Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 22, 2022

This is an edited excerpt from Hardcore Software: Inside the Rise and Fall of the PC Revolution, a Substack “memoir” from Steven Sinofsky about his time at Microsoft during rise of the PC. This post includes parts from entries 55-57, shedding light on the transition of Microsoft Office from an end user–focused product to an. Read More. The post Hardcore Software: When Microsoft Office Went Enterprise appeared first on Future.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 22, 2022

Q: Dear SaaStr: Should I Move Our Fiscal Year From Dec 31 to Jan 31? Will It Help The Team? There’s a natural evolution as you scale a SaaS company. In the beginning, every day can almost seem life and death. Every single deal feels critical. Sales cycles seem so long, and you can barely even see a quarter ahead, let alone a year. Peter Gassner, CEO of $35B market cap Veeva and I had this discussion at a SaaStr Annual, where in the early days he could only plan about a quarter ahead, ma

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