Casey Accidental

MARCH 29, 2022

A common issue leaders in product management, design, or engineering face is justifying investment in the “non-sexy” stuff. Non-sexy things include general user experience improvements, performance, developer velocity, infrastructure, technical debt, and, fortunately less than it used to be, growth. User Experience.

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Investment Underperforming Technical Team User Experience Scale 139

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Most growth-stage CEOs I work with know how to tell if they’re efficiently allocating capital in every part of their budget with one glaring exception: research and development (R&D). Focus on performance management of your product and engineering teams as early indicators for what R&D investments are working, and which aren’t.

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Underperforming Technical Team Benchmarks CTO Hire New CTO 123

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

If someone is working hard but isn’t working out, invest in them and see if you can get them into the high-performing category. The underperformers who aren’t putting in the effort get a conversation, and if things don’t change, it’s not a good fit. Data shows that the customers we visit are worth 40% more than those we don’t.

Sales Hiring 204

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Revenue Sales 204

Point Nine Land

MARCH 15, 2022

If you take a look at a 50 person sales team, you’ll likely find it to be very data-driven. They usually track low-level metrics about their app performance or errors, and agile teams have burn-down charts. But because the data lives in different systems (e.g. Providing a lot of data is comparably easy.

Investment 52

Investment Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Engineering 52

SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2024

How should you handle presenting challenges to your C-suite team when you’ve just joined the company? Lattice had a product-led growth flow on the website while the sales team was still trying to sell the PLG companies The good news is Lattice had a lot of activity and initiatives at play. Can you start and stop a PLG motion?

Scale 233

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Revenue 233

Audacix

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Table Of Contents As per the Data Breach Investigation Report 2023 , an alarming 74% of data breaches happened due to human elements such as human engineering error, misuse, or attack. As cyber threats continue to evolve and grow, you must adopt a proactive approach to safeguard your applications and data.

Software Development 40

Software Development Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Development 40

Audacix

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Table Of Contents As per the Data Breach Investigation Report 2023 , an alarming 74% of data breaches happened due to human elements such as human engineering error, misuse, or attack. As cyber threats continue to evolve and grow, you must adopt a proactive approach to safeguard your applications and data.

Software Development 40

Software Development Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Development 40

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Once users are in a position to invest in such a service, your SaaS should be the first that comes to mind. Building an organic audience through content marketing is also one of the most cost efficient marketing strategies available to SaaS start-ups that can’t afford to invest in expensive ad placements.

Content Marketing 113

Content Marketing SaaS Payments Investment Marketing 113

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

How do you build out a Sales Development (SDR) function at your SaaS company? Establishing a baseline for successfully doing outbound with the existing sales team you have is critical before investing in a dedicated SDR function. The answer didn’t show up in the data. At Brex, Sam hired Ashley. The takeaway?

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Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team Revenue 171

Neil Patel

JANUARY 25, 2021

The thing about data is it helps you make better business decisions. Everyone has questions when it comes to choosing data analysis software. Why are there so many data analytics tools? You have to arrange your data, explain it, present it properly, and then derive a conclusion from it. Or is your team less technical?

Data Analysis 128

Data Analysis Software Data Scale 128

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Learn about your investors previous bad investments (this could determine your fate!). #2 Causes: Weak previous relationship. 5 Slow product development. Bad co-founder relationships. Discouraged or disengaged engineering team. How to prevent this: Have a product development cycle. 2 Investor = Boss.

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Underperforming Technical Team Startup Engineering Retention 178

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Shopify is a huge opportunity for developers looking to expand into the micro-SaaS space. The Shopify App Store brings together Shopify app developers and Shopify shop owners for their mutual benefit. Why you need to track business metrics for Shopify App Developers 10 business metrics for Shopify App Developers 1.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions Outsourced Development Underperforming Technical Team Metrics 98

SaaStr

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Their CEO will join us at SaaSr Scale 2021 on December 15 to talk about using data to get to 10,000 SMB customers! A mentor of mine suggested that I reframe my search to seek out companies that I would invest in, instead of the other way around. He told me, you can invest time, talent, or treasure. 7 Tips to get 7,000 Customers.

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Scale Sales Hiring Sales SMB 264

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2022

Recovery from COVID has taught us that adapting and learning how to thrive in new ways in the face of change, whether good or bad, can lead to exponential growth. . Develop a well-defined vision. If you have a comprehensive, compelling vision, it will be easy for your teams to trust it and rally behind you. Define your crisis.

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Travel Revenue Underperforming Technical Team Scale 209

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As the president of Sales Xceleration, a firm specializing in assessing and implementing sales strategy , sales processes, and sales execution to drive growth, I’ve seen how job hopping can affect otherwise stable sales teams. But also the cost it has on their careers — and your sales team. And the data backs this up.

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Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Compensation 79

InsightSquared

MARCH 5, 2021

Throughout his three decades of experience running revenue organizations, he has seen the good — and plenty of the bad. Fact: Your sales reps, regardless of how great they are, will never deliver the level of hygiene required to give you confidence in your CRM data. This piece will focus on the importance of activity capture.

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Forecasting Underperforming Technical Team Revenue Data 62

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Data labeling turns raw data into useful information that can then be utilized for optimized marketing. However, turning raw data into labeled data takes time. The good news is data labeling is scalable when you work with the right data labeling software. What Is Data Labeling?

Scale 125

Scale Outsourcing Services Artificial Intelligence Scaling 125

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 12, 2022

The fact of the matter is that data science, as a field, is still relatively new. But as Benn points out, the future of data analysis isn’t an architecture diagram or business leaders looking at dashboards – it’s building an experience, and a very exciting one at that. I worked there for a couple years as an analyst or data scientist.

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Data Airlines AWS Underperforming Technical Team 151

SaaStr

JANUARY 27, 2024

WordPress is its own ecosystem, a vibrant community of hundreds of thousands of people who create add-ons, plugins, and develop sites. There were way too many messaging apps, so Matt and the team decided to bring it all into one, and it’s secure, encrypted, and local to the device. People can set their own rules around data.

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Underperforming Technical Team Social Media Government Subscription 282

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A market gap can be caused by missing functionality or poor user experience. Tracking user behavior in-app enables product teams to find ways to improve product experience. Competitor analysis enables PMs to find areas where rivals fail customers and develop sound positioning and differentiation strategies.

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Underperforming Technical Team Marketing Market Research Outsourced Development 89

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Christoph Janz, General Partner of Point Nine Capital, shares what it takes to raise capital in SaaS, overall investment activity in 2023, and how to develop a convincing AI strategy. Overall Investment Activity in 2023 We all know there has been a massive shift in the number of rounds and capital raised. The deeper, the better.

AI 194

AI Underperforming Technical Team Cloud Strategy 194

SaaStr

APRIL 5, 2023

A bad experience with a revenue operations leader might taint your view of the position at all future companies, but that would be a mistake, as CRO Confidential podcast host Sam Blond learned first-hand. If you’re growing quickly and making a lot of sales hires, you might invest earlier. Not every leader is created equally.

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Sales Hiring Education Scale Strategy 202

Audacix

OCTOBER 19, 2023

million was the average cost of data theft all over the world, as per reports from IBM. Knowing this fact, around 51% of organizations are planning to increase their investments in security for the next year. Coordinate with cross-department security teams to ensure a smooth implementation process.

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Underperforming Technical Team Enterprise Software Management 40

Audacix

OCTOBER 19, 2023

million was the average cost of data theft all over the world, as per reports from IBM. Knowing this fact, around 51% of organizations are planning to increase their investments in security for the next year. Coordinate with cross-department security teams to ensure a smooth implementation process.

Underperforming Technical Team 40

Underperforming Technical Team Enterprise Software Management 40

Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A recent Towers Watson study revealed that businesses with a strong employee experience sustained a 4% bump in revenue while those with a poor experience saw revenue fall by 1%. Investing in Employee Experience results in higher employee retention and increased performance. Development Programs. 6 Elements Of A Strong EX.

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Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Data Sales Hiring 52

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

Companies which don’t use mental models risk unleashing mayhem with poor choices or becoming bloated and bureaucratic by reducing the volume and speed at which decisions are made - both scenarios are undesirable and will impact growth. The same is true of data - data informs decision-making, but doesn’t replace it.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 12, 2019

A little over a year ago, I got the opportunity to start a new team within our sales organization – a team of Relationship Managers dedicated to growing our current customers at scale. To do the first, we had to hire, train, and write a playbook – the building blocks of any team. Relentlessly measure impact.

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team Scale 171

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The bad news is that marketers waste 37 to 95 percent of their marketing budget. You’ll want to break each of these areas down in enough detail so you (and your team) can work with each of these areas properly. Web developers spend their time on sites like ArsTechnica, Reddit, SitePoint, etc. Here’s why.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Development Payment Methods 145

Casey Accidental

MAY 27, 2021

Every engineer, designer and product manager on the team should be involved in defining the problem and the solution. What this means though is that initial releases will never have everything teams want. Product development projects always have very high opportunity cost. Every key result should be outcome based.

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Underperforming Technical Team Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 145

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

At the forefront of this change is what we at Engagio call, Account-Based Everything (ABE), some people know it as Account-Based Sales Development (ABSD), and others call it Account-Based Marketing (ABM). We’re going to look at what data you need to develop an account targeting strategy and where to get that data.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Data Development Team Review 57

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

I’m talking about product-led growth as an investment strategy, but really my background is 10 years of operating experience in the product-led growth world. Now I’m investing in that. I say investment strategy, but really it’s like how do you build a company that’s focused on product-led growth?

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Investment Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Software Review 100

Audacix

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

But to truly protect your customer data and prevent embarrassing data breaches, you need a web app security testing structure. You're probably reading this because your company is at a stage where you have significant IP and customers' sensitive data to protect.

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Underperforming Technical Team DevOps as a Service SaaS Sales Hiring 52

Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, or X as it’s now called, a number of new social media apps have either come into the limelight or been developed to capture the users that have been leaving. Here’s my observation of “the good, the bad, and the ugly” of Bluesky. Here are some of them.

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Social Media Underperforming Technical Team Scale User Experience 122

SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

What Nobody Tells You About Seed Investing with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Cowboy Ventures Founder and Partner Aileen Lee. I think it gives us a perspective that maybe we don’t get in some other places, in addition to many great investments over the years. Personally, our team has been holding back a little bit.

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Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 160

User Pilot

JANUARY 31, 2023

The main factors contributing to at-risk customers include poor onboarding process , lack of product value perception, lousy customer support, unfixed bugs, and no learning materials, resource center, and FAQs. Prevent customer churn and drive customer loyalty Analyzing customer churn data helps you predict churn and identify friction points.

Churn 94

Churn Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 94

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They are hiring leaders, building teams, and attracting advisors in the US while devouring the SV SaaS playbook. AI is likely the next platform, dev tools are strategic given the scarcity of developers, cybersecurity is front and center for enterprises, and the data stack is still going strong. Proximity to customers helps too.

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Scale Sales Hiring Cybersecurity Underperforming Technical Team 220

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

That’s why the team at Sales Hacker decided to put together a statistics round-up showcasing how things changed in this year and where they’re likely headed in the future. Sales teams that invest in remote selling and sales intelligence tools will continue to outperform their peers. READ THIS: Selling From Home?

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Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Revenue 125