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The shadow IT fight — 2023 style

IT World

The heart of making strategic IT decisions relies on what is supposed to be an accurate and complete global data map, along with a similarly correct and comprehensive asset map. Sadly, no enterprise has that today and, to be candid, probably never did. There are always problems gaining full visibility today into anything IT-related, but as the enterprise environment has changed in recent years, the age-old IT nemesis, shadow IT, is still a major factor.

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A Guide to Just Some of The Ancillary, Unofficial and Side Events at 2023 SaaStr Europa

SaaStr

Below is a list of ancillary events happening during SaaStr Europa either hosted by SaaSt, one of our trusted sponsors or friends. Note there will be on-site parties every day, as well as an on-site pub, so there’s plenty going on at the venue as well! Monday, June 5th: The team at Paddle is hosting a breakfast meetup to kick off the week. Request your seat here SaaStr Europa Opening Reception from 3-6pm hosted by SaaStr at Tobacco Dock.

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Clouded Judgement 5.26.23

Clouded Judgement

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Early Look at May Consumption Trends This week kicked of Q1 earnings reports for companies with April quarter ends. This means we got commentary for the first time on May trends. As many of you know, the data points I’m looking for are any signs of consumption trends starting to tick back up.

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Leadership Learnings: 5 Things I Wish I Could Have Told My 2013 Self With Advisor and Former CTO of Heap Dan Robinson (Pod 663 + Video)

SaaStr

You’ll never truly understand how to lead a SaaS company until you’ve done it firsthand. But it always helps to get advice from someone with experience. Dan Robinson, current Advisor and former CTO at Heap , shares five essential learnings from nearly a decade of building a SaaS business. Want more content like this? Register for SaaStr Annual and join 12,500 Cloud and SaaS Founders, VCs, and Execs at SaaStr Annual for three full days of workshops, sessions, and networking — all to help you sca

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Struggling to Scale Test Coverage Under Pressure?

When test coverage falls behind release velocity, quality suffers, and your team feels the consequences. This guide outlines when it makes sense to outsource quality assurance (QA), the risks to watch for, and how to scale testing without increasing headcount or slowing down engineering. You will learn how leading teams are leveraging external QA partners to expand coverage, enhance defect detection, and remain aligned with CI/CD timelines.

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Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Sales Development with Jake Bernstein

Predictable Revenue

In the dynamic world of sales development, we stand at a crucial crossroads. It’s […] The post Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Sales Development with Jake Bernstein appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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How to Find the Right Financial Expert for Your Business

Agile Payments

How to Find the Right Financial Expert for Your Business Anchor: Accounting tests

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Microsoft seeks US agency for AI governance, lays out strategy

IT World

Microsoft has sought the formation of a new US agency to govern AI while expressing its concerns over the safety and security aspects of the latest technology and laid out a blueprint for public governance of AI. “We would benefit from a new agency. That is how we will ensure that humanity remains in control of technology,” Brad Smith, president at Microsoft, was quoted as saying by Bloomberg while delivering an address in Washington.

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Optimizing Resources: 12 Essential Tools for SaaS Companies

Agile Payments

Optimizing Resources: 12 Essential Tools for SaaS Companies

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Building and Growing Existing Accounts: The Vital Role of CRM

yoursales

Building and Growing Existing Accounts: The Vital Role of CRM From our survey of the most important problems sales leaders want CRMs to solve, building and growing existing accounts emerged as number 4. Previously in this series: Problem #5: Capture Data & Insights from CRM Here’s the full list of content in this series: Top 5 Problems Sales Leaders Want Crm to Solve #5: Data & Insights in Crm: Empowering Leaders and Teams One of B2B sales leaders’ primary concerns is ensuring the succes

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Mastering Apache Airflow® 3.0: What’s New (and What’s Next) for Data Orchestration

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.

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT app for iPad, iPhone hits 500K downloads

IT World

OpenAI shipped its ChatGPT app for iPads and iPhones just a week ago, but it has already become one of the most popular applications in the last two years, with over half a million downloads in the first six days. That’s a real achievement, but also a challenge — that’s half a million potential data vulnerabilities. Not to rest on its laurels, this year’s favorite smart assistant (so far) is now also available in 41 additional nations.

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The Road to Financial Resilience: A Finance Leader’s Guide for Revenue Recovery

Chargebee

Monday morning board meetings are always a bit of a grind, but this one was different. The revenue numbers were in, and they didn’t look good. An eerie silence engulfed the room. Something was wrong. The leadership team was grappling to understand where and how the revenue was leaking.

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OpenAI has 'no plans to leave' Europe due to regulations, CEO says

IT World

Days after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company might have to cease operations in Europe if the EU’s AI Act regulations passed in their current form, he has has seemingly rolled back on his comments. Despite recently telling US lawmakers he was in favor of regulating AI, when speaking to reporters in the UK earlier this week, Altman said he had “many concerns” about the EU’s AI Act and even accused the bloc of “over-regulating.

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Ford, Net Dollar Retention, and Bringing Objectivity to Revenue Growth

Chargebee

Unlike words, numbers are absolute. But only if you choose the right ones in the first place. Here's why that number should be NDR.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

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.

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B2B SaaS PPL and PPC: what you need to know

Kalungi

I was talking to a B2B SaaS CEO last week about his #1 priority, and he said " lead gen." I asked him if he could elaborate more, and he said he felt like they were wasting their money on leads that don't convert. I asked him what campaigns they were running and if he's done PPL. It didn't seem like he'd heard about PPL before, and he wasn't very clear about what PPC meant.

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Chargebee’s Rebranding: Designing Success Together

Chargebee

A new look and our renewed vows to serve you better in an evolving world. The Chargebee redesign story.

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May 26 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Role: Customer Success Manager Location: Nashville, TN, United States (Remote) Organization: Luma Health As a Customer Success Manager, you’ll function as the client’s first point of contact as they explore Luma Health’s solutions and offerings. providing tactics and best practises to increase their influence within the system. In order to help customers accept, use, and pick future products based on client strategic aims, you will offer them expert advise.

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125+ VC Funds and 250+ VCs Are Coming to SaaStr Europa 2023 to Meet You!!

SaaStr

Get your first (or next) round of funding at SaaStr Europa. Meet a VC is back! This is your chance to meet with some of the most sought-after VC firms in-person during SaaStr Europa. Returning for its 4rd year, a record number of VCs will attend SaaStr Europa who are actively looking for new investments and on the hunt for soon-to-be Unicorns to add to their portfolios.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.