Tom Tunguz

MAY 15, 2023

the company has no plan/interest to staff a team to manage AI infrastructure or develop deep machine learning experience / expertise in-house. the team has or would like to develop intellectual property around machine learning as a competitive advantage or mechanism to increase the value of the business. When to choose a small model?

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Scytale

MARCH 12, 2025

As the UKs tech startup ecosystem continues to thrive, visionary founders are driving innovation across various industries, shaping the future of technology , finance , healthcare , and beyond. In this article, we highlight the top 10 tech startup founders in the UK for 2025 (who you should be following if you arent already!),

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Insight Assurance is a professional services firm providing cybersecurity compliance, risk management, and tax services. ISO 27001 compliance services. Governance, risk and compliance consulting services. Zeni is the only startup bookkeeping solution engineered to power high velocity decision making. GDPR assessments.

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SaaStr

JULY 20, 2021

New developments are popping up so quickly that it’s hard to keep track of what’s out there, and what isn’t. 4 Secrets to Using Data Security and Compliance as a Competitive Advantage with Very Good Security’s CEO. Now with digital finance, innovation is occurring at lightning speed.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

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. When you buy one Atlassian product and have your compliance requirements checked, you automatically get all the other product compliance requirements.

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SaaStr

JULY 14, 2022

But it embraced bigger and bigger deals , including its first seven figure deals, while maintaining its long tail of developers. I see too many startups resist going upmarket because it’s more work. Because they want custom features, compliance, security etc. Focusing and winning several key verticals.

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SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

As your business grows in complexity, these drags on your infrastructure can impact your product development. Even at Lightwell, where we were our own customers, we still talked to our “canonical app developers” on a daily basis. “Y-Combinator Plan for compliance implications of your growth. Key takeaways.

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Chart Mogul

JANUARY 9, 2025

Larger ticket values may require navigating complex procurement processes to include security and compliance checks, therefore prolonging the SaaS sales cycle. The beginnings of a sales playbook Develop a place where you can store fungible assets that help you throughout the sales process.

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SaaStr

APRIL 28, 2021

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. Unfortunately, the process is long and can feel like a blackbox for startups starting from scratch.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2024

His journey into technology leadership emerged from a strong technical background – he began his career as a software developer and gradually moved into executive roles. Start With The Hard Problems Rather than building basic CRM, Veeva tackled complex regulatory and compliance challenges that kept pharma CIOs up at night.

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Scytale

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

These companies come into contact with lots of sensitive data in one way or another and so, data security compliance has pretty much become a must in this digital and tech day and age. A careful compliance strategy is non-negotiable for SaaS businesses. However, successful compliance management doesn’t just happen.

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SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2023

Even considering the more conservative fundraising market in 2023, there are opportunities for startups to get investor attention with AI. Why AI Matters to VCs Over the last decade, each type of machine learning has developed and grown, with generative AI becoming the most recent. SaaStr Workshop Wednesdays are LIVE every Wednesday.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Get access to corporate-level benefits, seamless payroll, HR tools, and compliance support—all in one place. Strike Graph is a compliance SaaS solution simplifying security certifications such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA. Vouris helps B2B SaaS and service companies build their SDR and/or AE teams. appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A problem many founders are trying to solve right now is going upmarket to Enterprise, and Lemkin and Grinich have a passionate perspective that every startup should take steps to check those Enterprise boxes in their first year. Developer-Led Growth Differs From Product-Led Growth WorkOS is a developer platform.

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SaaStr

JULY 18, 2023

Hypergrowth in today’s highly competitive and budget-constrained SaaS world may be less frequent now, but Vanta, the software tool empowering security companies to achieve compliance and manage risk, has defied the odds. For instance,the number one reason that startups fail is because they have no market need.

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SaaStr

MARCH 28, 2024

I spend a lot of time researching software trends in vertical software, compliance, and AI. I feel pretty lucky to have the opportunity to back the brilliant folks running the startups in my circle, especially when the market throws curveballs left and right. What’s the #1 bit of advice you’d give to SaaS founders today?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

This insight led Deel to focus on solving payments and compliance. As a startup, it’s hard to know if the timing is right and what to expect. Data is the foundation for developing efficient strategies. ” They learned that many company founders were HR leaders who needed help managing complicated local labor laws.

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Scytale

JUNE 25, 2024

The SOC 2 Bible Everything you need to know about SOC 2 compliance. Developed by the AICPA, especially for service organizations, this reporting framework allows SaaS companies to verify that they meet what is considered peak-quality data security standards. However, the one TSC that isn’t optional, is Security.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Data Teams are Becoming Software Teams : DevOps created a movement within software development that empowers developers to run the software they wrote. Meanwhile, regulation and compliance mean the governance burden only increases. Software startups are rising to meet the need. The same thing is happening in data.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

In today’s data-driven SaaS scene, these can affect hundreds of millions of users and cause damage in the billions of dollars, and as compliance frameworks become requirements to do business, businesses are turning to third-party services that can help expedite and facilitate the process. And that’s where people like Adam Markowitz come in.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In simple terms, we handle everything from payments to fraud management, to custom support and tax compliance, so that sellers can focus on growing their business. However, this growth actually comes with challenges, particularly around compliance with content regulations. Jay Jia (10:20) Mm -hmm, for sure. For example, in the U.S.,

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Scytale

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the compliance requirements of running a startup? As a startup founder trying to build your new organization from the ground up there’s a ton to do – And one of the commitments is keeping security compliance regulations and industry standards, and all that red tape!

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

That makes sales tax compliance easy to ignore… until it becomes a problem. . So even the freshest new SaaS startup celebrating their 50th customer may find themselves dealing with sales tax in multiple states. . The first step to sales tax compliance is knowing if what you sell is even taxable.

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Scytale

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Whether you’re a new entrepreneur in the software industry, scaling your startup, or a seasoned SaaS provider, securing a SOC 3 audit report can be a game-changer for your business , helping you strengthen customer trust while demonstrating your unwavering commitment to data security. The good news? What is a SOC 3 Report?

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SaaStr

JULY 12, 2024

Grafana Labs still has features and capabilities they hold back that appeal to large enterprises, such as things around security and compliance. Grafana deploys a lot of new features that they develop on their Cloud first before making them open source, the opposite of how you might intuitively do it. The tension is real, though.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

They learned the importance of sales tax compliance the hard way—when they had to pay millions in back taxes. When the company first began web app development and selling software-as-a-service in 2004, their business model wasn’t even called SaaS. It’s not hard to understand how Basecamp got this wrong.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2018

We are taking a number of steps to ensure compliance with GDPR, but now is the time to consider the entirety of your security and data privacy strategy, both in terms of how you build it and how you communicate it. Therefore, just assuming that third-party vendors and partners take compliance and security as seriously as you is a big mistake.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Accounting Team Responsibilities: Financial recording and reporting Compliance, Audits Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Tax, Treasury Your accounting team makes sure every financial transaction is recorded correctly and categorized. Accountants are responsible for ensuring the company has clean financial statements and data.

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User Pilot

MAY 27, 2025

WalkMe Mobile is most suited for large enterprises and compliance-heavy industries. Its intuitive visual editor empowers product teams to launch, test, and iterate on in-app experiences without requiring developer support. Who is WalkMe Mobile best for? Agile, no-code implementation: Userpilot is built for speed.

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Scytale

MAY 30, 2025

TL;DR Information security compliance is crucial for protecting sensitive data and maintaining customer trust, and it applies to businesses of all sizes across various industries. Automation and compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001 simplify compliance and help to mitigate risks. Zero trust security: Trust no one!

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FastSpring

JUNE 20, 2024

Embrace the spirit of collaboration and giving back during the event, where you can contribute to discussions on the latest developments in software, product management, and marketing, and make a lasting impact. In recent times, Edinburgh has become a thriving hub for tech startups and innovation, attracting talent from all over the world.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Back then, in 2011, Lyft was a small Series-A startup called Zimride with under 50 employees. Lyft is one of many companies that began as a small startup but quickly rose to a multibillion-dollar company. The total addressable market continues to grow and is ripe for selling to, but very few startups reach unicorn status.

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Scytale

APRIL 30, 2025

Whether youre a startup stepping into the AI space for the first time or a fast-growing scale-up , understanding AI governance frameworks is crucial for ensuring the ethical deployment of AI systems and of course, staying compliant. Are both frameworks mandatory for compliance? For many, its risk management.

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Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

Theyre easy to integrate and set up, with the host taking care of data security measures, including PCI compliance and fraud protection. On top of PCI compliance, you might have to pay extra for SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certification. Just like self-hosted gateways, merchants using API-based solutions are responsible for security.

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Scytale

JUNE 9, 2024

Scytale announces the expansion of their compliance automation platform to support on-premise environments, enabling companies of all types to streamline their compliance processes efficiently. New York, NY, June 10, 2024 Scytale is excited to share a significant milestone that marks a new era in the world of compliance automation.

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How To Buy Saas

MAY 26, 2025

This innovative technique has surged in popularity among SaaS companies and AI developers because it tackles key limitations of standalone LLMs. For SaaS founders, developers, and product leaders, RAG offers tangible benefits that can elevate your applications capabilities and user experience. What are the Benefits of RAG for SaaS?

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How To Buy Saas

MAY 21, 2025

Whether youre a startup , an SMB , or a global enterprise , the right ATS can streamline your recruitment process, save time, and help attract top talent in a competitive market. What ATS is best for small businesses or startups? Can ATS software integrate with my other HR tools (HRIS, payroll, etc.)? GDPR for data privacy in Europe).

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