Tom Tunguz

APRIL 10, 2016

There many ways of measuring a SaaS company’s efficiency: magic number, payback period on cost of customer acquisition, lifetime value to cost customer acquisition ratio, quick ratio. These metrics primarily focus on measuring efficiency in customer acquisition. But, a software company’s true efficiency also have to include the cost to service contracts.

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The Angel VC

APRIL 11, 2016

For some reason we keep finding great early-stage SaaS startups in France, and it's not because of my command of the French language. In the last few years we've invested in four awesome SaaS companies from France: Algolia , Front , Mention and Critizr. We recently did #5, which hasn't been announced yet, and are in advanced talks with a potential #6.

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CloseSaaS

APRIL 13, 2016

Sales reps from all industries and walks of life often ask me: “How do I become really great at sales?” I believe that sales is simply results-driven communication, so my answer is always: become a better communicator.

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ReSci

APRIL 13, 2016

Digital commerce is noisier than ever, and it shows in how difficult it is to catch – and sustain – shoppers’ attentions. Marketers are told that it’s important to be personal, relevant, and omnichannel-friendly when it comes to connecting with consumers, and it’s true all of these things play significant…. The post Authentic Marketing Shouldn’t Be An Oxy-Moron – Special Webinar appeared first on ReSci.

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Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into

Generative AI

Tom Tunguz

APRIL 13, 2016

Last week, Facebook launched the messenger chatbot platform, which like Slack, Telegram and others, presents a big market opportunity for startups to innovate. In addition, the companies and products that determine how to most efficiently distribute their product on these new platforms will benefit from user curiosity and less competition, both of which result in lower cost-of-customer acquisition.

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CloseSaaS

APRIL 15, 2016

To many, the archetypal salesperson is a deceptive scoundrel who manipulates people into buying something they don’t need. Think used car salesman meets con artist.

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CloseSaaS

APRIL 11, 2016

I learned public speaking from the worst person ever—my 5th-grade teacher, Mr. Gramarchek. He was the kind of dude who terrorized little kids, and made them cry almost daily. One day in class, our assignment was to memorize a poem and recite it in front of the class. I was terrified—mostly of Mr.

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CloseSaaS

APRIL 11, 2016

We're happy to announce some new product improvements. (In case you missed it, we published a batch of improvements a couple weeks agotoo.

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