SaaStr
JULY 7, 2023
Dear SaaStr: What Were the Biggest Mistakes You Made as a Founder-CEO? I’ve made so many, it’s hard to boil it down to two. But let’s focus on the earliest days, in Year 1. The biggest two mistakes I made as a founder-CEO in Year 1, I not only made once. I made them again twice, maybe thrice. They were: One, starting with too incomplete a management team.
Clouded Judgement
JULY 7, 2023
Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Threads Meta’s Twitter alternative was released this week (Wednesday), and it appears to be a smashing success. Thursday was day 2 , and as of this writing (10pm on Thursday) there are 58m accounts already created.
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SaaStr
JULY 7, 2023
So over the past few weeks I’ve had discussions with 3 good revenue leaders and execs and 2 marketing execs that either left their roles or were let go. None of these folks am I super close to, but all of them I’ve known just enough over time to know they are at least good. Great? I don’t know them well enough. But I do know they are good. Good enough to do well, make good money, and add real value in SaaS.
IT World
JULY 7, 2023
OpenAI is opening a new alignment research division, focused on developing training techniques to stop superintelligent AI — artificial intelligence that could outthink humans and become misaligned with humans ethics — from causing serious harm. “Currently, we don't have a solution for steering or controlling a potentially superintelligent AI, and preventing it from going rogue,” Jan Leike and Ilya Sutskever wrote in a blog post for OpenAI, the company behind the most well-known generative AI la
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Agile Payments
JULY 7, 2023
4 Security Measures Payment Gateways Implement Online shopping and other digital payments are something that we all take for granted - without spending too much time fretting about security. This confidence is down to the levels of security that protect us at each stage of the process.
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Teamgate
JULY 7, 2023
Navigating through the complex features of Salesforce can often be overwhelming, especially for small businesses or those with budget constraints. Fortunately, there are countless alternatives in the CRM landscape to consider. In this article, we’ve done the homework for you, carefully curating a list of the top ten Salesforce alternatives for 2023.
IT World
JULY 7, 2023
Lawyers and C-suite leaders have the same basic mission: protect the enterprise from bad actors who want to do harm. But they often often approach the job in such polar opposite ways that they wind up fighting each other instead of working together. A new academic report on the topic from researchers at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Innsbruck, Tufts University and the University of Minnesota tried to document how stark those differences have become.
Teamgate
JULY 7, 2023
In the world of sales, there are countless methodologies and techniques to choose from. One of the most popular and effective approaches is the Sandler sales methodology. Developed by David Sandler in the 1960s, the Sandler methodology is designed to help salespeople understand their buyers’ needs and build strong, lasting relationships.
Agile Payments
JULY 7, 2023
Navigating the Digital Economy: Online Payment Solutions for Small Businesses
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IT World
JULY 7, 2023
Witnessing the madness of "King twit" and the data-munching journey of that monarch’s latest competitor in the race to commoditize communication , I’m glad Apple at least put some priority on privacy when no one else in Big Tech chose to.
TurnKey Labs
JULY 7, 2023
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the growing demand for skilled tech workers far outweighs the available supply, prompting a prolific labor shortage that’s disrupting the tech sector worldwide. As an IT consulting company, you’re in the thick of this crisis. That’s where this post comes in, offering a lifeline.
Zuora
JULY 7, 2023
The only complete solution for adopting a consumption based pricing model The post Zuora Command Center — developed for your Zuora admin heroes appeared first on Zuora.
CloudKettle
JULY 7, 2023
The importance of user experience (UX) in Salesforce cannot be overstated. With its vast array of features and functionalities, Salesforce serves as a powerful tool for businesses. However, a seamless and intuitive user experience is crucial for maximizing its potential. A well-designed UX in Salesforce ensures increased productivity, user adoption, and customer satisfaction, enabling users […] The post Navigating UX: Design Considerations for Salesforce appeared first on CloudKettle.
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Crafty CTO
JULY 7, 2023
In a conversation with a venture partner yesterday, I was talking up the value that ChatGPT can bring to knowledge workers. He responded that their firm had a policy against putting any confidential data into ChatGPT. My reaction was, that applies to the free version and / or the old days, that with the advent of paid subscriptions, OpenAI no longer trained their models using inputs from subscribers.
CloseSaaS
JULY 7, 2023
Wondering how to get your sales team to use your new CRM? It's a tricky situation. These five expert tips will help you boost your CRM adoption rate.
Crafty CTO
JULY 7, 2023
This was in the context of a link to someone training / fine-tuning an LLM for the full corpus of AWS documentation. Many pointed out that ChatGPT probably does it better; lots of whining about “but ChatGPT gives me wrong answers, boo hoo hoo,” and then this gem. This gets it exactly right: one needs to skillfully guide ChatGPT and the results will be 10X better.
SaaStr
JULY 7, 2023
“Retention is the new acquisition,” says Co-Founder and CEO of Insider, Hande Cilingir. “Given the fact that customer acquisition costs are increasing sharply, the most efficient way to increase revenue base is getting it out of existing ones.” In a survey by Influitive, 58% said customer marketing was very important, and almost 60% had moderate-to-significant revenue gains thanks to customer marketing.
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SmartKarrot
JULY 7, 2023
Whether you are a business owner or a person with a key managerial role, understanding white space analysis is crucial for you. White space in business is like a blank canvas representing customers’ unmet needs waiting to be filled. If you are unaware of the processes to find those blank canvases or the ideas to fill those with customer satisfaction, you are lacking something very major.
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