SaaStr
MARCH 27, 2021
There can be nothing more frustrating in the middle-early days than when sales closes some great deal for say $125,000 a year … but you “knew” they could have gotten $200,000 if they just held the line on discounting. You’d talked to that customer yourself, they were basically already sold (in your mind, at least), they were gonna buy without a doubt … why the heck did we leave $75k on the table?
Tom Tunguz
MARCH 1, 2021
About a year ago, I wrote a post on the hub and spoke data model. The idea is that in the future SaaS applications would be built on a single database, instead of each SaaS application writing to its own proprietary database. I was wrong about the catalyst for this hub-and-spoke model. I thought it would be cloud-prem and customers driving SaaS products to use a single database.
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Kellblog
MARCH 6, 2021
The concept of minimum viable product (MVP) has been popularized in the past decade thanks to the success of the wonderful book, The Lean Startup. It’s thrown around so casually, and you hear it so often, that sometimes you wonder how — or even if — people define it. In this post, I’ll describe how I think about MVPs, first using one real-life example and then using my favorite MVP analogy.
The Daily Egg
MARCH 25, 2021
Hubspot is rated as the number one option when it comes to CRM solutions over and over again. This is because of two things: There is a free option that is really comprehensive and works quite well compared to other ‘free’ software, and you can do just about everything you’d want to see your business […]. The post Hubspot CRM Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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.
Predictable Revenue
MARCH 26, 2021
There's a prevalent tendency in business circles to laud the benefits of work-life balance as effective ways to maximize company-wide performance. But the defeating fact is that most organizations still encounter a worrying amount of burnout. The post How to Spot and Prevent Sales Team Burnout appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
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SaaStr
MARCH 30, 2021
“I don’t want to meet [That VC]. I don’t need money now and it’s distracting.” — most founders, post Seed round. …… There’s a superpower some founders have. When they are ready to raise the next round, be in Seed-2, Series A, B, C or whatever … they just send out a few emails, and in a week or so, have a few offers and even term sheets.
Tom Tunguz
MARCH 4, 2021
A 20% delta in net dollar retention (NDR) may not seem like much, just a trifle, but make no mistake, it’s massive. In preparing for a presentation at next week’s Saastr Build conference, I reviewed this S-1 analysis for DataDog that I had published a few years ago. It shows the difference in the net dollar retention across three competitors in the same space, Application Performance Monitoring: DataDog, New Relic, and AppDynamics.
FastSpring
MARCH 23, 2021
Order refunds, action locking, and reversing affiliate commissions may not be the most exciting topics related to affiliate marketing. Still, they are essential components that help you better understand your program while minimizing the unnecessary commissions and fees that can be present if you avoid them. If you are not familiar with what each of the above terms means and how they differ, you came to the right place!
The Daily Egg
MARCH 14, 2021
If you’re a marketer, finding the absolute best sales email templates has probably crossed your mind at some point in your journey. And, honestly, we can’t blame you. Templates help get you out of a sales rut, accelerate the selling process, and give you a solid starting point when you’re reaching out to new potential […]. The post The Only 5 Sales Email Templates You’ll Ever Need appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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Predictable Revenue
MARCH 18, 2021
The standard SaaS startup model for a sales team is deeply ingrained in US business culture. But Billy’s sales team has been subverting this structure since the very beginning. The team itself is separated by 8,070 miles of land, water, and (sometimes spotty) internet connection. The post How to Manage a Sales Org Spanning Two Continents and Two Cultures appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 3, 2021
There are many ingredients involved in successfully building a great product, but fundamentally it all boils down to a series of decisions. And it’s the quality of those decisions – and the speed at which you can make them – that will dictate how fast you can bring value to customers and realize positive impact for your business. That can be said of most businesses, at any scale, but too often the hard job of thinking about how businesses make decisions goes unexamined, never mind improved
SaaStr
MARCH 31, 2021
UiPath is one of the most amazing not-really-an-overnight success stories in Cloud, SaaS and software. It was founded way back in 2005 as an outsourcing company, then developed Windows software to automate scripts and more, and turned this into a powerhouse for automating complex functions integrating Cloud and on-prem. Even ten years on, in 2015, it still had just 10 full-time employees.
Tom Tunguz
MARCH 28, 2021
UIPath, leaders in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, filed their S-1 last week , revealing an impressive business. Founded in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, by Daniel Dines and Marius Tirca, the company now operates more than 60 offices housing nearly 3000 employees. UIPath offers software to build robots, programs that automate repetitive work.
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Neil Patel
MARCH 30, 2021
I was reading an article from my buddy the other day and he had an interesting trend. 14.1% of all searches on Google are in the form of a question. Here’s the breakdown within the United States: How – 8.07% What – 3.4% Where – 88% Why – 82% Who – 6% Which – 33%. Because we have over a billion keywords globally in Ubersuggest and we already have a questions section, I thought it would be fun to see what it would look like worldwide.
The Daily Egg
MARCH 26, 2021
Gone are the days of messing with unruly code to build the website of your dreams. We now have website builders and tools galore to make our personal or professional websites look just as we want them to. And WordPress is one of the best in the business. Not only is it free—yes, free!—but it’s […]. The post WordPress Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Predictable Revenue
MARCH 4, 2021
Dave Kennett, CEO at Replayz, joined us to chat about what often goes wrong at each opportunity stage, and how to replicate the behaviors of top performers instead. The post The 5 Reasons Why You’re Not Closing Deals appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 2, 2021
Customers reach out to you when they hit a roadblock in using your product and getting their job done, so it’s essential that you’re able to provide them with the right answer, quickly. But when it comes to customer support, all of your great product knowledge and technical skills will go to waste if you’re answering the wrong question.
As companies strive to boost revenue, deliver customer value, and stay competitive, they are increasingly embracing the potential of usage-based pricing.
SaaStr
MARCH 4, 2021
Apologies to all those to whom this is already well known. But, I know many of you have never hired a head of marketing before. And as soon as you get your MSP (Minimum Sellable Product) out the door, and you’ve got your first 10 customers under your belt — you’re probably going to want to hire a VP or Head of Marketing to help you get more leads in, manage the process, and help get the word out.
Tom Tunguz
MARCH 13, 2021
Recently, Jim Benton joined us for Redpoint Office Hours to share insights from his vantage point as CEO of Chorus.ai on how sales has changed during the COVID era. Jim shared many data points that opened up my eyes to some of the challenges and the opportunities before modern sales professionals. I took away three key ideas, though we covered much more in the session.
Andreessen Horowitz
MARCH 29, 2021
Conventional wisdom holds that passive trading is the rational investing strategy. Active traders are often portrayed as gambling rubes or lucky opportunists who will (eventually) be handily beaten by index funds. But the steady growth of platforms like eToro and … The post “Buy and Hold” No More: The Resurgence of Active Trading appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
The Daily Egg
MARCH 19, 2021
A sales quota is not the same thing as a sales goal. Although closely related, sales goals and sales quotas serve different functions in your business. Sales goals relate to your overall company objectives, while the sales quota is a series of actions that help you reach your sales goals. Many sales organizations set their […]. The post How to Set a Sales Quota appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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Predictable Revenue
MARCH 11, 2021
Chad cuts through the outdated, theory-based “fluff”, and gets down to the nitty-gritty with a raw perspective to look at where there may be opportunities to drive predictable revenue growth through sales optimization. The post How to Keep Your Sales Team From Killing Your Brand & Your Bottom Line appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
Intercom, Inc.
MARCH 10, 2021
When you’re working in a fast-paced industry, it’s all too easy to reach burnout no matter what role you’re in. And when you work on multiple concurrent projects and across lots of teams, the risk of burnout isn’t just high, it can feel inevitable. Many individual contributors (such as researchers, visual designers, content strategists, data scientists) who work horizontally across teams can be viewed as an infinite resource.
SaaStr
MARCH 6, 2021
One privilege I get as part of mentoring and investing in a few dozen startups is a chance to work with first-time managers. The reality is, most start-ups are better off with a Stretch VP than a Never Did It But Has a Great LinkedIn VP. More on that here. And as part of that, I see a lot of ambitious, driven first-time managers screw it up I thought I’d share 7 actionable tips to help you if you’re getting your first big shot now … Make a firm rule: No Excuses.
Neil Patel
MARCH 22, 2021
Blogging has changed over the years. When I first started blogging, it wasn’t that competitive. You write an article… on pretty much anything… and you get some social shares. And then you would try to build links, but even if you weren’t great at link building you would still naturally generate more backlinks overtime. Just take a look at one of my first blog posts that I wrote on August 31, 2005.
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.
Nimble - Sales
MARCH 8, 2021
Happy International Women’s Day! March 8th is a globally celebrated day honoring the achievements of women across all industries and from all backgrounds. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. The History of International Women’s Day International Women’s Day has been observed since the early 1900s; a time in which […].
The Daily Egg
MARCH 24, 2021
Are you tired of searching for a simple CRM tool that seamlessly integrates with G Suite? Copper is a CRM tool focused on automation, simplicity, and G Suite integration. It was created to provide a CRM that is easy to use that integrates with current systems, making data entry less time-consuming. Copper CRM doesn’t have […]. The post Copper CRM Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Andreessen Horowitz
MARCH 27, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS. This episode is all about NFTs. It seems like nothing has caught on and spread into mainstream interest like NFTs, where one hears everything … The post a16z Podcast: All about NFTs appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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