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Turning a crisis into a win: Lessons from companies who beat the odds

Chargebee

“Never let a good crisis go to waste”-Sir Winston Churchill.

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The 4 States of an Engineering Team

Tom Tunguz

I’ve been steadily progressing through the excellent books in the Stripe Press catalog. First, I read High Growth Handbook. Most recently, I read An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management by Will Larson. It’s the best book I’ve read on engineering management. Will has worked at Digg, Uber, Stripe, and is now at Calm and has seen many engineering teams endure and thrive through hypergrowth.

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Entrepreneurship … It Changes You

SaaStr

Q: Could you talk about your experience with the downside of entrepreneurship or startups? The “downside” of entrepreneurship is that it changes you. Not immediately, but some time around 24 months in: You will think about your start-up close to 24×7. You might only work 40 hours a week. You can’t work constantly. But in your quiet moments, on a run, in the shower … you’ll be thinking about your start-up.

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How to Choose The Right Facebook Ad Agency

Neil Patel

Facebook isn’t going anywhere, anytime soon. With more than 2.6 billion users worldwide – or nearly 28.5% of the total global population – the platform has seen unprecedented success. This also translates to several other advantages that you may not be familiar with: Approximately 1.65 billion users see Facebook ads, out of which 1.21 billion are between the ages of 13 and 34.

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SaaS: How They’re Turning Payments Into Profit Centers

Discover how top SaaS companies are earning up to $700k + and zero upfront cost with Usio Integrated Payments.

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Why 2020 May Actually Be a Great Year for Hiring Sales Reps

Sales Hacker

It’s amazing how quickly things change. At the beginning of this year, the U.S. unemployment rate was under 4%. Companies were growing their sales organizations and bringing in more revenue. The biggest obstacle to hiring was that there simply weren’t too many great candidates on the job market. All of that has since been turned on its head. Companies everywhere have frozen their hiring and laid off workers — with sales reps often among the first to go.

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5 Things To Keep In Mind For A Start-up

Nimble - Sales

There are many things that a startup entrepreneur needs to keep in mind in order to succeed in a market that is largely dominated by multinationals and domestic industry leaders. Most of these things revolve around the financial, emotional, and technical aspects of running a business. Here are five things that, if you keep them […]. The post 5 Things To Keep In Mind For A Start-up appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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Announcing the Early Warning System SuccessBloc

Totango

Today we are releasing the Early Warning System SuccessBloc, which gives you instant visibility into customer signals and critical events, alerting you to proactively engage when needed. With this SuccessBLOC, you can identify, categorize and monitor the customer events, activities and behaviors that indicate which customers need attention, and why.

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Are Data-Driven Insights Part of Your Growth Strategy?

Treehouse Technology Group

When an organization is pursuing growth and considering various strategic opportunities such as expansion into new geographies, new product development, diversification, etc., there is a lot at stake. Insights about consumers, markets, economies, geographies, and products prove extremely valuable and can make the difference between sustained success and failure.

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Subscription-Based Mobility: How Porsche is Facing Up to New Challenges

Zuora

THE NEXT WEB • BY NADESCHA VORNEHM How we get around sustainably and remain mobile in an increasingly busy world is […]. The post Subscription-Based Mobility: How Porsche is Facing Up to New Challenges appeared first on Zuora.

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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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Are Data-Driven Insights Part of Your Growth Strategy?

Treehouse Technology Group

When an organization is pursuing growth and considering various strategic opportunities such as expansion into new geographies, new product development, diversification, etc., there is a lot at stake. Insights about consumers, markets, economies, geographies, and products prove extremely valuable and can make the difference between sustained success and failure.

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11% of Americans Have Already Subscribed to Walmart+

Zuora

THE MOTLEY FOOL • BY DANNY VENA Earlier this month, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced the launch of Walmart+, a membership program […]. The post 11% of Americans Have Already Subscribed to Walmart+ appeared first on Zuora.

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What is SaaS Management?

Intello

The SaaS industry has grown rapidly over the recent years, and is projected to continue similar growth in coming years. As exciting as these new applications are, it presents a new issue that begs the questions: how do we manage all of these applications? And what does it mean to 'manage' SaaS? This article will outline exactly what SaaS management is, and what it can do for you or your organization.

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Google is finally ready to fight Roku and Amazon in the streaming wars

Zuora

CO. EXIST • BY JARED NEWMAN It took about a decade, but Google may have finally gotten streaming TV right. On […]. The post Google is finally ready to fight Roku and Amazon in the streaming wars appeared first on Zuora.

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How Investors & Strategic Buyers Evaluate Integrated Payment Strategies

Explore how integrated payment strategies impact investor and buyer evaluations. Payments are more than a feature — they’re a key to long-term success and market differentiation. They help SaaS companies offer seamless user experiences and efficient operations. Investors and strategic buyers assess these integrated payment strategies as a measure of a company's growth potential and sustainability.

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HubSpot’s Chris Miller on Using Advanced Segmentation to Serve a Large and Diverse Audience [Podcast]

OpenView Labs

Chris Miller stopped by the OV BUILD Podcast to talk about being a key growth leader at HubSpot for over four years, and how he’s been instrumental in driving the company’s adoption of product led growth. In this episode, Chris and host Blake Bartlett discuss: The differences between growth marketing and growth product. How to use the 3 D’s (discoverability, desirability, do-ability) to solve growth problems.

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Telehealth is here to stay. What about legacy healthcare providers?

Zuora

FORBES • BY RITA NUMEROF Telehealth provides convenience to patients. It has the potential to improve patient outcomes by ensuring worrisome […]. The post Telehealth is here to stay. What about legacy healthcare providers? appeared first on Zuora.

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Don’t Let Them (Your Best Employees) Go

SaaStr

A bit of Mary Poppins, when her work is done the wind will shift and she'll be off to the next place that needs her ??. Appreciate the moments you have with folks; especially if they or the combination of them together are truly special. It's never forever. [link]. — stacie frederick (@staciefrederick) September 29, 2020. Especially now that dozens of next-generation SaaS companies have IPO’d, you can start to see the turnover more viscerally than you can observe at quieter,

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Aircall’s Global Head of Customer Care Ian MacLean on preventing the “swivel chair effect”

Intercom, Inc.

Ian MacLean is the Global Head of Customer Care at Aircall , the cloud-based phone system for modern business. With a mission to bring value to voice, Ian’s team of customer care specialists focus on building strong, lasting relationships with their customers, going far beyond just offering a plug-in phone system. This is the first in a recurring series of articles looking at how modern support leaders are navigating the support landscape as it continues to evolve.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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SaaStr Podcast #380 with Truework Co-Founder and CEO Ryan Sandler

SaaStr

Ep. 380: Ryan Sandler is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Truework, the company that gives employees control over employment, income and other identity data. To date, Ryan has raised over $44M with Truework from the likes of Sequoia, Khosla, Menlo and from the founders of companies such as Plaid, Seatgeek, Mino Games and Checkr. Prior to founding Truework, Ryan spent 3 years as a Senior Product Manager @ LinkedIn.

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Get The Complete Picture With The Enhanced Customer 360 SuccessBLOC

Totango

Today we’re announcing multiple updates to the Customer 360 SuccessBLOC, making it more powerful than ever before. With the Customer 360 SuccessBLOC, we’ve built you a complete real-time view into customer health, across your entire customer base. This bloc will surface insights into the state of your customer base, their journey and lifecycle, whether they’re using your products or not, their level of engagement, and their willingness to recommend your business, giving you the context and histo

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