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The 4 Questions Startups Should Ask Themselves about Building with Generative AI

Tom Tunguz

There are 4 questions a startup should ask themselves about building a startup that uses generative AI. There are 4 questions startups should ask themselves about building with generative AI. Startups have negative time to launch in many markets with Adobe, Microsoft, & Salesforce launching Gen AI enabled software in weeks.

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How to Scale a Platform and Ecosystem to $10B with Atlassian CRO Cameron Deatsch (Pod 611 + Video)

SaaStr

Scaling to satisfy customers’ demands depends on innovation and foresight combined with enterprise-ready technology and the right partners. Atlassian’s Chief Revenue Officer, Cameron Deatsch, walks us through how Atlassian grew over the course of 20 years and became one of the most successful startups today. Be patient.

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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

Suddenly, the team got to know SOC 2 Reports all too well and realized just how burdensome and unscalable it could become, especially for high-growth startups. Drata recently raised $100 million in venture capital funding, which I believe makes it San Diego’s latest startup unicorn with an evaluation of $1 billion.

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How To Get SOC 2 Certification For Software Companies

Audacix

It is the most commonly used framework to manage and minimise the risks associated with your software storing your customers' data in the cloud. Most companies, particularly larger enterprises, want proof from their third party vendors that their sensitive data is protected when it handed over to you and while you store in the cloud.

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5 Security Changes Your Company Needs to Make to Land Enterprise Deals from Secureframe

SaaStr

As a startup, you’re doing a million things at once: building a product, answering customer tickets, developing a sales playbook, trying out different marketing hacks, and keeping the lights on. That is, until you’ve got a major enterprise deal close to the finish line. 3 – Get a Mobile Device Management (MDM) Solution.

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Sales–Product Tension: The Secret to Segment’s Success

Andreessen Horowitz

And as I looked through the list of things like HIPAA compliance and cloud prem solutions that our customers were really, really clamoring for, I thought, “there’s no way we will build any of this,” right? And I think we landed a bunch of enterprise deals really early on that were very big.

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Kellblog's 10 Predictions for 2020

Kellblog

While most everyone I knew scratched their head at the enterprise-focused Workday acquiring a more SMB-focused Adaptive, Workday has done a good job simultaneously leaving Adaptive alone enough to not disturb its core business while working to get the technology more enterprise-ready for its customers.