IT World
MARCH 17, 2023
(Microsoft is a client of the author.) Microsoft has unveiled its 'Copilot' generative AI for Office and I believe it is as big a game changer as the launch of Windows (and I was the launch analyst for Windows when I started my career). With any advance like this, there is always an impact on employment, performance, and the trajectory of the related work.
SaaStr
MARCH 17, 2023
Ok get EXCITED for SaaStr Europa 2023 , this time in London! We’ll looking forward to hosting 4,000 SaaS founders, execs and VCs in hip East London at Tobacco Docks across 2 packed days, 6-7 June. About 70% of our sponsorships are sold out, but we’ve got some good stuff left! 1 Super Gold 3 Gold 1 Platinum And some really, really good ancillary and related sponsorships are left: Registration (this is a good one — do this) Braindates and Mentorship (this is a good one) Coffee C
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Andreessen Horowitz
MARCH 17, 2023
As the Generative AI Revolution in Games progresses, it will completely reshape User Generated Content (UGC) creating a world where anyone can build games and expanding the games market beyond what many thought was possible. In the coming years, deep … The post The Generative AI Revolution will Enable Anyone to Create Games appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
Clouded Judgement
MARCH 17, 2023
Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! What Happened at SVB? I want to start by saying I’m no banking expert. Before last week I didn’t even know what the term “held to maturity” meant (more on that later). I’ve digested as much as I can, and tried to summarize what led to SVB’s collapse.
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Andreessen Horowitz
MARCH 17, 2023
In “The Space Age” , I wrote about the importance of mankind extending our reach into the stars. Moreover, I suggested that America is — and should remain — the leader in this endeavor. It was, in many ways, an … The post Space: A Market Map appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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User Pilot
MARCH 17, 2023
Your product needs to serve your customers, and a customer needs and wants analysis helps to ensure you are addressing all customer pain points. These insights can inform your product development and keep a pulse on any changes in your customer’s needs and wants. In this article, we’ll learn more about customer needs, conducting customer needs analysis, and how to gain insights from it with a tool.
IT World
MARCH 17, 2023
The hype machine is real with Generative AI and ChatGPT , which are seemingly everywhere in tech these days. So it's not surprising that we're starting to hear chatter about a new, improved Siri. In fact, 9to5Mac has already spotted a new natural language system. Do you speak my language? The claim is that Siri on tvOS 16.4 beta has a new "Siri Natural Language Generation" framework.
User Pilot
MARCH 17, 2023
How do you perform a customer churn analysis that gives you the necessary insights to boost retention and grow your SaaS business ? In this article, we cover how to measure and analyze churn to gather actionable data. Plus, learn four efficient strategies to lower your churn rate. Let’s get started. TLDR; Customer churn analysis involves measuring and interpreting data to find out why customers churn.
IT World
MARCH 17, 2023
Microsoft has resolved 80 new CVEs this month in addition to four earlier CVEs, bringing the number of security issues addressed in this month's Patch Tuesday release to 84. Unfortunately, we have two zero-day flaws in Outlook ( CVE-2023-23397 ) and Windows ( CVE-2023-24880 ) that require a "Patch Now" release requirement for both Windows and Microsoft Office updates.
Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate
Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.
TurnKey Labs
MARCH 17, 2023
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of attending SXSW –the mammoth tech meets entertainment meets culture meets everything conference held in Austin each year – then you know it’s one grand party.
Unbounce
MARCH 17, 2023
In a market where it takes so much work to gain customer trust, what can you do to become a trustworthy brand? According to the Gustavson Brand Trust Index, brand trust fell to an all-time low in 2020. But the following year , the same researchers discovered a trait that could help you bring that trust back: authenticity. Brand authenticity and brand trust have a major relationship going on.
SmartKarrot
MARCH 17, 2023
Role: VP Customer Success Location: London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid) Organization: Argus Media As a VP of Customer Success, you’ll be setting the strategy, prioritising the objectives and key metrics, building a world-class team, and extending and mentoring the European Customer Success team. Creating customer lifetime value through the definition of the customer journey, the implementation of programmes to support driving business value with customers, the accomplishment of custo
SaaStr
MARCH 17, 2023
Buying software has changed significantly over the past 27 years. Despite the economic headwinds we’ve seen, buyers still buy a lot. The average mid-size company has 111 SaaS applications. By next quarter, that’s estimated to rise to 119. Of course, companies are experiencing some economic impact, and average spend is coming down slightly. Chris Perrine, the Vice President of G2, Asia Pacific, shares what’s holding up buyers in today’s economy and how you can meet them where they are.
Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage
There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.
Crafty CTO
MARCH 17, 2023
I’ve been trying to write a comprehensive, buttoned-up “AI Update,” covering all this month’s AI developments. But nearly every day, there’s been something new that’s at least important and sometimes game-changing. So I’m reluctantly giving up on comprehensive, and settling for selective commentary on a few of the more interesting bits.
ChurnZero
MARCH 17, 2023
Losing a customer champion is the single biggest leading predictor of customer churn. “It’s good news and it’s bad news,” says Ali Cudby , founder and CEO of Alignmint Growth Strategies. “It’s good news because it’s a line in the sand. You know when it happens and can get ahead of it. But it’s bad news because it’s risky.” An unmanaged key contact change has a 51% chance of churn in 12 months, according to research from Sturdy , a customer intelligence platform.
ChurnZero
MARCH 17, 2023
Losing a customer champion is the single biggest leading predictor of customer churn. “It’s good news and it’s bad news,” says Ali Cudby , founder and CEO of Alignmint Growth Strategies. “It’s good news because it’s a line in the sand. You know when it happens and can get ahead of it. But it’s bad news because it’s risky.” An unmanaged key contact change has a 51% chance of churn in 12 months, according to research from Sturdy , a customer intelligence platform.
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