Sat.Jul 15, 2017 - Fri.Jul 21, 2017

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The Decline of Investment in San Francisco Startups

Tom Tunguz

Bloomberg published a post this weekend called San Francisco’s VC Boom is Over. The article pointed to the seeming collapse in the amount of venture capital raised by San Francisco startups relative to other regions. The slowing of venture investment more broadly across the US serves as a backdrop to San Francisco’s particularly strong correction.

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What every sales professional selling SaaS needs to know

CloseSaaS

With the number of salespeople selling SaaS products at an all-time high, competing with heavy-hitting sales teams and cutting through the noise seems impossible.

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Get Out of the ARPU-CAC Danger Zone with Channel Model Fit

Brian Balfour

This is part four in a series about 4 Frameworks To Grow To $100M+. Subscribe to get the rest of the series. In the introduction to this series, I explained there are two types of companies : Tugboats, where growth feels like you have to put a ton of fuel in to get only a little speed out, and Smooth Sailors, where growth feels like wind is at your back.

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Announcing the Vindi ChartMogul integration!

Chart Mogul

We're excited to announce our partnership with subscription billing provider Vindi - giving Vindi customers access to the full ChartMogul suite of analytics and tools for building a better subscription business. A few months ago Rodrigo Dantas, the founder of Vindi , emailed to let us know his team is working on an integration with ChartMogul. We were really excited to be partnering with the South American leader in subscription billing.

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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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The Quickest Way to Estimate How Much Your Startup Needs to Raise

Tom Tunguz

Tell me three numbers and I can estimate the amount of capital your startup will need to raise. Which figures are those? The startups’ revenue target, the average revenue per customer and the average cost of customer acquisition. For example, I’d like to estimate the cost for my SaaS startup to reach $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR).

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Join Our CTO at Big Data Day LA on Aug 5 at USC

ReSci

WHEN: Saturday, August 5th, 2017 WHERE: University Of Southern California COST: FREE Big Data Day LA features the most vibrant gathering of data and technology enthusiasts in Los Angeles. This free event is the largest Big Data Conference in Southern California. ReSci is proud to. The post Join Our CTO at Big Data Day LA on Aug 5 at USC appeared first on ReSci.

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B2B SaaS pricing pages in 2017: Lessons from 100+ top businesses

Chart Mogul

We analyzed over 100 B2B SaaS Pricing pages to look at the trends, standards and innovation in one of the most important parts of any SaaS website. See the full-length screenshots, take a look at the data and browse through our findings! Why SaaS Pricing pages are fascinating. Pricing pages are a rare window into a SaaS business’s strategy. It’s often the single part of a B2B site that deals in pure facts.

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Self Service Data

Tom Tunguz

During every person’s working life, there comes a time when you have a question that could be answered by having access to the right data. Unfortunately, the time and effort required to find that data, package it the right way, and send it to an analytics or business intelligence tool present a formidable obstacle to answering the question. Two years ago, Redpoint partnered with Dremio to solve this problem.

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SaaS Valuation FAQ Series – Part 4: Improving your SaaS metrics and the ‘Rule of 10%’

Cardin Partners

Q: If we are going to invest effort in ‘moving the needle’ with respect to just one of our core SaaS metrics, where will we get the most bang for our buck? A: Please read on. The short answer is: CAC, followed by churn. All other things being equal, if a genie granted you one wish, and that wish had to be which core SaaS metric you would wish to improve, by 10% in the right direction, then which would make the most sense?

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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.