SaaStr

APRIL 10, 2023

So the funding platforms, law firms and data sources that track venture all use slightly different data sets, and come to slightly different conclusions. But they all align on one thing: venture investments post-seed stage are way down. How down? The latest CB Insights data I thought summarized it the most elegantly: Deals were down to a 5+ year low , not just lower than the go-go days of late 2020 to late 2021, but down from every single quarter in 2019 and 2018, too.

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IT World

APRIL 10, 2023

Apple’s regular series of record-setting Mac sales sprees seems to be taking a raincheck. As economic malaise ate a huge chunk of PC sales in the first quarter of 2023, the Mac maker was the worst affected of all, according to preliminary results from IDC. Apple Mac sales decline 40.5% YoY In its latest PC market share report, IDC confirmed a significant decline across the global PC industry.

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Sales Marketing 116

SaaStr

APRIL 10, 2023

A long ways back, I was meeting with one of our largest customers, one of our first $1m TCV deals. As I was coming, someone else was leaving – Marc Benioff. He’d come (flying private I assume, and possibly straight from Hawaii) to … kiss the customer’s arse, as near as I could tell. The customer already had thousands and thousands of seats of Salesforce.

Airlines 293

Airlines Cloud Market Research Customer Success 293

Neil Patel

APRIL 10, 2023

Internal links are an important part of your overall content marketing strategy. Just think about it: Visitors pick your website because they believe in your authority over the other websites on SERPs. Internal links give you, the content marketer or website owner, the ability to further promote your own content in a natural and relevant way. So, what are internal links?

PayPal 111

PayPal Engineering Strategy Content Marketing 111

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!

Data

SaaStr

APRIL 10, 2023

Dear SaaStr: I Just Sent an Email to a VC With Two Typos. Should I Resend the Email? No, don’t resend. First, VCs want to see strength. Not arrogance usually, but strength. Some whimpy email apologizing for some typos isn’t strength. Second, it shows poor prioritization. This is really a good use of your time? Third, VCs have lots of typos, too.

Data 272

Data 272

SaaStr

APRIL 10, 2023

B2B SaaS companies often aim to land large enterprise clients that can bring with them long relationships and large deals. Others may seek to corner the SMB market. However, what many businesses may overlook is the startup segment. Often, startups are lumped in with small businesses, yet this approach fails to recognize what motivates and attracts these early-stage companies.

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Startup Scale SMB Venture Capital 271

User Pilot

APRIL 10, 2023

What is the best method of guiding users through your product; an interactive walkthrough vs a product tour? Both aim to deliver information to a user, but both do this in different ways and in different situations. This article will show you what an interactive walkthrough and product tour is, the perfect situations to use them, and some best practices that can help you achieve success.

Software Review 98

Software Review Education Onboarding Technical Review 98

CloseSaaS

APRIL 10, 2023

Real estate lead generation is a real challenge. Learn repeatable, effective strategies to find quality real estate leads + boost your career.

Strategy 93

Strategy 93

User Pilot

APRIL 10, 2023

What do Slack, Spotify, Dropbox, Canva, Zoom, and Grammarly have in common? Apart from offering delightful products, these companies have managed to successfully leverage their freemium strategy to drive product growth. Could freemium work for your SaaS business? That’s what we discuss in the article. And if you decide to go the freemium route, we look at some best practices and check out examples of their successful implementation.

Strategy 97

Strategy SaaS Onboarding Marketplace as a Service 97

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Outsourced Development

IT World

APRIL 10, 2023

Facing a sharp drop in revenue, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC is seeking assurances from the US about subsidies it will receive when it builds its new $40 billion manufacturing facilities in Arizona. TSMC’s US investments are part of the chipmaker’s strategic move to expand beyond Taiwan, due to the country’s own political tensions with China, as well as the onoing US chip trade war with China, which is putting companies globally in the crosshairs.

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Sales Investment Revenue 89

User Pilot

APRIL 10, 2023

Think about the last time you watched a film on Netflix. How long did it take you to pick one? Was it an instant decision? Or were you like me, browsing through the countless options, just to realize half an hour later or so that you still don’t know what to see and it’s too late now to start watching anything? If it’s the latter, then you’ve experienced Hick’s Law first-hand!

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Payment Methods SaaS Payments Onboarding Payment Services 96

IT World

APRIL 10, 2023

So you have a Windows 10 computer — or a fleet of them. But which exact version of Windows 10? If you are on Windows 10, version 21H2, its end of servicing is coming up on June 13, 2023. For Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro Education, and Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, version 21H2 will stop being offered updates — including security updates — after June.

Education 87

Education Customer Support Enterprise 87

CloseSaaS

APRIL 10, 2023

A mutual action plan sets out clear milestones for all the stakeholders in a deal. Learn what your MAP should include & how to use in in the sales process.

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Sales Strategy 52

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.

Data

How To Buy Saas

APRIL 10, 2023

Email marketing is a cost-effective and efficient way to promote your hotel and increase bookings. With summer just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to step up your email marketing game. In this article, we’ll explore ten tips to help you improve your email marketing strategy and drive more bookings to your hotel. 18 tips for effective hotel advertising to increase booking this summer Build your email list The first step in any email marketing strategy is to build your email list.

Social Media 40

Social Media Marketing Mobile Advertising 40

SmartKarrot

APRIL 10, 2023

Role: Customer Success Manager Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States (Hybrid) Organization: Bambee As a Customer Success Manager, you’ll be aggressive and self-assured when approaching potential customers * Organized with a sense of sales urgency * Strong communicators who can interact with people at all organisational levels * Coachable because weekly call monitoring, pipeline reviews, and 1:1 meetings with sales leaders will be present * Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving sk

Customer Success 19

Customer Success Payment Methods Payment Services Technical Review 19

SmartKarrot

APRIL 10, 2023

Role: Customer Success Manager Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States (Hybrid) Organization: Bambee As a Customer Success Manager, you’ll be aggressive and self-assured when approaching potential customers * Organized with a sense of sales urgency * Strong communicators who can interact with people at all organisational levels * Coachable because weekly call monitoring, pipeline reviews, and 1:1 meetings with sales leaders will be present * Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving sk

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Customer Success Payment Methods Payment Services Technical Review 15