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What is the difference between a startup mentor and an angel investor?

SaaStr

The best angels and seed investors can often serve the role of a mentor quite well, especially if they were CEOs or had similar operational experience. Where it breaks down is using a Series A-B-C investor as a mentor. While they will be highly engaged in your business, it’s also tough to truly share all your struggles and challenges with someone that has invested many millions in your company.

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16 Minutes on the News #7: Apple Card, BEC Scams Federal Indictment

Andreessen Horowitz

This is episode #7 of our news show , 16 Minutes , where we quickly cover recent headlines of the week, the a16z way — why they’re in the news; why they matter from our vantage point in tech — …

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36 Final, Final Tickets Left for SaaStr Scale THIS THURSDAY in SF!!

SaaStr

GRAB A FINAL, FINAL TICKET HERE ! SaaStr Scale is THIS THURSDAY in San Francisco! We have room for 1,000 and 965 slots are taken so grab a final ticket ASAP here ! Here are a few reminders to help you get the most out of Scale on the 29th… THE BASICS – DATE, LOCATION, START TIMES SaaStr Scale takes place Thursday, August 29th at Terra Gallery – 511 Harrison St, SF • Registration and the Sponsors We Love Expo opens at 8am• We kick-off the day with a Braindate Power Hour at 9am

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10 Highly Effective Techniques To Jumpstart Your Sales

Teamgate

If you are an entrepreneur or a small business owner who wants to jumpstart their sales, there is just so much you can do. Of course, sales depend on many different factors, but you can still improve some of them yourself. Here are ten highly effective techniques to jumpstart your sales. 1.Focus on Emotions and Feelings. You’ve probably heard about it before that focusing on emotions and feelings is essential for building strong short-term and long-term relationships with your customers.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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Did you ever have a situation where you were talking to a person but that person turned out to be a billionaire?

SaaStr

I’ve done OK, but I’ll never be a tech billionaire. However, I’ve met and worked with many (as crazy as that sounds to say “many”) in my start-up and SaaStr journey. A few observations of B2B SaaS Billionaires: They have imposter syndrome, too. I loved this session with Mike Cannon Brookes of Atlassian at SaaStr Annual 2019 when talked all about it.

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