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What’s New At WorkOS and What It Takes To Be “Enterprise-Ready” in SaaS with WorkOS CEO and Founder Michael Grinich

SaaStr

In this new SaaStr series called “What’s new at…,” Jason Lemkin chats with WorkOS CEO and founder Michael Grinich about what it takes to be Enterprise ready in SaaS, building vs. buying, and who the stakeholders are in a B2D motion. They offer all the features you need to sell to Enterprise customers.

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

SaaStr

When you get to the phase of wanting to sell to Enterprise, it often breaks down at Enterprise needs. Security — SOC 2 compliance is table stakes. Specific features for Enterprise need to be top-of-mind and prioritized across the org. You need to segment the entire organization, not just GTM. That works great!

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

SaaStr

Even considering the more conservative fundraising market in 2023, there are opportunities for startups to get investor attention with AI. So tech startups looking to work with AI have potential in this exciting space. Therefore, if you are a startup looking into this layer, you must be prepared with significant funding.

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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.

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

Intercom, Inc.

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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