SaaStr
DECEMBER 13, 2021
It’s a bit of a bummer than oftentimes, once you finally hire a few great VPs at $1m, $2m, $3m ARR … and they do a great job … that they then don’t scale. They don’t turn out to be the right folks for the next level (as you approach and pass $10m ARR) and beyond. A few signs I see again and again of VPs that can’t scale beyond $5m-$10m ARR: Lack of organization.
Predictable Revenue
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Experience and a lot of testing have shown us that it's possible to create emails that people actually resonate with to crush sales quotas. The post Email Templates That People Actually Respond To appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
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Totango
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Building out customer success manager automation depends on the effective use of email and in-app messaging. Planning strategic emails at key milestones in your customer journey can help you deliver a smoother customer experience, yielding higher satisfaction and better retention rates. Here we’ll look at the concept of milestone messaging and how it applies to key stages in your customer lifecycle.
Tom Tunguz
DECEMBER 12, 2021
Since 2016, public software has witnessed four corrections. Today, we’re in the midst of the fifth. Also, 2014 to 2016 saw a 57% reduction in multiples and of course after 2008. But let’s look at the most recent five years. This chart shows the median and the 75th percentile of enterprise value/forward revenue multiple for the basket of public stocks which were public at that moment in time.
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Intercom, Inc.
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Another year draws to a close, and there won’t be many people sorry to leave this one behind us. From the ongoing pandemic to political turmoil around the globe, we can all agree that 2021 has been a lot to handle. It has often felt like a year we’d rather forget, even if it turns out to be a year we’ll long remember. And yet, here at Intercom, we have been determined to make the most of these difficult times.
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SaaStr
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Has it felt like not just a unicorn-a-day in 2021, but a bit more? No, you weren’t crazy. We minted 46 Unicorns a Month in 2021. That’s 1.5 a day: Ok 2021 isn’t quite over, but the trends are pretty much set. Crunchbase had some interesting slices on the overall markets, as you can see above. You can see that 2021 was just an epic bump from 2020, and it was a step function.
Predictable Revenue
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Sales coaching is focused training that maximizes your team’s potential. What if each member of your sales team improved by just 5% after receiving some coaching? It can help you unlock a substantial amount of revenue. The post Why Outsourcing Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) is the Right Decision for Your Business appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
Andreessen Horowitz
DECEMBER 17, 2021
In the future, it’s likely that the average person will not work for a company. Instead, people will earn income in non-traditional ways by taking actions such as playing games, learning new skills, creating art, or curating content. This kind of shift in how we work is not unusual or unexpected — the idea that. Read More. The post The Future of Work is Not Corporate — It’s DAOs and Crypto Networks appeared first on Future.
Tom Tunguz
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Every year I make a list of predictions and score last year’s predictions. 2021 marked the second year of COVID and like other crises, the pandemic accelerated change, especially in technology pushing many technologies like SaaS, video conferencing, crypto/web3 deeper into the Perez deployment cycle. Here are my predictions for 2022: Web3 consumer products go fully mainstream with more than 35% of Americans, about 100m people, engaging with them by 2023.
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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.
Intercom, Inc.
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Worried about supply chain issues messing with your holiday shopping plans? You’re not alone. Today, we’re unveiling the results of a new study that explores the impact that the global supply chain crisis is having on holiday shoppers and customer support teams. Our Holiday Shopping Experience Report, based on a survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers and 500 customer service workers, found that customer expectations are higher than ever – and these increased pressures have led more than half of st
Neil Patel
DECEMBER 13, 2021
When we talk about SEO, Google comes to mind for most search engine marketers. It makes sense. If you can please the search giant, other search engines will follow along and send traffic to your website. Right? Most marketers don’t consider Bing (the second most used search engine) a lucrative channel, but it can be if you’ve optimized your site for Bing SEO. .
SaaStr
DECEMBER 1, 2021
So with the end of the year coming up again, it’s time to update a classic SaaStr post. On why the best sales teams just close so much on the last day of the year (be it Dec 31 for many of you, Jan 31 for others). When there really is no need to buy then … at all. Not really. Lol agreed. — Sam Blond (@samdblond) January 3, 2021.
Predictable Revenue
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Sales coaching is focused training that maximizes your team’s potential. What if each member of your sales team improved by just 5% after receiving some coaching? It can help you unlock a substantial amount of revenue. The post How Can Sales Coaching Improve Business Results? appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
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Kellblog
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Well it’s time for my annual predictions post, a series now in its eighth year. Before diving in, let me remind readers that I do these predictions in the spirit of fun, they are not business or investment advice, and that all of my usual disclaimers and terms apply. I’m starting to believe that the value of this series is more about the chosen topics than the predictions themselves because my formula for creating these posts is to select interesting topics that I want to ponder, r
Tom Tunguz
DECEMBER 29, 2021
These are my favorite books from this year. The Future of Money. I’m waist deep in this compendium of financial history that traces money from the first paper currency issued by Kublai Khan to modern day crypto. The Future of Money is great so far, but I’m running out of time to finish it before 2022, so it might not truly belong on this list!
IT World
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Need to get up to speed on the latest features in Excel? Wrestling with an old version of Word? Looking to get more out of Windows 10? Computerworld 's cheat sheets are easy-to-use guides to help you navigate Microsoft's core productivity apps. Here's a one-stop resource where you can find in-depth stories on several generations of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook for Windows, focusing on what's new in each major release.
Neil Patel
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The early days of SEO were like the Wild, Wild West. Blackhat SEO experts were doing everything imaginable to rank their sites on Google. That included keyword stuffing and creating spammy backlinks on a regular basis. Admittedly, for a time, it totally worked. These days, Google’s SERP Algorithm has really cracked down on content quality – and those older SEO hacks have long crumbled to dust.
As companies strive to boost revenue, deliver customer value, and stay competitive, they are increasingly embracing the potential of usage-based pricing.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 25, 2021
There’s a meme, a CommonThink, among certain segments that Outbound Sales is Bad, or at least, a Little Unseemly. And maybe a lot bit Old School. That we’re in a new world of sales, a new Product-Led world, where leads come in, prospects can try and learn before they even talk to a human, and then sometimes,, a sales rep thoughtfully answers questions, models business process change, and helps them decide how and why, and if, to buy.
Predictable Revenue
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Salespeople have a tough job and throughout the day, some ego-driven emotions are inevitably going to come up. In spite of what some of the traditional sales methodologies preached, when we let these emotions take hold, we risk losing the sale. The post 8 Ego-Driven Emotions That Stop You From Selling appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
Andreessen Horowitz
DECEMBER 20, 2021
This first appeared in the monthly a16z fintech newsletter. Subscribe to stay on top of the latest fintech news. In 2021, financial services continued to have its moment – fintech fundraising surpassed all years prior; it was a banner … The post The big ideas that fintech will tackle in 2022 appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
Tom Tunguz
DECEMBER 16, 2021
Tokens are the paid customer acquisition channel of web3. By analyzing how web3 companies invest tokens, we can calculate the cost of customer acquisition (CAC) for a crypto company. When a user spins up a validator to verify transactions on a blockchain, stresses the testnet and is rewarded with tokens, stakes tokens to generate yield, burns tokens to transact, or receives an airdrop for tweeting, a cryptoco expends tokens to acquire a customer.
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IT World
DECEMBER 13, 2021
In the beginning, Chromebooks weren't really meant to manage files. It's tough to even remember now, but in the earliest incarnation of Chrome OS , way back in the Paleolithic era of 2010, Chromebooks didn't have a Files app. You couldn't find files on your computer, you couldn't copy or move different types of data, and you sure as hell couldn't wirelessly transfer files or automatically sync 'em with any other sort of system.
Neil Patel
DECEMBER 2, 2021
When it comes to website analytics, Google Analytics is second to none. With the rollout of the latest release, Google Analytics 4 (GA4), the same can now be said of applications analytics, too. Google Analytics 4 was designed to be the latest generation of web analytics platforms—providing a base for marketers around the world to effectively analyze important customer usage metrics.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 25, 2021
Zapier grew from a small SaaS startup to a company with over 500 employees over a decade. Want to know how they did it? . Wade Foster, Co-Founder and CEO, shares secrets from 20 of the earliest employees at the company. The employee names and numbers in which they are listed below correlate to the order in which they joined the Zapier team. Here’s the advice they had to offer on scaling your SaaS company.
Predictable Revenue
DECEMBER 16, 2021
As a sales rep it's critical that you're credible about how technical things interact so that you can help customers get to their intended outcome. The post How Technical Credibility & Metrics Will Help You Close More Deals appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
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.
Unbounce
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Imagine yourself browsing social media or the internet in your spare time. Are you using a computer or phone? Chances are you chose the second option, or you know plenty of folks who would. After all, according to Semrush, 280 million Americans — that’s 84.2% of the population —use their phones to access the internet. And that’s in the United States alone.
Tom Tunguz
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Ten years ago, startups pulled capital from the capital markets. A startup raised money, executed for 12-24 months then sought more capital on Sand Hill, flaunting milestones to justify a higher valuation. Today, a global investor base pre-emptively shoehorns dollars into the most attractive startups, saturating the balance sheet with cash every six to nine months.
Andreessen Horowitz
DECEMBER 16, 2021
Over the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic shift in capital flow from the public to private markets. Since 2000, private market assets have grown over 10 times, representing over $6 trillion globally. This trend has been driven by a variety of factors, including low interest rates, companies staying private longer, the need. Read More. The post Come for the Tool, Stay for the Exchange: Bootstrapping Liquidity in the Private Markets appeared first on Future.
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