Tom Tunguz
JULY 28, 2018
I met a seasoned executive recently. He made a bold claim. “Management is an art, and one that is overwhelmingly undervalued in Silicon Valley.” I wondered, are we investing enough in our managers? Talent is the largest investment of an early stage company. 80%+ of startup operating expense flows to compensation. Retaining these employees is good business.
Intercom, Inc.
JULY 30, 2018
In sales, there’s one number we obsess over – our quota. As soon as one month ends and another starts, we can’t help but ask, how am I going to hit my number? Yet for all the time we spend thinking about it, many of us don’t have a game plan. As an Inbound Sales Development Rep, I face the challenge of not having any control over the leads that get passed to me.
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Practical Advice on SaaS marketing
AUGUST 1, 2018
Churn is bad for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies. Very bad. But knowing there’s a churn problem is one thing; fixing it is something else. To bring down churn, we need to understand what’s behind the numbers. Why are customers leaving? Different causes will point toward different fixes. Poor product performance Sometimes the solution simply doesn’t deliver as advertised.
Sixteen Ventures
AUGUST 1, 2018
Churn… ya boring. Yawn. Time to move on. I’m so over talking about churn and if you really understand what Customer Success is all about , you should be, too. Churn is so easy to get rid of… you just have to do five simple things. If churn is a problem for you, this post will change that (if you’ll let it) and then you can move onto bigger and better things.
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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?
Baremetrics
JULY 31, 2018
Jack Ma, founder and CEO of Alibaba, attributes the growth of his company to customer feedback. In one interview he said , “I’m not a tech guy. I’m looking at technology with the eyes of my customers… normal people’s eyes.”. Most businesses assume that to grow, they need to look at the numbers. When really, they should look at the people: who is using their product, and how can that product make their lives better or easier?
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Groove HQ
AUGUST 1, 2018
Solve complicated scenarios with great communication. There are a few main difficult scenarios you’ll most likely face as a support representative. In customer service, every interaction matters, and there is no 100% right or wrong way to deal with any situation. Even though the ability to think on a case-to-case basis is one of the […]. The post 5 Customer Service Email Templates for Tough Situations appeared first on Groove Blog.
Casey Accidental
JULY 30, 2018
This is part two in likely a three part series on career paths. You can read about the analyst career path here. As someone who majored in marketing in undergrad and has an MBA with a concentration in marketing, I receive a lot of career advice requests from up and coming marketers. My feedback is usually a wake up call and not very pleasant. Marketing, especially in a technology company, has been suffering a death from a thousand cuts for years now.
Sales Hacker
JULY 31, 2018
This a summary of an inaugural survey by Sales Hacker and LeanData — the State of Revenue Operations 2018. The evolution of Rev Ops. Have we finally cracked the code to revenue bliss? Can Rev Ops really deliver? Key stats from the State of Revenue Operations survey. Top takeaway and full report. The Evolution of Revenue Operations. Businesses naturally obsess about revenue and creating a successful revenue model.
Intercom, Inc.
JULY 31, 2018
It’s rare that one product manages to solve all of your needs or the needs of your customers – no matter how extensive or well designed it is. We all use a plethora of tools to collaborate, communicate and get our work done on a daily basis. Each product used is only one tool of many at our disposal. At Intercom, we believe that tools should be adaptable to your needs and not the other way around.
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FastSpring
AUGUST 2, 2018
Whether you’re selling an app, digital content, or software, there always comes a time when you need to seriously consider how you are going to monetize your product or service and scale your business.
SaaS Metrics
JULY 30, 2018
Introduction Deciding between an in-house or on-premises and SaaS solution is an important element of an IT strategy. That’s especially true for large enterprises that are always looking for a competitive advantage. Choosing between the two depends on a lot of factors and there isn’t any magical formula that works for all kinds of businesses. Things were pretty straight forward during the data hosting era just a few years ago.
CloseSaaS
JULY 30, 2018
For startups and technology enabled sales teams, meeting a prospect in person feels like a waste of time. Why spend half a day with just one customer, when you could email or call hundreds? But while this might feel like common knowledge, it doesn’t mean in-person selling is dead.
Intello
AUGUST 2, 2018
This is the first of a four-part series -- written by Dani Hao at Procurify. Cultivating a ‘good’ company culture has already been written to death in the form of academic literature, business publications and ‘best practices’ white papers alike. Silicon Valley firms often tend to boast about their culture within their job descriptions as a way to attract top talent, for example highlighting perks such as gaming consoles, unlimited time off - or showcasing fun videos of parties within the office
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.
FastSpring
JULY 31, 2018
FastSpring’s Employee Spotlight is a Q&A series that features the hardworking, intelligent, and fun people that make FastSpring great. Get to know the fantastic team behind the ecommerce platform!
Audacix
AUGUST 3, 2018
Software testing has often been an afterthought for CIOs , software engineering managers and software development teams. The accelerated adoption of Agile, DevOps and digital has ensured that if you remain ignorant to the value of fast and effective software testing, your program will bleed money and leave users frustrated by their user experience. As software testing cost surge closer and closer to 50% of the overall software development, I often find that the other (and potentially more damagi
ReSci
JULY 30, 2018
Introduction Predicting and preventing customer churn has a strong impact on the success of e-commerce businesses. Many businesses understand the importance of churn and engineer a predictive model to analyse and identify churning users. There are various flavours to define user churn in e-commerce. One. The post Is RFM still king? A data science evaluation appeared first on ReSci.
Sales Hacker
AUGUST 2, 2018
I love sales and the sales profession. As a kid, I was a terrible student. I got put in remedial classes and was told I needed prescription ADHD pills in order to focus. I didn’t go to a top college. But sales doesn’t care about any of that. The sales profession accepts all regardless of grades or education. On top of that, the amount of money you make will often directly correlates to how hard you work.
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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.
FastSpring
JULY 31, 2018
In just five short years, three talented and dedicated people came together to deliver robust products that make WordPress sites around the world more impactful. We’re talking about Nelio.
Inturact
JULY 30, 2018
When implemented in the right way, SaaS content marketing can be one of the most powerful tools to build your product’s awareness and foster a devoted customer base that will ultimately comprise enthusiastic promoters of your message. However, while the SaaS community has largely embraced content marketing as a primary engine for driving a business forward, there are still a number of ways in which even the most experienced companies can mishandle its principles.
SaaSOptics
AUGUST 3, 2018
Founded in 2005, SkyWire provides the hospitality industry with award-winning point-of-sale (POS), spa and workforce management SaaS solutions. Originally focused on mobile marketing, the company expanded into POS technology and today is one of only two POS companies certified for gaming interfaces. As a quickly growing SaaS business, SkyWire is often making important business decisions and adjustments on the fly, many of which rely on accurate subscription and financial metrics.
CloseSaaS
AUGUST 1, 2018
Here's the recording of today's webinar about how to use data to accelerate your sales process. Tune in below!
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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.
BetterCloud
AUGUST 2, 2018
On June 28, 2018, California adopted what is considered the strictest general privacy and data security law (also known as AB 375) in the country. Called the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), it will become effective on January 1, 2020. There will likely be changes to the final version prior to actual implementation. What is CCPA, and why should I care?
Inturact
AUGUST 1, 2018
You’ve already gotten your prospects aware of your product and committed to a free trial. Now it should just be a matter of time before they become paying customers, right? Unfortunately, it’s not always that easy to get trial users to convert to premium subscribers, even when they’ve been able to gain some hands-on experience with your product. Luckily, hope is not lost when it comes to getting your SaaS leads to take that leap into the premium version of your product.
Chart Mogul
JULY 31, 2018
The Stripe Partner Program aims to help increase internet commerce by giving companies the resources they need to build and grow their businesses. Most people today don’t know that only three percent of GDP is online. The Stripe Partner Program aims to increase that number by helping companies start, run and scale their businesses. ChartMogul is joining Stripe on this journey as one of its first Verified Partners.
The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication
JULY 30, 2018
If you’re good at something, do it for free The Dark Knight © copyright 2008 Warner Bros. All rights reserved. Before you start to judge me let me tell you a little story. During the 2008 Batman movie “The Dark Knight”, in what is now considered an all-time classic scene, Joker, the main protagonist?—?if I could say?—?, intrudes on a mafia meeting and tells them what they need to do to have their respect back in the streets.
As companies strive to boost revenue, deliver customer value, and stay competitive, they are increasingly embracing the potential of usage-based pricing.
BetterCloud
JULY 30, 2018
Well, Google Cloud Next ‘18 is a wrap! If you missed it last week, here are some highlights from a panel called “ Securing G Suite and Beyond: Tales from the Trenches ” that we thought would be particularly relevant to our audience. The panel featured four BetterCloud customers (Patrick Della Peruta, Director of Enterprise Collaboration at Kaplan; Ryan Seit, Director of IT at Casper; Shawn Carney, Director of IT at Spotify; and Ed Ramon, Director of Information Technology at Fullscre
Sales Hacker
AUGUST 1, 2018
The post How B2B Demand Gen Leaders Grow Demand (Without Spending More Money) appeared first on Sales Hacker.
ITPro
JULY 28, 2018
In-depth. CTO Brian Stevens says GCP needs to get better at talking about technology.
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