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Dear SaaStr: I Feel Like I’m Not Getting Enough Done as an Early Stage CEO. What Should I Do?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: I Feel Like I’m Not Getting Enough Done as an Early Stage CEO. What Should I Do? I’m Just Fluffing Around If you feel like you’re fluffing around, it’s probably because you don’t have a clear focus or structure for your day. That’s a problem, but it’s also an opportunity to reset and get intentional. Here’s what I’d suggest: Set Clear Goals for the Week and Day : Start with what you’re trying to achieve this week.

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Clouded Judgement 6.27.25 - New Rules For a New Game

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 New Rules For a New Game One of the biggest shifts happening in startups right now is that the old rule of thumbs for how you build a successful software startup just don’t hold in the age of AI. Or at least, they don’t hold if you’re trying to build a breakout company… So many of these markets are still wide open.

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5 Things You Need to Know About API Solutions in Business Payments

USIO

If you’re running a business today, chances are you’re already relying on APIs in some form—whether you realize it or not. But when it comes to payments, API solutions are more than just tech—they’re a practical tool for improving speed, security, and efficiency. 1. What Are API Solutions in Payments? API stands for Application Programming Interface.

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Mary Meeker’s 2025 AI Report

Sales Hacker

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ to scale their companies and careers. GTMnow shares insight around the go-to-market strategies responsible for explosive company growth. GTMnow highlights the strategies, along with the stories from the top 1% of GTM executives, VCs, and founders behind these strategies and companies.

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Airflow Best Practices for ETL/ELT Pipelines

Speaker: Kenten Danas, Senior Manager, Developer Relations

ETL and ELT are some of the most common data engineering use cases, but can come with challenges like scaling, connectivity to other systems, and dynamically adapting to changing data sources. Airflow is specifically designed for moving and transforming data in ETL/ELT pipelines, and new features in Airflow 3.0 like assets, backfills, and event-driven scheduling make orchestrating ETL/ELT pipelines easier than ever!

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Building a Case for D2C in Mobile Games

FastSpring

Direct-to-consumer (D2C) transactions have been at center stage in recent months, with major legal shakeups across the U.S., Japan, Brazil, and the EU poised to open up and unlock additional revenue channels for mobile publishers. With these regulations and rulings stacking up, it’s never been easier to directly sell in-app purchases to your players across the globe.

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10 ideas to increase product adoption during the summer slowdown

ChurnZero

Summer has a way of slowing things down. With longer days, vacations, and kids at home, you’ll see more out-of-office replies and slower decision-making. However, this quieter period is actually a great opportunity for your team to help customers explore your product and get more value from it, and increase feature adoption. Below, you’ll find ideas that are designed to be low-lift but high-impact.

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Is CHAMP The New BANT?

Teamgate

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ADFS Authentication: How It Works and 6 Key Requirements

Frontegg

Key takeaways ADFS enables single sign-on (SSO) across organizational boundaries, allowing users to access multiple applications with one set of credentials Supports a variety of authentication methods including forms-based login, Windows Integrated Authentication, certificate-based authentication, multi-factor authentication, and device trust Requires a complex setup involving certificates, Active Directory domain membership, SQL Server for large deployments, and Web Application Proxy for exter

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Sink or Swim: Every Enterprise Conversation is AI Today. And Every Enterprise AI is Different.

SaaStr

I spent this past week at the MaestrQA user conference with 200+ contact center and quality managers, where I’m on the board with SaaStr Fund. The attendee list read like a who’s who of both arguably more cutting-edge tech leaders—Brex, Oura Ring, Asana—and established enterprise leaders. Different industries, different stages of maturity, different technical sophistication.

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Build the Case: Quantify the Real Costs of In-House Testing and QA Gaps

Underinvesting in software testing costs more than you think, and now you can prove it. This guide helps you quantify hidden costs like developer time, support overhead, tech debt, and lost revenue. Use the companion calculator to model your own data, and present your findings with a ready-to-edit presentation template. Whether you're making the case to leadership or validating outsourcing, this toolkit gives you the numbers and tools you need.

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Brand Strategy 101: How to Create Impactful Branding

Neil Patel

Part of building an impactful brand is ensuring it’s instantly recognizable amongst your target audience. This is where brand strategy comes in. With a solid brand strategy, your company is able to create a consistent presence that becomes a household name. But you need to understand what goes into a brand strategy, how to develop one, and what a good brand strategy looks like.

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10 Brutal Truths From Coatue About AI and Who Gets Left Behind: The Great Separation

SaaStr

Leading crossover VC firm Coatue recently put together its highly detailed East Meets West Conference overview of AI, Growth and Tech here. A lot we know, but it’s a very good collection of data and optimism on AI + B2B going forward The Great Separation: 10 Brutal Truths About AI, Growth, and Who Gets Left Behind in 2025 #1: 2025 is the “Year of Offense” – Growth Trumps Everything Coatue’s decision matrix for 2025 is brutally simple and reveals the new rules of the

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