Thu.Oct 19, 2023

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Innovating and Deciding, for Companies and People

Andreessen Horowitz

Marc Andreessen and Sonal interview author, consultant/advisor, and former pro poker player Annie Duke, in one of her first few appearances with us, and in a conversation quite unlike her other conversations. We cover a broad range of topics relevant to both companies and individuals, all about thinking in bets when it comes to innovation in your business or change in your personal life.

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Dear SaaStr: How do VCs Really Feel About Founder Salaries? I Was Told That a General Rule of Thumb is 75% of Market

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: How do VCs Really Feel About Founder Salaries? I Was Told That a General Rule of Thumb is 75% of Market The 75% Rule once you are VC Funded for more than a few million dollars is a good one. But if you raise less than that — 75% may well be too high. You need the cash to last 24 months. And of course, stage and timing does matter.

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The Convergence of Data & Software Engineering in the Age of AI

Tom Tunguz

The patois of data teams has become a dialect of modern engineering teams because the commonalities in the stack. Core Eng Data Eng Products Data Products Microservices Data Mesh Service Level Agreements Data Contracts Access Control Data Security Observability Data Observability This convergence signals how far data teams have evolved into core engineering teams.

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How Many 1000s of Top Vendors There Are In Each Core Category. 1000s.

SaaStr

So G2 put out its latest Quarterly State of the Software and there’s lots of good stuff in there, but what really stood out to be is how they quantify what we’ve all known for a while — just how many top vendors there are in each category. Not every vendor is on G2, but we can probably assume most with a significant customer base is on G2.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Experro Review

The Daily Egg

Getting customers to come back—and keep coming back—to your digital storefront is always the goal. To achieve that kind of brand loyalty, The post Experro Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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NFTs, Explained

Andreessen Horowitz

Given all the activity and interest recently around crypto and web3, as well as in upcoming holidays and art events, we’re re-running our episode all about NFTs (from March 2021) — where we covered everything you need or want to know about NFTs. You can also find a curated list of resources to learn all about NFTs at future.com/nftcanon. That list, and this episode, has something for everyone — from artists and creators and other builders to big companies and institutions or just any

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Seamless Deals on the Go: Nimble Introduces Enhanced Mobile Features

Nimble - Sales

We’re happy to announce that users can now access the full suite of New Deals features on our mobile apps! Previously, we revamped our Deals feature on the desktop version of Nimble to include a brand-new user interface, customization options for Deals, a detailed changelog, and more. Now, Nimble mobile users will be able to […] The post Seamless Deals on the Go: Nimble Introduces Enhanced Mobile Features appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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On container ships, supply chains, and the physical world

Andreessen Horowitz

Sonal Chokshi reads out loud Ryan Petersen’s essay on container ships, supply chains, standardization, and a software layer over the physical world.

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The Power of Nearshore Development Centers: Unlocking Efficiency and Collaboration

TurnKey Labs

Nearshore development centers have emerged as a critical element in the global tech industry’s quest for efficiency, collaboration, and innovation. These centers represent a strategic approach to software development and IT services, offering a geographical advantage that fosters closer collaboration between onshore and offshore teams.

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SaaS: How They’re Turning Payments Into Profit Centers

Discover how top SaaS companies are earning up to $700k + and zero upfront cost with Usio Integrated Payments.

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Geo-engineering and the Power of Narrative

Andreessen Horowitz

On making a really wild (quite literally wild;) geo-engineering idea at massive scale real – specifically, bringing back lab-grown woolly mammoths, which was discussed in a 2017 feature by Andersen in The Atlantic (and also discussed in the 2020 documentary with Stewart Brand, We Are As Gods) — and is still a relevant and active topic today.

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What is Your Business’s Burn Rate?

Baremetrics

Cash flow is a major factor in whether or not a business will succeed, and lack of cash flow is the reason 82% of businesses shut their doors for good. In order to keep your bank account positive, and ideally with plenty of cash flow opportunities for maneuverability, you need to understand your business’s cash burn rate. Let’s look at everything you need to know about your burn rate, including why burn rate matters, how to calculate burn rate, and how to know if your current burn rate will work

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Technologies & Threads Through the Fabric of Our Lives

Andreessen Horowitz

In this deep dive conversation about The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World, we cover everything from science and math across several fields; to commerce to management & measurement; to the always-meta narrative of HOW innovation happens…

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Vulnerability Management Systems for Enterprise Software Teams

Audacix

Table Of Contents In 2023, USD 4.45 million was the average cost of data theft all over the world, as per reports from IBM. Knowing this fact, around 51% of organizations are planning to increase their investments in security for the next year. Securing your applications, organization's cloud posture and networks will require strategic planning and investing in vulnerability management.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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How ‘Hyperscalers’ are Innovating — and Competing — in the Data Center

Andreessen Horowitz

Innovation in the data center has been constrained by the traditional model of suppliers providing fixed-function chips that limit how much the biggest data center operators can differentiate. But programmable chips have emerged that allow these companies to not only increase performance, but innovate throughout the pipeline, from operating system to networking interface to user application.

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Vulnerability Management Systems for Enterprise Software Teams

Audacix

Table Of Contents In 2023, USD 4.45 million was the average cost of data theft all over the world, as per reports from IBM. Knowing this fact, around 51% of organizations are planning to increase their investments in security for the next year. Securing your applications, organization's cloud posture and networks will require strategic planning and investing in vulnerability management.

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M&A, Before and After: What Founders Need to Know

Andreessen Horowitz

Today we’re talking about the mindsets and frameworks founders should know about when navigating the mergers and acquisitions or M&A process, both before and after – including how to think about the pricing dynamics, factors that go into the decision-making process, and what to expect from the integration once the deal is done. A16z editorial partner Zoran Basich recently talked to two a16z experts here to give us their big-picture view of the most important things to know – for founders see

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Bootstrapping a $30 Million Dollar Company: The Strategies Behind Our Decade of Growth

Buffer Resources

Starting my company, I felt confident about two things. The first was that I had a winning idea: An Uber for lawn care. I had spent the previous 15 years running my own local lawn care company, and I knew from experience both how difficult it was for a homeowner to get a reliable lawn mowing service and how challenging it was to make a living mowing yards.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

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.