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How to calculate your total addressable market and make a great TAM slide for investors

For Entrepreneurs with David Skok

I’ve seen hundreds of startup pitch decks in my time at Matrix, and have found total addressable market (TAM) slides to be among the most frequently mis-executed. I get the sense they are often included as a formality in an attempt to get VCs to check a mental box and continue on hearing about other.

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Meetings Shouldn't Be Boring

Tom Tunguz

A friend suggested that I read the Five Dysfunctions of a Team over the weekend. Though I’m passionate about business books, I rolled my eyes. I had seen this one on best seller lists for a long time, and never thought it would have much to offer. I admit my book-cover bias was wrong. The author has a counterintuitive assertion. Meetings shouldn’t be boring.

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The Marketing Arbitrage Opportunity

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

Without doubt, one of the most exciting parts of being a marketer today is the perpetual challenge of finding new channels and tactics to leverage. There’s a whole host of marketing arbitrage opportunities out there - if you know where to look and spend your time. Identifying opportunities that we think will create business value is not only a lot of fun, it's key to driving future growth.

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???????Beware: Too many leads!

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

I know this may be heresy to almost every marketer and sales person on the planet, but I’ll just say it: it’s possible to have too many leads. Lots of the effort to generate new leads – those programs, events, campaigns and incentives we’ve got in place to build more visibility, drive more traffic, and gather more names - might just be a waste of time and money.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

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.

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We’re looking for an Associate

The Angel VC

I’m very excited to announce that we’re looking for a new Associate. In all modesty, I think that for a young, smart person who’s passionate about startups and technology, an Associate role at Point Nine is one of the fastest ways to learn, build your network, and advance your career. Case in point: Rodrigo, who started as an Associate four years ago, is now a Partner at Point Nine ; Fabian is running his own fund ; Nicolas became a “30 under 30” and is now VP at Insight ; and Mathias is now GM

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Solving the SDR to AE Handoff: An Actionable Guide for Sales Development Leaders

Sales Hacker

Over the past few months, I’ve been constantly talking to VPs of Sales, SDR leaders, and SDRs themselves. One constant struggle I hear is the SDR to AE handoff. The problem is mostly centered around accountability, process and compensation. In this article, I’ll analyze the core issues that are deeply rooted within the SDR AE handoff process, and propose a few actionable solutions to address it, along with general best practices to follow. .

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Sales Operations Manager Job Description

InsightSquared

Sales operations managers play a crucial role in making sure sales teams are firing on all cylinders. They tackle much of the heavy lifting in Salesforce.com (or other CRM systems) and continuously optimize processes to make lives easier for sales reps and managers, giving them more time to focus on what they do best – sell. While there’s less glory for sales ops managers than sales reps (who get to close big deals and hit gongs to celebrate), they are one of the most vital parts of any su

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How ChartMogul helps Sellbrite optimize their SaaS pricing

Chart Mogul

Sellbrite helps e-commerce businesses of all sizes to sell across multiple channels. Find out how they tackle optimizing their SaaS pricing for customers -- from tiny online stores to high-volume multi-channel sellers. The perpetual pricing dilemma. Designing and defining the pricing for your SaaS product may be one of the most difficult aspects of building a subscription business. “ What should I charge?

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3 Top Myths About Conversion Optimization

FastSpring

If you own an online business or website and have been looking for ways to improve your conversion rate, chances are that you have stumbled on the term “conversion optimization.”. Simply put, conversion optimization involves methods to get more people to click the “Buy” button, sign up for your email list, or any other goals you may have set for your business.

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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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Berlin-based Contentful? ?raises? ?$28 million? ?to? ?help more? ?digital? ?teams? ?ship? ?content? ?faster

The SaaS Garage

Berlin-based Contentful? ?raises? ?$28 million? ?to? ?help more? ?digital? ?teams? ?ship? ?content? ?faster. By Thomas Ohr , December 4, 2017. Contentful , the content infrastructure startup, today announced it secured $28 million in Series C financing. Led by General Catalyst Partners, with participation from existing investors Benchmark Capital, Balderton Capital, and Point Nine Capital, the round puts the total funding raised to date to $45 million.

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This is the #1 reason why cold calling campaigns fail

CloseSaaS

We're so excited about the launch of Close's new Power Dialer that we decided to share a bunch of call-related content with you. To learn more about the Power Dialer, read our announcement on the Close blog, or visit our website. Cold calling isn’t dead. Sales teams just focus on the wrong metrics.

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2018 Sales Operations Predictions

InsightSquared

Guest blog by Joe Rodden, Sales Systems Manager at Catalant Technologies. It’s that time of year again. Days are getting shorter, nights are longer, and the holidays are right around the corner. With that comes a brand new year with changes on the horizon. In the six or seven years I’ve worked in sales operations, every year seems to have brought bigger and bigger changes, and I have no doubt that 2018 will be no different.

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#66 Joel Comm

Joel Caparella

This conversation with Joel Comm , best selling author, keynote speaker and host of one of the world’s most popular Cryptocurrency podcasts , is fascinating. A fearless practitioner of the new, Comm takes on new projects and executes on new ideas more frequently than most people change their bed sheets. The results have been impressive; from early bestselling books on Adwords and Twitter, the aforementioned Cryptocurrency podcast, and one of the leading influencers on applying live streami

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Retailers As Amazon Looms

ReSci

Nearly every executive team at top retail companies are discussing it: “How can we grow digital channels outside of Amazon?” Today Amazon accounts for 34% of all ecommerce sales… and by 2021 that number is expected to be at 50%. That’s right: half of all. The post 3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Retailers As Amazon Looms appeared first on ReSci.

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When It Comes to GDPR Preparation, 21% of IT Professionals Say “We Have No Idea What We’re Doing”

BetterCloud

Pseudonymisation? Binding corporate rules? Data portability? Trilogues? Understandably, there’s a lot of confusion around GDPR (it’s been called “ a beautifully vague document full of inane blither “). That’s why we hosted a webinar this week called GDPR Compliance: “Explain Like I’m Five” with Data Privacy Expert.

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8 Step Framework for Predictable & Sustainable Startup Growth

Sylvia Ng

As the VP of Product & Growth at 500px I am frequently asked what “Growth” is. My simple answer is that it’s a mindset (this is of course, my opinion, there are many articles out there on the subject which I’d encourage you to dive in on). A growth mindset is a mindset of learning, experimentation, iteration, failing fast, looking at the full funnel, and leveraging data in decision making.

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How Top Sales Leaders Drive Higher Quota Attainment Across Their Teams

Sales Hacker

The post How Top Sales Leaders Drive Higher Quota Attainment Across Their Teams appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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Driving Growth, Customer Satisfaction, and Retention through Usage-Based Pricing

As companies strive to boost revenue, deliver customer value, and stay competitive, they are increasingly embracing the potential of usage-based pricing.

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Black Friday + Cyber Monday: 2017 Recap

ReSci

BLACK FRIDAY & CYBER MONDAY OVERVIEW AI-driven personalization, mobile shopping, email and discounts are hot topics after Cyber Week 2017. The holiday shopping season so far (November 1 to 27) drove a total of $50 billion in online revenue, a 16.8% increase. Adobe predicts. The post Black Friday + Cyber Monday: 2017 Recap appeared first on ReSci.

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Think GDPR Only Means Reporting Data Breaches Within 72 Hours? Think Again

BetterCloud

Jodi Daniels is the founder of Red Clover Advisors, a data privacy consultancy that assists companies with GDPR compliance, operationalizing privacy, digital governance, and online data strategy. For more information, visit www.redcloveradvisors.com or email Jodi@redcloveradvisors.com.

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What I’ve learned sending 100 weekly newsletters

Chart Mogul

Happy centenary, SaaS Roundup! It's time to reflect on the key things we've learned sending 100 editions of our weekly newsletter and growing its readership to over 10,000 subscribers. Okay, first of all a confession: I haven’t quite sent the one hundredth edition of the SaaS Roundup newsletter yet — it’s coming this Friday. But I doubt my insights will change much in the next couple of days, and I wanted to share these insights as part of the one hundredth edition, so here we go.

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How to Build a World-Class SDR Team

Sales Hacker

The post How to Build a World-Class SDR Team appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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Addressing Top Enterprise Challenges in Generative AI with DataRobot

The buzz around generative AI shows no sign of abating in the foreseeable future. Enterprise interest in the technology is high, and the market is expected to gain momentum as organizations move from prototypes to actual project deployments. Ultimately, the market will demand an extensive ecosystem, and tools will need to streamline data and model utilization and management across multiple environments.

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Encyclopedias are moving to the blockchain. Everipedia, joined by Wikipedia’s co-founder, is leading the charge.

Mucker Capital

Mucker portfolio company Everipedia , the “encyclopedia of everything,” announced today that it is creating the world’s first encyclopedia on the blockchain, and that Wikipedia co-founder Dr. Larry Sanger has joined the company’s executive team as Chief Information Officer. Dr. Sanger joins the company as a key member of an effort to build a new, decentralized encyclopedia network.

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Sales Hacker’s Top Sales Trends & Predictions You MUST Be Aware Of In 2018

Sales Hacker

It’s that time of year again. The race to the 2017 finish line is in full throttle – While last minute closed deals are still trickling in, B2B organizations are researching how to shape next year’s sales strategy to align with the top sales trends that are expected to emerge in 2018. 2017 was a YUGE year in the world of sales, and we’re predicting that 2018 will be even bigger.

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The 33 Best Slack Integrations and Apps for Sales & Marketing Productivity

Sales Hacker

Slack. Everybody wants a little. From busy executives to stressed-out millennials. Good thing more than six million users are now getting some. To make sense of all this Slack madness, we’ve decided to breakdown our top picks of slack integrations for sales & marketing productivity. It seems like there’s a slack integration for everything these days – even bots who can order pizza , analyze market data, and keep you humble on a daily basis.