SaaStr

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Dear SaaStr: What Should Be The Priorities of SaaS Founders During The Early Stages? Some ideas: Find a truly great co-founder. Slow it down until you do. There is too much to do in SaaS — sales, customer success, product, engineering, demand gen, etc. If you don’t have a great co-founder, slow down and find one. Get those First 10 Customers — However and Whenever.

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Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! And that’s a wrap for 2022! If you want to look back at the final post from 2021 to compare where we are today, the link is here Dispersion When I think about the upcoming year, the word that keeps coming to mind is dispersion. 2023 will be the year we truly learn who the best businesses are.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 30, 2022

In the age of Unicorns, there’s often a story folks miss. It’s when about 5 years in, at a reasonably successful company, the founder moves on. I don’t mean fired. I mean after 4.5-5 hard years, of finally getting the company to $5m or $10m or $8.32m in ARR, the founder CEO thinks it’s just time to Bring Someone Better In.

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IT World

DECEMBER 30, 2022

In the face of an ongoing IT skills gap , technologies such as low-code and no-code platforms that can automate processes and empower workers to accomplish tasks are seeing significant growth, according to a recent study. In each of the past four years, sales in low-code and no-code application platforms (LCAP) grew more $1 billion annually, from $3.47 billion in 2019 to a projected $8 billion this year.

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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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SaaStr

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Every business wants to catapult to success and become profitable. Having a unique product doesn’t guarantee that users will buy it, but it starts with building an initial user base and expanding it further. You need to identify a niche in the current market, make yourself known, understand your main differentiators, and offer your users a ton of value for their money.

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IT World

DECEMBER 30, 2022

At mobility services company Bolt, there’s a saying: “If you aren’t on Slack, you aren’t working.” Founded in 2013 in Estonia, the company—which offers ridesharing, scooter and bike rental, and food and grocery delivery services in 45 countries—now boasts more than 3,000 employees, all of whom communicate exclusively through Slack. Speaking at Slack’s Frontier event in London earlier this year, Mathis Bogens, head of internal communications at Bolt, explained that the messaging platform is so i

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Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis. As a CTO, a fractional CTO is responsible for overseeing the technological aspects of a company and ensuring that they align with the business's overall goals and objectives.

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Dubb

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Have you been wondering how and why to use a video playlist? In this recap from a Dubb Support video, we take a deep dive into the video playlist feature on Dubb. This is a terrific blog post and video for anyone who wants to learn more about Dubb’s video playlist feature and how. The post How and Why to Use a Video Playlist (using Dubb) appeared first on Dubb Blog.

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