SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2023

So we’ve been saying for a while that the back half of 2024 could be good for SaaS IPO s, we just needed a few of the break-out winners to IPO to get the engine rolling again. The SaaS IPO window really closed in late 2021 with HashiCorp as the last great one to IPO in December 2021. And now we have that first great IPO filing since 2021 — Klaviyo.

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 25, 2023

Klaviyo filed their initial S1 statement today. This is the first S-1 we’ve seen in almost 2 years from a software company! A S-1 is a document companies file with the SEC in preparation for listing their shares on an exchange like the NYSE or NASDAQ. The document contains a plethora of information on the company including a general overview, up to date financials, risk factors to the business, cap table highlights and much more.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2023

So VCs are seen by most founders these days as almost commodities. Folks with money that you get money from. And maybe that’s a good thing, in many ways. I see fewer and fewer founders care if VCs make money, and the Go Go days of 2020 and 2021 are probably part of it. No one cared if they raised at 100x ARR. Everyone just wanted to be a unicorn.

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Sparktoro

AUGUST 25, 2023

I’m worried. Worried that thousands of agencies, in-house practitioners, and even marketing leaders who should know better are STILL prioritizing their content efforts based primarily or entirely on keywords for search. I get it. 10 years ago, that practice worked. It still technically works in a number of fields.

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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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SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2023

Bad advice is everywhere these days. Hundreds of thousands of experts are telling you how to succeed in SaaS. Many of those voices are incredible, yet terrible bits of advice pops up again and again. On top of that, founders are full of excuses preventing them from scaling.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2023

Dear SaaStr: As An Employee, As an acquired employee, How Do I Negotiate My Compensation in an Acquisition? Unfortunately, as a non-CEO, non-founder of an acquired start-up … you have almost no ability to really negotiate. Especially below the VP level. Overall, your ability to negotiate in M&A in any context, in any job, is based on your ability to walk for something better, or just walk.

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BlueSnap

AUGUST 25, 2023

Looking for the latest payment method statistics? Here’s a roundup of what you need to know. The post 15 Payment Method Statistics Merchants Need to Know appeared first on BlueSnap.

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Chargebee

AUGUST 25, 2023

As a subscription-based business, you may already be familiar with sales tax compliance challenges. But compliance can become even more complicated during an economic downturn coupled with potential changes in consumer behavior.

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TurnKey Labs

AUGUST 25, 2023

Nowadays, traditional office-based practices are giving way to a new era of remote work and offshore hiring. As businesses strive to adapt, comprehending these trends becomes paramount for sustained competitiveness. Understanding the shifting landscape is essential, where remote work and offshore hiring have gained momentum.

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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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SaaS Metrics

AUGUST 25, 2023

In the vast landscape of digital marketing, where the virtual realm is brimming with information and competition, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) emerges as the beacon that guides businesses towards prominence. This comprehensive exploration delves into the intricacies of SEO and its significance in the contemporary digital landscape, while also shedding light on.

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TurnKey Labs

AUGUST 25, 2023

The journey from early stages to achieving rapid growth can be both challenging and rewarding. Specifically, for a tech startup, the dynamics of the market and the complexities of the tech industry can present unique hurdles.

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Inturact

AUGUST 25, 2023

You've got a stellar B2B product or service, but somehow the expected rush of user activations isn’t materializing. Frustrating, isn’t it? The path to increasing user activations is often littered with unseen challenges. But what if you knew exactly what these obstacles were? More importantly, what if you knew how to navigate past them?

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 25, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now The 10Y and Software Valuations Much has been written about the 10Y, and interest rates more broadly, and their impact on software valuations. However, there’s a lot to unpack there. Interest rates aren’t simply 1 “thing.” They’re a basket of instruments with different maturities / durations set by different forces.

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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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