SaaStr
JANUARY 14, 2022
So every day there are more and more massive funding rounds. But where does all that money >come from<? 1/ From "Limited Partners", the ones that give VCs $ to invest. And they had an incredible year. Top endowments and LPs saw a jaw-dropping 62% (!) returns from VC + PE in 2021 pic.twitter.com/ZSjfFQMXYh. — Jason BeKind Lemkin 2⃣0⃣2⃣2⃣ (@jasonlk) January 14, 2022.
IT World
JANUARY 14, 2022
Over the past year or so, Microsoft has added a host of new capabilities to Teams, its chat and videoconferencing hub, focused on improving video meetings with co-workers and other colleagues. Here's a rundown of the key new features to know and how to use them. Note that this guide refers to the Microsoft Teams desktop app for Windows and macOS included with Microsoft 365/Office 365 business and education subscriptions.
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SaaStr
JANUARY 14, 2022
Q: Dear SaaStr: When Can Angel Investors Sell Their Shares? There’s isn’t that much “liquidity” for startup shares, but there’s more than there used to be. There are 2 basic ways for angel investors to sell their shares before an IPO or a sales (a so-called liquidity event): When the startup is oversubscribed in a subsequent venture round. If the startup raises VC capital and there’s more demand than shares, angels can often sell their shares to the new and sometimes the existing VCs.
Andreessen Horowitz
JANUARY 14, 2022
Two weeks before the start of our perpetual lockdown, The New York Times columnist and Substack writer Ross Douthat released “The Decadent Society,” a survey of America’s general apathy toward building a more dynamic future. While the book itself isn’t particularly surprising in its critique, the timing of its release was important: it was among. Read More.
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IT World
JANUARY 14, 2022
Over the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a technological transformation for many office-based workers, forcing them to change work habits and rely on videoconferencing and collaboration software to get their jobs done. Now it's time to focus on frontline workers, 41% of whom don’t have access to the technology they need, according to Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index Special Report on Frontline Workers.
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Sales Hacker
JANUARY 14, 2022
Sales leaders often label high-performing sales reps as having the “it factor.” It’s the undefinable yet undeniable secret to why they win. But believe it or not, the “it factor” in sellers is a myth and one that’s been embraced for far too long by sales leaders. The reality for many organizations is—top performers thrive and the rest of the team is left behind.
IT World
JANUARY 14, 2022
Last summer I traded in my trusty but aging Dell XPS all-in-one desktop for a new HP Envy workstation. I was excited about taking advantage of the speedier processor and terabyte of solid-state storage. But what has really been transformative about the experience is the display. The 3840 × 2160 resolution (4K in industry lingo) effectively quadrupled the amount of screen space, making it possible to pack my desktop with more open windows than ever.
ITPro
JANUARY 14, 2022
Data analytics is big business - so why aren’t more companies learning from the best?
IT World
JANUARY 14, 2022
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably joined the mobile workforce, even if you're working remotely. This handful os iPhone tips should take a little friction out of your day and boost productivity. You don’t need to scroll any more. Want to scroll through websites, documents, or anything else one-handed? Try using a feature called Back Tap introduced in iOS 14.
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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.
CloseSaaS
JANUARY 14, 2022
Customers want to know that you care about them. What better way to show it than with thoughtful, personalized messaging? In a competitive market, these little touches can make all the difference in improving brand experience.
IT World
JANUARY 14, 2022
My goodness, my fellow Google-observers: We've got quite the bit of virtual geek theater playing out in front of our googly eyes right now. Have you caught wind of this whole debacle yet? Following a report in The Wall Street Journal that cited the "dreaded green text bubble" as the core reason for The Youths™ supposedly veering toward iPhones over Android devices these days, Google's chief Android exec fired off a feisty series of tweets attacking Apple over its refusal to support contemporary
SaaS Metrics
JANUARY 14, 2022
Blockchain is becoming more widespread as the modern era progresses. Blockchain swoops in as a saint to provide visibility and transparency among corporations lacking trust and value while executing transactions. There are several blockchain frameworks and protocols out there that can help companies establish trust and join public networks to make easy.
BetterCloud
JANUARY 14, 2022
When a new hire joins your organization, an HR representative typically has to rely on their memory and leverage several disparate systems to initiate the onboarding process. This manual effort is tedious, error-prone, and pulls IT resources from valuable initiatives. As we’ve seen in previous installments of our series on zero touch IT, you can automate many of these tasks in a SaaS management platform like BetterCloud.
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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.
SaaS Metrics
JANUARY 14, 2022
Several factors may play a role in the failure of a business. These factors include challenges such as a steep competition that edges you out, ununiformed decisions that have negatively affected your business, and a lack of the right talent in your workforce. Over and above these causes, your business may plunge. Read more. The post 5 Common Financial Challenges That May Lead To Business Failure first appeared on SaaS Metrics.
SaaStr
JANUARY 14, 2022
Marketers face daunting expectations from all sides –– it’s easy to get spread too thin and never entirely dominate any single marketing channel. So what’s the remedy to this dilemma? Datadog CMO Alex Rosemblat shares his hard-won secret after eight years of leading his company’s marketing: Slow and steady wins the marketing channel race. Read on to learn Rosemblat’s pacing and methodology for achieving your most critical marketing goals, one channel at a time.
IT World
JANUARY 14, 2022
For this week's Patch Tuesday, the first of the year, Microsoft addressed 97 security issues, six of them rated critical. Though six vulnerabilities have been publicly reported, I do not classify them as zero-days. Microsoft has fixed a lot of security related issues and is aware of several known issues that may have inadvertently caused significant server issues including: Hyper-V, which no longer starts with the message, "Virtual machine xxx could not be started because the hypervisor is not r
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