SaaStr
JUNE 17, 2022
There are pros and cons to being cash-flow positive. In an ideal world, you’d experience both hyper-growth, and free cash flow from almost Day 1. If you’re Freemium and hit it big, fast, in fact it can work that way. See, e.g., Calendly, Zapier, etc. The reality is though, in SaaS, especially if you are primarily sales-driven, that’s often gonna be tough.
Tom Tunguz
JUNE 17, 2022
The round extension is the most popular fundraising round today. You won’t find statistics detailing their rise in PitchBook or Crunchbase, but “reopening the last round” or “raising a round extension” precede pitches Startupland today. How does an extension impact a company’s cap table on average? Round dilution from VC dollars has been declining for the past decade.
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SaaStr
JUNE 17, 2022
So no source of funding data is perfect. Essentially every source lags, because deals are often reported far after they close. Most unicorn press releases you see were closed months ago. But AngelList’s data is probably as up-to-date as you can get. The data is more recent than most sources, since it is self-reported by the investors in the round and on the AngelList platform.
The Daily Egg
JUNE 17, 2022
Parallels Access might not be our top pick for the best stand-alone remote support software. You can certainly get more robust software. The post Parallels Desktop Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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IT World
JUNE 17, 2022
Major technology platforms have joined 34 signatories in committing to the EU Commission’s attempts to fight online disinformation by removing financial incentives and empowering researchers and fact checkers.
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IT World
JUNE 17, 2022
Two sessions I attended at last week's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) — the Managed Device Attestation and Secure Endpoint sessions — highlight the company's commitment to delivering increased capabilities for security tools. While both were naturally oriented more to developers of device management and security solutions than to end users or IT admins, some of the additional capabilities developers will be able to build into enterprise tools are noteworthy.
ChurnZero
JUNE 17, 2022
Onboarding sets the tone for a customer’s entire lifecycle. It is here, that the seeds of renewal are sown. Every onboarding task, meeting, communication, and training must serve a single purpose—and that is to get the customer to realize value. But how do you know if your onboarding tactics are working? How do you know if the targets you’ve set are overly ambitious or not big enough?
Sales Hacker
JUNE 17, 2022
From the ideal number of steps in a sequence to how to write an engaging email that gets the reader to take action. Tune in and watch the regie.ai team use industry best practices to tear down and rebuild a sales sequence LIVE. You’ll walk away knowing how to build an effective sales sequence that you can use to close more deals. What You’ll Learn: How to write sales sequences that result in more engagement.
IT World
JUNE 17, 2022
June's Patch Tuesday updates, released on June 14, address 55 vulnerabilities in Windows, SQL Server, Microsoft Office, and Visual Studio (though there are oo Microsoft Exchange Server or Adobe updates this month). And a zero-day vulnerability in a key Windows component, CVE-2022-30190 , led to a “Patch Now” recommendation for Windows, while the.NET, Office and SQL Server updates can be included in a standard release schedule.
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.
Dubb
JUNE 17, 2022
Here’s the transcript: Why should you care about CRMs? Plus, Ruben's gonna give us a whole bunch of tips and tricks. So watch through the whole video. Customer relationship management software that allows you to monitor and track each step of the customer journey. Creates a database of your contacts and customers which integrates. The post CRMs 101: Optimize the Customer Journey to Increase Revenue appeared first on Dubb Blog.
IT World
JUNE 17, 2022
Google Calendar is a core part of the Android productivity package — but if all you're using is what you see on the app's surface, you're missing out on some pretty powerful possibilities. Yes, oh yes: Just like so many of our modern digital tools, there's more to Google Calendar than meets the eye. And while the majority of the service's advanced options revolve around the Calendar website , the Calendar Android app has its share of handy out-of-sight options that are specific to the mobile exp
SaaSOptics
JUNE 17, 2022
Benefits of Optimizing Your FinOps Tech Stack. For years, operating out of an ERP was seen as an obvious indicator of a “mature” or “serious” business, but that may no longer be the case. As early-stage and mid-market SaaS companies continue to navigate an ever-changing, volatile market, finance teams need solutions that allow them to prioritize flexibility and scalability above all else.
IT World
JUNE 17, 2022
This week, Qualcomm successfully appealed against a €997 million ($1 billion) fine imposed by European Union regulators in 2019. The fine was originally given after the European Commission ruled that between 2011 and 2016, the chipmaker had paid billions of dollars to Apple to exclusively use its chips in all of its iPhones and iPads , an act that breaks EU antitrust laws.
Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage
There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.
ChurnZero
JUNE 17, 2022
Onboarding sets the tone for a customer’s entire lifecycle. It is here, that the seeds of renewal are sown. Every onboarding task, meeting, communication, and training must serve a single purpose—and that is to get the customer to realize value. But how do you know if your onboarding tactics are working? How do you know if the targets you’ve set are overly ambitious or not big enough?
IT World
JUNE 17, 2022
After working from home for a couple of years, no one wants to go back to commuting. But home offices come with unique distractions: Irritating roommates, attention-seeking children, less than ergonomic equipment, and household to-do lists can all interfere with workers’ ability to focus. According to a recent Pew Research study, 44% of people say working from home has made it easier to get work done, but 60% say they feel less connected to co-workers, and some crave the office because their hom
SaaSOptics
JUNE 17, 2022
Why you should hold onto your tech stack. For years, operating out of an ERP was seen as an obvious indicator of a “mature” or “serious” business, but that may no longer be the case. As early-stage and mid-market SaaS companies continue to innovate and scale at faster rates, finance teams need solutions that allow them to prioritize flexibility and scalability above all else.
IT World
JUNE 17, 2022
Exit signs and fire extinguishers became mandatory following the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City. The 1933 Long Beach earthquake triggered an overhaul of building codes for California public schools. Regulations covering the construction and operation of nuclear power plants were fortified after the 1979 Three Mile Island accident.
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SaaS Metrics
JUNE 17, 2022
How to track the task execution and the % of SLAs completion in Jira? How can you fast make your consumers happy with your services? Is there any way to achieve this aim as quickly as possible, or at the very least ensure that you can follow the task execution? Using some. Read more. The post SLA in Jira: How to track % of SLAs completion first appeared on SaaS Metrics.
IT World
JUNE 17, 2022
iPhones account for around 50% of the smartphones used across the US enterprise markets , and while Mac share is growing , there are still millions using iPhones who rely on Windows hardware for work. So, when Apple announced Continuity Camera at WWDC last week, plenty of iPhone users with Windows PCs might have felt left behind.
CustomerSuccessBox
JUNE 17, 2022
How unfortunate is it to see a subscriber canceling their recurring payment! That’s pretty much a reaction to what slipped through your hands. You could have easily avoided such a situation if you knew that was the subscriber’s next move in the gameplay. And you’d do some quick play to stop it! That seems like a hypothesis, but it’s possible in reality.
SmartKarrot
JUNE 17, 2022
Role: Director, Customer Success Location: Remote, United States Organization: Castlight Health As a Director of Customer Success, you will support the professional development of a team of Customer Success Managers. Leverage Gainsight to drive account management. Manage and resolve account escalations with high customer satisfaction. Work cross-functionally internally to advocate for the customer success team and your customer’s needs.
Speaker: Pete Uselman, Director of Partner Experience at Wind River Payments
Most integrated payments providers share a percent of the payment revenue with their software partners. But, oftentimes, that revenue share is only a fraction of the true income potential software providers can realize. If you want to maximize income opportunities from your payments program, check out Wind River Payments’ webinar-on-demand.
SmartKarrot
JUNE 17, 2022
You have landed a customer; this means that the customer has selected you over the rest of the options available! It indicates one thing – they believe that they see your value and consider you the best of the rest. This is the very reason you must give them the value ASAP. But how do you do that? By ensuring that you have efficient customer onboarding, especially for a SaaS company.
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