July, 2021

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The Top 20 SaaStr Tips to Getting a SaaSt Start-Up Going

SaaStr

Q: What are the top 20 pieces of advice for building a successful SaaS startup? Ok my top list, with a SaaStr article on the topic: Take your time to find a great co-founde r. It may seem like you are in a hurry, but in the end, anything less than a great co-founder will set you back. A bit more here. Find a co-founder complementary to your skills, ideally.

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Should You Consider a Free Trial For Your SaaS Product?

Chargebee

There’s no denying the effectiveness of a well-planned and well-executed free trial. But is it for you?

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WordPress Vs. Wix

The Daily Egg

We spent quite a bit of time comparing WordPress Vs. Wix as site builders because we wanted to find out, both for us and for you, which one is truly the best. Our conclusion? Though Wix has lots of great features and is very beginner-friendly, WordPress is what you truly want to use if you […]. The post WordPress Vs. Wix appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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The Decline of Venture Debt at the Early Stage

Tom Tunguz

A few years ago, when a startup raised a Series A or Series B, founders would bolster the round with venture debt: a term loan and/or a revolving credit line. However, equity dollars are replacing those debt dollars in the last 18 months in the early stage. Meanwhile, venture debt dollars have migrated to later stages. Early stage debt origination and round counts peaked in 2019, while later stage debt has increased quite nearly every year.

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How Investors & Strategic Buyers Evaluate Integrated Payment Strategies

Explore how integrated payment strategies impact investor and buyer evaluations. Payments are more than a feature — they’re a key to long-term success and market differentiation. They help SaaS companies offer seamless user experiences and efficient operations. Investors and strategic buyers assess these integrated payment strategies as a measure of a company's growth potential and sustainability.

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You’re not JUST an SDR: Step by step guide to fill in pipeline

Predictable Revenue

Nadja Komnenic, head of business development at lemlist, explains step by step how to properly build relationships, lead with value and use combo prospecting to generate more pipeline. The post You’re not JUST an SDR: Step by step guide to fill in pipeline appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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25% of The Cloud 100 Is Growing 100%+ at $100m ARR. Woah.

SaaStr

Byron Deeter, general partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and I caught up on SaaS and Cloud in general and the upcoming Cloud100 awards and learnings. The full session is below and sign up for the Cloud 100 for FREE here. A few of the takeaways: #1. About 25% of the Cloud 100 top private SaaS companies are growing / grew 100% or more at $100m ARR (!).

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How to Build a Conversion Funnel That Will Triple Your Profits

Neil Patel

A conversion funnel is a visual representation of the stages in a buyer’s journey, from the moment they land on your page until they complete a purchase. How do you create a conversion funnel, though, and how do you get the most from this tool? Let’s take a look. Should I Use the AIDA Model to Create My Conversion Funnel? The AIDA model is the traditional way to track the customer journey.

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The Complete Guide for the WordPress Editor

The Daily Egg

Struggling with the WordPress editor? Can’t quite get your blog posts to look exactly how you want? In this guide, we walk through the basics of using the Gutenberg WordPress editor so you can confidently create, edit, and publish content on your site. Why The WordPress Editor Is So Important If you want to successfully […]. The post The Complete Guide for the WordPress Editor appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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The Velocity of Money in Startupland

Tom Tunguz

A venture dollar’s velocity has never been faster. The time it takes for a dollar to appear in an LP’s pocket, for the LP to wire it to a VC fund, and for the VC fund to invest can be measured in minutes. Then, hold your breath for the pre-emptive round, and you’ll have 3 term sheets before you pass out. I’m kidding of course, but the hyperbole illustrates the velocity of money in Startupland.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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How to win the referral with Samantha McKenna

Predictable Revenue

Samantha McKenna shares her strategies and 4 pillars of the #SAMSALES methodology to handle referrals as a salesperson to win the deal. The post How to win the referral with Samantha McKenna appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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How to use Intercom to generate more leads and close bigger deals – faster

Intercom, Inc.

Marketing teams are under constant pressure to find creative ways to generate more leads for sales teams. Over the past few years, marketers have learned one of the most effective methods for lead generation is engaging with prospective customers while intent is high, like when they’re browsing the website or perusing the pricing page. However it’s quality – not quantity – that’s most important when it comes to accelerating your sales pipeline.

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7 Top Trends in Customer Success to Learn From, and Maybe Emulate

SaaStr

Nick Mehta, CEO of Customer Success leader Gainsight, recently did a short post above on his Top 7 takeaways talking with customer success leader for the first time in-person in a long time. These points are so interesting I thought I’d add a few thoughts on to them. 7 takeaways: 1. Many have NRR as a top-level company metric. I love having NRR be the #1 metric for Customer Success.

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How to Craft Lead Magnets Your Customers Can’t Ignore

Neil Patel

Getting traffic to your site is nice, but there’s not much of a point if those visitors don’t convert. There’s one tactic I use above all others to generate new leads: A lead magnet. They aren’t some newfangled tech trend. They’ve been an essential marketing tool for decades. With lead magnets, you give people something for free in exchange for an email address and permission to send them more offers—for example, a free ebook or an SEO checklist.

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How to Achieve Product-Market Fit

Speaker: Dan Olsen - Product Management Trainer and Consultant, Author, and Speaker

Everyone working on a product is trying to achieve the same goal: product-market fit. But most products fail to do so. In this webinar, product management expert Dan Olsen will share his simple but effective framework for achieving product-market fit from his book The Lean Product Playbook. He will explain his Product-Market Fit Pyramid and The Lean Product Process, a 6-step methodology that guides you through how to: Determine your target customer Identify underserved customer needs Define your

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Best Fleet Maintenance Software Compared

The Daily Egg

After thoroughly investigating the world of fleet maintenance software, we concluded that Fleetio is the best choice for most people. This software cuts out manual data entry, uses reporting and analysis tools to give managers helpful insights, has a simple look and feel, and connects fleets through desktop and mobile devices. The Best Fleet Maintenance […].

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The Journey From Fortune 100 Executive to Startup Entrepreneur

Tom Tunguz

It’s not very often one meets someone with Padmasree Warrior ’s story. Formerly the CTO at Motorola, she left to co-lead Cisco’s engineering organization worldwide. Next, she took the helm at NIO, a manufacturer of automonous vehicles that went public in 2018. She serves on the boards of Microsoft and Spotify. On Wednesday, July 28 at 12pm PT, Redpoint Office Hours welcomes Padmasree, who is current the CEO of Fable ,the social reading platform that brings stories for everyone,

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Building a RevOps structure to increase revenue and customer LTV

Predictable Revenue

Erol Toker and Rachel Haley explain why RevOps is important, how its evolution is reminiscent of the dot com boom, common mistakes leaders make when building out the RevOps function, and more! The post Building a RevOps structure to increase revenue and customer LTV appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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BrowserStack’s Mark Rudden on hypergrowth in a global pandemic

Intercom, Inc.

Well, at the beginning of 2020, no one had the playbook for that. And so, Mark Rudden and his team had to figure it all out by themselves. Ever since he was hired as the Director of EMEA Sales at BrowserStack , a web and mobile testing platform that lets developers test their websites and mobile applications across browsers, operating systems, and mobile devices, he had to completely rethink how to successfully onboard hundreds of salespeople just as everyone was going remote.

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Addressing Top Enterprise Challenges in Generative AI with DataRobot

The buzz around generative AI shows no sign of abating in the foreseeable future. Enterprise interest in the technology is high, and the market is expected to gain momentum as organizations move from prototypes to actual project deployments. Ultimately, the market will demand an extensive ecosystem, and tools will need to streamline data and model utilization and management across multiple environments.

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The Meanest Thing VCs Do To Founders

SaaStr

Q: What is the meanest thing that venture capitalists can do to founders? Even today, a lot of founders worry about raising VC capital. They hear the stories about how things went sideways. And those stories often are true. But assuming the VCs as a group do not control the board or the majority of shares of the company (in which case, they can, generally speaking, taking over control of the company, bring in their own CEO, etc.), then really there’s only so much investors can really do

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Ad Secrets From Big Brands That You Can Copy to Sell More [Free Webinar]

Neil Patel

Are you struggling to scale up your paid ads? Or even worse, are you struggling to get them working? You see all these big companies running tons of ads, some even are spending millions of dollars… if they can make it work, you can too, right? Well, today at 9am PST I am hosting a webinar that breaks down the ad secrets from the big brands that you can copy to sell more.

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WordPress Vs. Shopify

The Daily Egg

For building an ecommerce website, Shopify is clearly a better choice compared to WordPress. While WordPress has one ecommerce plan, it was initially built to help bloggers and lacks robust support options for ecommerce sites. Shopify has five unique plans dedicated for ecommerce use. It also has better customer service, superior online store features, and […].

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The Next Step Forward for Conversational Intelligence - Chorus & ZoomInfo

Tom Tunguz

Today, Jim Benton, CEO at Chorus announced the company has agreed to a merger with ZoomInfo for $575m. I remember meeting Roy Raanani, Chorus' founder, more than 5 years ago, when he demoed the company’s ability to analyze voice conversations in real-time, extracting words, detecting inflections in speakers' affects, and synthesizing understanding from sine waves to assist account executives.

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Neuroscience-Based Hyper-Tactical Outbound Approaches with Justin Michael

Predictable Revenue

Justin Michael, Founder at Salesborgs.ai dives into brain hacks and armchair neuroscience with radical approaches on how outbound can look and feel. The post Neuroscience-Based Hyper-Tactical Outbound Approaches with Justin Michael appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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3 Reasons Why Your Marketing Needs Unbounce’s New Smart Builder [Announcement]

Unbounce

Whoever said, “life is a journey, not a destination,” clearly wasn’t a time-strapped marketer trying to dig themselves out from under a mountain of tasks by the end of the day. (The quote is often attributed to the 18th-century poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. Hmm, yeah, not exactly someone with conversion rates top of mind.). When it comes to building landing pages, you’re not doing it for the journey, are you?

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5 Interesting Learnings From Avalara at $600,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

Avalara is a leading public SaaS company we probably should all know more about. Avalara manages a big problem — tax and related compliance automation. Its roots are in SMEs sold directly, a market a lot of us attack as well. It’s in many ways the hardest way to do it (direct sales to SMEs), but like HubSpot, Avalara has made it work well.

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How to Write a Perfect Facebook Post

Neil Patel

Ever feel like you don’t get the attention you deserve on your Facebook posts? Every marketer wants more attention. After all, that’s the goal of social media marketing, right? The problem is, it can be difficult to win time in Facebook’s spotlight unless you know exactly what to do. The answer to better Facebook engagement is simple: You have to optimize your Facebook post to stand out.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Best Digital Marketing Courses Compared

The Daily Egg

In 2021, running a successful online business requires savvy digital marketing skills. The internet is packed with endless digital marketing courses and it takes some digging to discover the best course for your needs. We spent dozens of hours comparing hundreds of courses to bring you some of the best digital marketing courses in the […]. The post Best Digital Marketing Courses Compared appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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My Mental Model for the World of Crypto

Tom Tunguz

How does crypto work at the highest level? This is the mental model I’ve been using. There are six key categories of players. Asset acquirers - these include brokerages, custodial and non-custodial wallets, banks, asset managers, hedge funds, market makers, and lenders. They aim to acquire assets to plunge into the crypto ecosystem. Each acquirer offers a unique value proposition, tempting investors to park cash with them.

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Bob Swan

Andreessen Horowitz

Since we raised the first a16z Growth Fund in 2019, our aim remains to partner with founders of companies in large markets, with ambitions to become global leaders, and arm them with resources and access to a16z networks to help … The post Bob Swan appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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