Fri.Jul 28, 2023

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Scaling the Sales Tech Stack

Chart Mogul

Four experts from the SaaS world sit down to discuss sales tech stacks, evolving your sales team, and some common mistakes organizations make building sales teams and purchasing software. ChartMogul’s very own VP of Sales, Sara Archer heads the panel discussion. She’s joined by Graham Hunter, Head of Startup Program, Segment; Dani Riggs, Head of … Four experts from the SaaS world sit down to discuss sales tech stacks, evolving your sales team, and some common mistakes organizat

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Dear SaaStr: Does Having a Board of Advisors Increase Your Chances of Getting Funding?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: Does Having a Board of Advisors Increase Your Chances of Getting Funding? No. Or maybe — only barely, a tiny bit. It does show you are hustling, if the advisors are truly great. If you get Eric Yuan or Marc Benioff to be an active advisor — well, then, you get some more attention. But that’s about it. They aren’t on the management team, they aren’t selling or building product or running a growth playbook.

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TestBox Review

The Daily Egg

You know how frustrating it can be to find the right software for your business. The process of going through free trial. The post TestBox Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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The Second Half of 2023 Could Be Really Good For SaaS

SaaStr

So don’t look now, but things are getting a smidge better in SaaS. It’s still tough out there for many, and selling is challenging. Goldman Sachs is now predicting the first re-acceleration in ACVs in years: And: Top Cloud and SaaS stocks are up 31% this year. Now they still are way down from their 2021 highs. But +31% is real. Top Cloud and SaaS stocks are trading at 15x ARR or more.

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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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QuickMail Review

The Daily Egg

Email isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Cold outreach via email can be the key to bringing in new sales, developing your business. The post QuickMail Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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Clouded Judgement 7.28.23 - Optimization Cycles and Economy Update

Clouded Judgement

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Busy week! Lots to unpack, I’ll hit on a couple of my favorite topics from this week below. AI = Data + Compute I’ll continue beating this drum, but we got two great quotes from Azure and AWS this week. Satya at Microsoft said “Every AI app starts with data and having a comprehensive data and analytics platform is more important than ever.”

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Capchase: The Best SaaS Startups Are Still Growing 100%-200% To $10m ARR and Beyond

SaaStr

So Capchase surveyed 900 SaaS businesses between $1m and $15m ARR, and their data showed what I’ve seen as well: it’s tougher out there,and media growth is down. But — the best are growing as fast as they always have: Of the 900 surveyed, the median was tougher growth — 39% at $10m ARR, which is still fast enough for sure to get to a strong nine-figure exit, but not fast enough to attract venture capital.

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5-Minute Whiteboard: Zero-Click Marketing 101

Sparktoro

When did you first promote content on the Internet? Some of us have been doing it long enough to—GASP—remember when Facebook post CTRs were 10%.

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12 Types of Minimum Viable Product With Their Pros and Cons

User Pilot

With so many types of minimum viable products out there, it can be challenging to know which one to choose for your specific product idea. In this article, we’re going to explain what minimum viable products are, break down the different options you can choose from, and help product managers make up their minds. TL;DR A minimum viable product (often referred to as an MVP) is a version of a product with just enough features to be usable.

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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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5 Ways Enterprises Can Stop Common  Identity Scams in Payment Systems

Agile Payments

5 Ways Enterprises Can Stop Common Identity Scams in Payment Systems

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More Countries, More Problems: Selling AI Products Around the World Is Still Too Hard

Andreessen Horowitz

A dynamic new wave of digital-first companies has emerged, driven by a significant decrease in the cost of building a minimal viable venture and further propelled by recent advancements in Generative AI. Founders can now quickly build chatbots/companions , education … The post More Countries, More Problems: Selling AI Products Around the World Is Still Too Hard appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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What Is Access Control? A Key Component of Data Security

Agile Payments

What Is Access Control?

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Customer offboarding: How to part on great terms with Sean Brookover

ChurnZero

Customer offboarding is an often overlooked process. However, its just as important as customer onboarding for an organizations long-term success. Offboarding entails the process of ending a customer relationship, whether due to cancelation, contract expiration, or other reasons. A well-designed offboarding creates a positive experience for customers, even during their departure.

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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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Cracking the Outbound Code: Messaging, Sequences & Email Frameworks (2/2)

Sales Hacker

Four short business days away from a BIG announcement coming your way! It’s very difficult for me not to just type it out on the next line… *deep breath* Keep an eye out on Aug 2nd for something we’ve been cooking up over the last few months. We appreciate all of you for supporting this newsletter from the early days and it’s about to get even bigger, better and more valuable for GTM leaders.

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Twitter and Its Successor States

Crafty CTO

I love the tone of this article, a true pleasure to read—highly recommended. A couple of great lines: I mean it’s really funny how a bunch of very rich dudes are breaking stuff online and making worse versions of existing products in response to said breakage. Obviously it is quite amusing to be shown how stupid rich people are, and I very much enjoy it.

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How to Structure a Sales Meeting Agenda that Gets Results

CloseSaaS

Want to boost your sales team's productivity? Create a structured sales meeting agenda that delivers results and keeps your team on track.

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Gruber Translates Linda Yaccarino's Company-wide Memo on the X Rebrand

Crafty CTO

A few prime translations: It’s OK to day-drink. I am. I used to run all advertising for NBCUniversal. Now I’m running an $8/month multi-level marketing scheme where the only users who’ve signed up are men who own a collection of MAGA hats. As if this rebranding disaster isn’t enough, our infrastructure is crumbling. Facebook took Threads from 0 to 100 million users in under a week, without a hitch, at the same time we imposed comical rate limits on usage.

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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.

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What is the Importance of User Activation?

Inturact

In the fast-paced world of B2B software, where competition is fierce and customer expectations are high, user activation emerges as a critical factor in driving growth and ensuring long-term success.

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