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How to Think of R&D Spend

Andreessen Horowitz

To improve the efficiency of spend on cost of goods sold (COGS), most growth-stage leaders can optimize seat-based spend or renegotiate consumption-based contracts in a quarter or 2. Measuring the efficiency of S&M spend is usually a matter of quantifying LTV:CAC , and most tech companies can identify inefficiencies within 2 quarters.

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Top Global SaaS Trends You Should Know with Google Cloud and Zenoss (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

As a global technology provider powering thousands of SaaS companies, Google is at the forefront of driving exciting and innovative technologies to market. Eyal Manor – VP, Engineering @ Google Cloud. They were changing, they were moving to the cloud. They wanted real-time results. Join us for SaaStr Annual 2020.

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Intercom’s Rich Archbold on how to run less software

Intercom, Inc.

That includes all of our cloud strategy, cloud operations, backend engineering, IT and security. You can think of them beginning from very base infrastructural technologies, and in our case we’re betting exclusively on AWS as a cloud vendor. Ciaran, our CTO , came up with this magical line. Who do we outsource to?

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SaaStr Podcast for the Week with Automation Anywhere and Algolia — January 17, 2020

SaaStr

Ep: 299: Yousuf Khan is the Chief Information Officer @ Automation Anywhere, the only web-based and cloud-native RPA platform. What other elements of the contract should startups really spend a lot of time focusing on? But the pricing is just one element, so to speak, of the contract negotiation process.

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What’s New at ZoomInfo with CEO Henry Schuck

SaaStr

In the latest installment of SaaStr’s What’s New series – where we sit down with the leaders in SaaS and Cloud for the inside scoop on what’s top of mind and what’s new, SaaStr CEO and Jason Lemkin chats with the CEO of ZoomInfo , Henry Schuck. By freeing up that space, you can start to ask your team where the innovation is.

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Unlocking Agility and Scalability: Harnessing the Power of Cloud Computing

Valerian Tech

Introduction Cloud computing has revolutionized the way businesses operate by increasing agility, scalability, and cost-efficiency. In this blog post, we will delve into the world of cloud computing, exploring recent trends and developments. It provides flexibility and scalability for cloud-native applications.

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Busting the Myths About Startup Success with BlackLine’s Founder CEO (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

We’ve convinced more than a thousand great big companies to put their financial data into our private cloud. We’re continuing to innovate. I retired from SunGard Treasury Systems as their CTO. It is much more painful to have to fire people and contract as a company than it is to grow. background music].

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