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Subverting Systems of Record with Chat Bots

Tom Tunguz

How does a chat bot company transform a technology advantage into a distribution advantage? This is the key question facing startups in this part of the ecosystem. Deep learning is advancing at an incredible rate. Google has released TensorFlow and Parsey McParseface. These advances will improve natural language understanding, enabling chat interfaces to amaze and delight users.

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The fastest way to getting smart is looking stupid

CloseSaaS

Recently, I was talking to an intern here at Close. Someone who’s incredibly talented, very smart, hardworking and disciplined. After a few weeks at Close he said, “Steli, I think things are going well, but I’m not sure I’m growing fast enough.

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The Data Scientist’s Role in eCommerce Marketing

ReSci

For the last few years, big data has been gaining momentum as an industry-wide hot topic. Though people have had no qualms with overusing the term, even experts have had a difficult time pinning…. The post The Data Scientist’s Role in eCommerce Marketing appeared first on ReSci.

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Growth Mindset: 10 Principles to Growth

Pierre Lechelle

Many people begin to experiment and fail to see the desired results. They’re often missing on the key ingredient: The Growth Mindset. They want to grow and they have a vague idea of how to get there. But, they lack the key principles to achieve their goals. They lack of a general understanding behind the […]. Cet article Growth Mindset: 10 Principles to Growth est apparu en premier sur Pierre Lechelle.

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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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When to Scale Sales for Your SaaS Startup

Tom Tunguz

When is the right time to increase sales headcount for a SaaS startup? It is one of the most strategic decisions for early-stage business to make given the amount of effort and expense involved in building, managing and scaling a sales team. While there is no single absolute sign, neither qualitative nor quantitative, these are some of the signals I have found indicate it might be a good time to scale sales.

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Content: More isn’t necessarily better

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

When it comes to content marketing, more isn’t necessarily better. If one blog post per month is good, it doesn’t always follow that two posts will be really good. In fact, it might be worse. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen content marketing work. It can be especially effective for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies that need to keep customer acquisition costs under control.

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The Key Ingredient to Disrupting with Machine Learning

Tom Tunguz

Which are the ripest areas for startups to disrupt using machine learning? At the core, machine learning/artificial intelligence relies on two key ingredients: advanced algorithms and data sets to train those algorithms. Novel algorithms are increasingly making their way into the public domain in the form of open-source libraries. So, the key differentiator for startups and ultimately long-term competitive advantage is access to proprietary data sets.