SaaStr

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Dear SaaStr: What Were Some of the Toughest Lessons You Learned About How to Build a Successful SaaS Business? Some of the toughest lessons I’ve learned … and continue to re-learn: Even very talented co-founders may leave. You need to also make sure they are 110% committed. Very mediocre VPs are often very good at talking the talk. Mediocre execs often talk the talk even better than the best up-and-coming ones.

SaaS 335

SaaS Business Marketing 335

The Daily Egg

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You’re here because you want to grow your ecommerce business. Maybe your sales have started to plateau. Or maybe you’re just curious. The post 7 Easy Steps to Boost Ecommerce Sales appeared first on The Daily Egg.

Sales 328

Sales Business 328

Predictable Revenue

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Ted Blosser joins the Predictable Revenue podcast to discuss the difference between go to market and product market fit, and advice for each stage of the GTM journey. The post Go To Market Fit vs. Product Market Fit appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

Product Marketing 147

Product Marketing Marketing Revenue Sales 147

Sage Intacct

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In the beginning stages of many companies and accounting departments, in SaaS billing out of spreadsheets is often a sufficient–though far from perfect–method of handling the business's finances. It's better than nothing.

SaaS 119

SaaS Finance Business Software 119

Advertisement

Navigate the complex world of integrated payment partnerships with this essential guide, a treasure trove of insights for software companies. It unveils ten critical red flags to watch out for, from the dangers of hidden fees to the constraints of restrictive contracts. This guide is crucial for identifying potential pitfalls and aligning with the right partners.

Payments

SaaStr

DECEMBER 29, 2022

If you'd rather not do any of your 1-on-1's, Something is off. Goes for both sides. — Jason Be Kind Lemkin  (@jasonlk) December 19, 2022. For the first time in my career, I’ve worked with amazing first-time managers as CEOs. Before I was a CEO, I was a mid-level manager, a director. And then a VP. Across a few start-ups. Before I was first a founder.

Communication 312

Communication Management Engineering Sales 312

SaaStr

DECEMBER 25, 2022

RevenueCat (where I was lucky enough to be the first investor) automates subscription management for mobile apps. It recently published its annual review of data from the 10,000+ mobile apps it powers subscription management for and I learned a few interesting things: Longer Trials Are Better. This is always a debate, and RevenueCat is more focused on mobile apps that traditional browser / desktop apps.

Mobile 304

Mobile Subscription Payment Features Data 304

Totango

DECEMBER 22, 2022

ClieOne of the most basic principles of customer success is using your products and services to create advocates for your company/product/brand. Having an army of happy customers can do much of this legwork for you. The fact of the matter is that customers are influenced by word-of-mouth two to 10 times more than they are by paid media. Up to 50% of consumers insist that the recommendations of people they know are the primary drivers of their buying decisions.

Customer Success 104

Customer Success Software Review Social Media Communication 104

Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 22, 2022

For a long time, exponential growth was an expectation for successful SaaS companies. Now, in this economic environment, growing sustainably might just be the new “name of the game”. We spoke with SaaS leaders across different sectors to bring you insights on sustainable growth strategies for 2023. Daria Danilina, Co-founder at Salesroom, Jonah Remz, VP … For a long time, exponential growth was an expectation for successful SaaS companies.

Strategy 95

Strategy Scale SaaS Finance 95

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This time of year, the floodgates open to a deluge of best-of lists and end-of-year recaps. But we at a16z have always been more interested in what’s to come. We asked dozens of partners across the firm to spotlight one … The post Big Ideas in Tech for 2023: An a16z Omnibus appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

SaaS 145

SaaS Enterprise AI Mobile 145

As companies strive to boost revenue, deliver customer value, and stay competitive, they are increasingly embracing the potential of usage-based pricing.

Pricing

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Just how big is the current web3 B2B SaaS total addressable market (TAM)? In the last six months, 103 web3 companies generated revenue on-chain, the smallest of which recorded a few hundred dollars of sales & the largest, Ethereum, tallied $401m. 44% of these companies produced less than $0.5m. But a nascent mid-market does exist : 41 companies produced between $5-25m.

Payment Solutions 298

Payment Solutions B2B Software SaaS Payments 298

The Daily Egg

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The content in your blog is the most important aspect of creating a successful blog. After all, you want your readers to. The post What Is Blog Design All About? The Complete Guide appeared first on The Daily Egg.

324

324

SaaStr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Dear SaaStr: What Are Some Ways to Reduce Stress in a SaaS Startup? For me, at least, I’ve seen three things make the biggest difference in reducing stress as you scale from $1m to $10m ARR … and beyond … __. 1. Add an “ex-post facto co-founder” and/or upgrade the management team. In my first start-up, my co-founder and I met for 20 minutes at the end of every single day, and had lunch as often as we could. 50% of this was just dealing with stress and unscripted issues.

SaaS 305

SaaS Scale Churn Venture Capital 305

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In a recent episode, our Director of Machine Learning, Fergal Reid , shed some light on the latest breakthroughs in neural network technology. We chatted about DALL-E, GPT-3, and if the hype surrounding AI is just that or if there was something to it. He told us things were starting to scale. And just like that, we’re at it again. ChatGPT , OpenAI’s prototype artificial intelligence chatbot, launched last week and it has been making the rounds in the halls of the internet, inspiring amazed react

ChatGPT 279

ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Technical Review Machine Learning 279

Advertiser: Data Robot

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.

Enterprise

Predictable Revenue

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Jenell Riesner joins Collin Stewart on this episode of the Predictable Revenue podcast to discuss applying B2C Black Friday tactics to the sales development world. The post Stealing B2C Black Friday tactics in the sales development world appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

B2C 263

B2C Sales Development Revenue 263

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Whether through COVID-19, climate change, or geopolitical conflict, the past few years have laid bare the tenuous connections underpinning key parts of our modern world. Wars, pandemics, ransomware attacks, and extreme weather events have pushed supply chains, power grids, and … The post Reshore and Restore: Unlocking American Innovation for the 21st Century appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

Innovation 144

Innovation 144

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 13, 2022

A funny thing happened along the way to Sand Hill Road in the last decade : startups stopped talking about how much runway a Series A would buy them. In the 2000s, when capital was scarcer, founders & VCs would derive round size by debating the quantum of money required to achieve Series B milestones. When capital is scarce, it’s rationed.

Headcount 284

Headcount Venture Capital Startup Metrics 284

The Daily Egg

DECEMBER 2, 2022

If you don’t do keyword research right, you’ll end up creating content your audience doesn’t care about. Without focusing on the right. The post 5 Easy Steps to Do Keyword Research appeared first on The Daily Egg.

324

324

Advertisement

In embedded analytics, keeping up with the pace of innovation is challenging. Download Qrvey's guide to ensure your analytics keep pace so you can solve your user's biggest challenges, delight them, and set your product apart from the competition. The guide outlines how to use embedded analytics to: Increase user satisfaction Go to market faster Create additional opportunities to monetize your product It also shares what to look for to ensure your embedded analytics are keeping up with the lates

Data

SaaStr

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Your family will never really understand what you go through as a founder. And what it really takes. Not really. — Jason Be Kind Lemkin ? (@jasonlk) December 3, 2022. So as the years have gone by, we’ve all begun to understand SaaS a lot better. So many of the leaders in SaaS have now crossed $1B in ARR, from Box to Cloudflare to Okta to HubSpot to ZoomInfo, and so many more are coming up on it fast, from Smartsheet to Monday to Asana and more.

Sales Hiring 304

Sales Hiring SaaS Startup Consulting 304

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2022

. There were quite a few memorable scenes from The Social Network, the 2010 movie that chronicles the inception of Facebook – and the lawsuits that followed. There’s the initial whirlwind of a breakup that leads to the highly problematic Facemash.com, the moment Saverin confronts Zuckerberg for being cheated out of his shares, the perfectly delivered “drop the ‘the.’ Just Facebook.” But it was none of those scenes that lingered on Harry Stebbings ’ mind.

Venture Capital 129

Venture Capital Interviewing Investment Sales Hiring 129

Predictable Revenue

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Learn about outbound vs. inbound sales, including the definition of both, how they can benefit your company, and more. The post Inbound vs Outbound Sales appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

Sales 245

Sales Revenue Development Management 245

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 13, 2022

With the economy up in the air due to inflation kicking into high gear, war, interest rates rising, and other factors that we can’t control we decided it would be great to see how other marketers are reacting. And we didn’t want to know how marketers were reacting just in the U.S., we wanted to know on a global scale what businesses of all sizes in all major industries (and for both B2B and B2C) are doing.

Marketing 144

Marketing AI Search Software Review B2C 144

Speaker: John Mansour - President, Product Management University

You know that sinking feeling. You’ve come up with a winning product strategy, everyone’s on board and energized, and you’re halfway down the path to execution only to have it submarined by something someone convinced your leadership was more strategic! It’s a scenario that’s all too familiar, and it exemplifies one of the biggest struggles with individual product strategies.

Strategy

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Profitability or net income margin has become the most important correlate to public software company valuations. But public companies are less profitable today than a year ago. Surprisingly, PLG companies’ profitability has suffered more than sales-led businesses. Across every quartile, public software & infrastructure companies have seen a 5 percentage point drop in net income since Covid.

Headcount 282

Headcount Metrics Revenue Sales 282

The Daily Egg

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Among the seven tools we reviewed for this post, SEOmator is our favorite technical SEO audit tool on the market today. It. The post Best Technical SEO Audit Tools Compared appeared first on The Daily Egg.

Technical Review 322

Technical Review Marketing 322

SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Dear SaaStr: How Can You Tell iI Someone is Going To Be a Phenomenal CEO? Having now worked with a few dozen SaaS CEOs who are much better CEOs that I ever was, I think I can boil it down to 2 characteristics: They can see the future , and. They have the ability to recruit and build the teams to get there. The best founders, at least by the time they have 50–100 customers, can see at least several years into the future.

SaaS 303

SaaS Revenue Marketing 303

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We’re fast approaching a new year, with major changes in customer support trends and customer expectations. So what does “good customer support” look like for 2023? We conducted a major survey to find out what people want and expect from customer service, and made some fascinating discoveries. Our latest study contacted 1,000 US customers across generations, to learn more about what they want and expect from businesses as we enter 2023.

Business 129

Business Customer Support Communication Data 129

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.

Marketing

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 6, 2022

In a market full of bears, we are bulls when it comes to consumer health companies. In our last piece, we made the bold claim that a consumer health tech company will become the biggest company in the world … The post Consumer Health: Areas of Opportunity appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

Marketing 142

Marketing Healthcare Startup 142

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

There are only so many hours in a day. 24, to be exact. And if you’re like me, you have a list of seemingly never-ending tasks to fill those hours. Social media posts, blog posts, SEO, PPC, financials, processes – you name it. But when you’re scaling and growing your small business, you need to start cutting time from as many tedious tasks as possible.

Scale 140

Scale Marketing Social Media Software Review 140

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Every year I make a list of predictions & score last year’s predictions. Here are my predictions for 2023. ML propels SaaS into a massive second wave that increases workers’ productivity measurably. Machine learning models predict code, synthesize images, author blog posts reducing composition time by a factor of 2 or 3. Users grow accustomed to this very quickly & ML becomes a requisite feature in most workflow SaaS.

Software Review 249

Software Review Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence SaaS 249