow the company by moving into new markets. This required no additional addressable market and also helped to drive down Buildium’s churn rate.

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Services 145

Panintelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Example of Panintelligence dashboard) This visual approach to software development—lets you build applications and processes with no or little coding/expertise. The Fintech SaaS embedded advantage Far from just surviving against a backdrop of hesitant investment, Fintech/Fintech SaaS businesses want to thrive.

Outsourcing Services 52

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 27, 2023

To help them with that, invest in personalized onboarding experiences that focus on the key features relevant to their use cases. This reduces the risk of users giving up and churning. Users get access to a chatbot that provides them with trouble-shooting guidance. PLG for Enterprise: Zoho in-app support.

Enterprise 88

Enterprise Business Scale Customer Lifetime Value 88

User Pilot

JANUARY 26, 2021

Some choices for Customer Journey Analytics Software are Indicative, WebEngage, and Woopra. Customer Journey Mapping is the precursor for Customer Journey Analytics Kommunicate reduced churn by using customer journey analytics to identify the engagement problems with their activation points. What they found surprised them.

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Artificial Intelligence Data Machine Learning Underperforming Technical Team 98

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The targeted functions to be replicated in the software – examples include customer relationship database management and bookkeeping – were well defined. These factors resonated well with the investment theses of venture capital firms. Formidable Competitive Advantage.

Business Model 52

Business Model Business SaaS Scale 52

CustomerSuccessBox

APRIL 9, 2021

Gone are the days when software developers would develop on-premise software that bound customers on a long-term contract and required upfront heavy investments. One of the most important features of any customer retention management software is to generate account health.

Retention 52

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 12, 2019

As companies have started understanding the benefits of customer success, they have started rushing into the field in the hope of getting quick returns on their investment. Not only investment but a change in mindset along with continuous efforts from the whole team is required to get exponential results.

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Customer Success Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team 59

ProfitWell

MARCH 12, 2020

Some examples of common pain points include: Churn. Churn is the biggest threat to great SaaS products, particularly with subscription offerings. Up to 20%- 40% of churn is caused by failed payments , meaning customers who are trying to buy your products are being discouraged by technical problems and searching elsewhere.

SaaS Payments 59

SaaS Payments Subscription Payment Features Payments 59

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. Many of these are names that you know, and this is actually the largest we’ve seen in history. I think it’s a really staggering stat. We talked about growth.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 29, 2019

Where it makes sense to invest your precious resources when to outsource, and how to save yourself money without cutting corners. And then also called the customers who did not either in their upfront, so kind of look through your funnel or they kind of picked you and then churned and do one call a week. Join us at SaaStr Europa 2020.

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Sales Hiring Scale Outsourcing Services Scaling 107

Audacix

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I say "unfortunately", not only because this manner of software delivery leads to frustrated users and high churn, but also because costs balloon and you end up scratching your head, having to read articles like this one. These customers are usually the first to churn, leaving you trying to top up a forever leaky revenue bucket.

Outsourcing Services 40

Outsourcing Services Outsourced Development Software Software Delivery 40

Full Session

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Reducing churn. In the case of Mixpanel, deployment is more complex, and you probably won’t be able to complete it without help from a tech expert such as a software developer. Bigger businesses will probably want to invest in a paid plan. The important thing is to consider your business needs before you invest in a tool.

Software Review 52

Software Review Sales Hiring Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 52

Chart Mogul

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Many brands invest a lot in their businesses believing that they have created an ideal experience for their customers from the get-go. About the author: Josef is an agile software development specialist, with a deep background in computer science. First thing’s first: Know that we just don’t know.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review Branding 52

Chart Mogul

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Many brands invest a lot in their businesses believing that they have created an ideal experience for their customers from the get-go. About the author: Josef is an agile software development specialist, with a deep background in computer science. First thing’s first: Know that we just don’t know.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review Branding 52

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Sid Sijbrandi , Founder & CEO @ Gitlab, a single application for the entire software development lifecycle. And I think the real reality is, is that you have to, first off, it’s like there’s going to be a certain profile of investor that likes, and maybe even prefers, to invest out of the Bay area.

Education 107

Education Sales Hiring Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 107

Full Session

JANUARY 16, 2023

It requires companies to invest in modern product analytics tools to make sense of all the data they collect to improve their products. You can improve employee morale and reduce churn rates by measuring how happy your customers are with your product. Three drawbacks of product analytics software. Improve customer satisfaction.

Software Review 52

Software Review Mobile Technical Review Pricing 52

SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The web-based software development version control and project collaboration platform, GitHub uses the SaaS model of delivery. The trilogy of software development, project management, and content management is nowhere better than Atlassian. It uses AI for resurfacing recommendations and open issues in repositories.

AI 8

AI Artificial Intelligence SaaS Cybersecurity 8

SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The web-based software development version control and project collaboration platform, GitHub uses the SaaS model of delivery. The trilogy of software development, project management, and content management is nowhere better than Atlassian. It uses AI for resurfacing recommendations and open issues in repositories. .

AI 8

AI Artificial Intelligence SaaS Cybersecurity 8

SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

We asked Hung about the importance of customer retention and churn reduction. Nearly 5,000 business organizations have a CXO (Chief Experience Officer) confirming that investing in Customer Experience is a top priority.”. Customer retention surveys are a cost-effective and strategic way for businesses to improve customer churn rates.”.

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