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Don't replace your people with ChatGPT or other AI services

IT World

Goldman Sachs predicts generative A.I. will replace 300 million full-time jobs because it can "generate content that is indistinguishable from human-created output." Meanwhile, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has paused hiring because A.I. chatbots could replace 7,800 workers.

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Enterprise Startups: Advice on Hiring, Firing, Scaling, and Selling

Andreessen Horowitz

A16z recently brought together a group of early-stage CEOs to talk shop and learn from their peers who have successfully navigated the journey from scrappy startup into large growth-stage or even public companies. The event featured a series of interviews … The post Enterprise Startups: Advice on Hiring, Firing, Scaling, and Selling appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Cold Calling Script Examples: 5 Samples to Help You Close Deals

Teamgate

Cold calling can be a cruel job. Constant rejection and stress wear down even the strongest minded sales reps. Not only it hits our physical and mental health, with around 77% of people experiencing physical symptoms caused by stress and 73% regularly suffering from psychological symptoms induced by stress, it also curtails productivity by 10%.

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7 Lessons from Jay Acunzo for Creators and Marketers

Buffer Resources

Jay Acunzo has been creating content on the Internet for a long time. His journey on social media began when, as a sports journalist in 2005, he started a blog while interning and writing for a student paper. When he moved into marketing, his sports blog called “Blog, Don’t Lie” (named after the infamous quote by NBA player Rasheed Wallace) shifted focus to writing about sports writing.

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SaaS: How They’re Turning Payments Into Profit Centers

Discover how top SaaS companies are earning up to $700k + and zero upfront cost with Usio Integrated Payments.

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Fly the Aircraft First: The Potentially Paralyzing Effects of Fundraising

Kellblog

Startup CEOs can learn an important lesson from pilots. Specifically, to always fly the aircraft first. Sounds obvious, like maybe you shouldn’t need to remind pilots to do this, but here’s what they teach them and why: From the earliest days of flight training, pilots are taught an important set of priorities that should follow them through their entire flying career: Aviate, Navigate, and Communicate.

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Dear SaaStr: What Is The Highest Position in a Venture Capital Firm?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What is the Highest Position in a Venture Capital Firm? The “Managing General Partner” or “Managing Director” or a similar title. In tiny VC firms, 2 partners may truly be equal and both run the place. But almost all firms that are a tiny bit bigger have different types of partners. At the bottom are often plain old “Partners” which nowadays, generally have no role in true management.

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Don’t Call, Just Text: How to Sell to Millennial Buyers

Sales Hacker

6 in 10 of today’s tech buyers are millennials, and they hold the largest number of decision-making roles in corporate buying. If you haven’t already learned how to sell to millennial buyers, it’s past time to get caught up. Millennials are the first generation to grow up with computers and internet access, and their habits are shaped accordingly.

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Unleashing the Benefits of CRM Over Spreadsheets

Teamgate

In this article, we delve into the transformative benefits of switching from traditional spreadsheets to dynamic Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems in modern businesses. Learn why CRM systems are outpacing spreadsheets as indispensable tools in today’s data-driven business environment.

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20 Top SaaS Affiliate Programs for 2023

CloseSaaS

SaaS affiliate programs pay some of the best commissions, but they aren’t all created equal. Discover the best-of-year programs—and how they work.

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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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Fundraising By VC Firms Themselves Is At a 10 Year Low. What That Means.

SaaStr

So when I was a founder, I didn’t pay much attention to how VC funds themselves worked. I just pitched them. But fast forward to today, and there is an incredible amount of information about how the industry actually works, and we put a bunch of the best stuff on SaaStr itself. Most important today is for founders to know (1) how active the venture markets are, at each stage and (2) how healthy venture is overall.

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Confluence Alternatives

The Daily Egg

Requirements management software helps you document your business processes and collect everything your organization may need to access in one place. Confluence. The post Confluence Alternatives appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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Tinkering with LLMs

Tom Tunguz

I’ve been tinkering with LLMs. First, I created a chatbot using all my blog posts. Then I created a model to produce blog entries based on my writing. As I went through this process, I asked myself some questions along the way : Does the ML model ingest my posts & keep them? What if I’d like to remove them from the logs or training set or output for others?

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Clouded Judgement 5.12.23

Clouded Judgement

I’m writing this weeks edition from Abu Dhabi at 2am, so please excuse any (jet lagged induced) typos. This is my first time in the UAE and it’s been incredible - it’s amazing to see what’s possible with a business friendly government that is massively committed to diversifying their economy. They’re embracing entrepreneurship and it’s clear this region will be (and is already) a major player in the global economy.

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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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SaaS Capital: Across 1,500 SaaS Startups, Yearly Contracts Don’t Actually Increase NRR

SaaStr

So SaaS Capital put out its latest report on SaaS retention and NRR after having surveyed over 1,500 SaaS companies and professionals. You can download it here. There are a lot of great learnings and metrics in the report, and a few stood out to me: #1. Annual Contracts Didn’t Boost NRR, And Even Multi-Year Contracts Only Had a Modest Impact on NRR.

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Teamwork Vs Asana

The Daily Egg

Both Teamwork and Asana are project management tools that offer clean, easy-to-learn interfaces bolstered by a range of useful features for planning. The post Teamwork Vs Asana appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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Seeking a Distribution Advantage with AI

Tom Tunguz

Great companies transform a technology innovation into a go-to-market advantage. In the last five major cycles (internet, social, mobile, cloud, web3), startups seized the new technologies of the era to create a distribution advantage. Google led to search-engine optimization, which startups like Expedia & Zillow grew to become public companies.

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Why Does the SDR Role Exist?

Predictable Revenue

Our book Predictable Revenue documents how Salesforce applied the specialized SDR role to their process, which […] The post Why Does the SDR Role Exist? appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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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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7 Things All Founders Should Know About Sales with Dave Kellogg (Video)

SaaStr

One of the most essential things SaaS founders need to get right is their sales strategy. From day one, it’s critical to drive results to impress your investors, acquire customers, and set your sales team up for success. Dave Kellogg –– Independent Consultant, EIR at Balderton Capital, and author of the Kellblog –– knows a thing or two about successful sales.

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It’s Time to Build For America: Announcing Our $500M+ Commitment to Companies Building in American Dynamism

Andreessen Horowitz

We formalized our American Dynamism practice a little more than a year ago to galvanize support for solving our country’s most vexing challenges with an entrepreneurial and technology-first approach. We’ve been blown away at how this movement has captured the … The post It’s Time to Build For America: Announcing Our $500M+ Commitment to Companies Building in American Dynamism appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Informatica integrates ClaireGPT, AI copilot to augment its IDMC offering

IT World

Enterprise data management vendor Informatica will be adding generative AI capabilities to its Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) via the addition of ClaireGPT and AI Copilot. IDMC, which was launched in May 2021, is a suite that sits on top of enterprise databases and manages data from various data sources by ingesting, cataloging, and applying data governance rules.

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Slides from the Balderton Version of Metrics That Matter in 2023

Kellblog

With the able help of Michael Lavner , we did a special, live presentation and discussion of my KiwiSaaS talk, Metrics That Matter in 2023 , for Balderton portfolio executives. These slides are largely the same as the KiwiSaaS ones, with the notable exception that European companies may find some of the data more relevant because Michael was able, in several cases, to replace my largely US-based benchmarks with data from Balderton’s universe of European SaaS companies.

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People, Passion & Perfection: The Key Ingredients for an Awesome Product

Need help launching innovative software quickly? Dive into "People, Passion, and Perfection" and unlock the secrets to building excellent products in the digital age. Fast-track your journey with Tech Accelerator: Agile and Cloud-Native for flexibility & scalability AI-powered innovation for faster results Quality at every step for a flawless user experience See real impact across industries: Healthcare: Empower patients and medical professionals with intuitive solutions Education: Transform cla

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5 Interesting Learnings from HubSpot at $2 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So we’ve covered HubSpot on our 5 Interesting Learning series more than any other SaaS leader, but it’s for a reason. First, so many of us HubSpot itself every day, so it’s … well, tangible. And second, it’s similar to the apps many of us build, sell, and market ourselves. We all at least sort of know HubSpot. If they are doing well, then hey, that’s a challenge to all of us.

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How I Created a Bestselling Product While Spending $0 On Marketing

Buffer Resources

Many creatives become business owners because they want to bring their ideas to life in the world. The problem is we can get stuck in our own heads and end up developing products and services that we think are brilliant, only to put them on the market and find that nobody wants them. In addition to being the co-founder of Caeli —a slow-living brand that helps people feel more relaxed and inspired in their homes—I am a certified business design consultant who helps other founders av

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If you worry about Big Tech, what do you expect from Big AI?

IT World

People, get ready. From the Microsoft antitrust case to ongoing investigations into the power of Big Tech , we have witnessed technology firms leap ahead of regulation to become dominant in many parts of life. But that was just a rehearsal compared to the inevitable concentration of wealth and power that will come with artificial intelligence (AI).

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Best Examples of AI in Marketing: Tools & Best Practices

User Pilot

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing our everyday lives, and marketing is no different, with several examples of AI in marketing today. From communication to automation, the latest updates in AI are genuinely bridging the gap between science fiction and reality. Marketers are now making AI an integral part of their marketing strategies. This article examines what artificial intelligence in marketing looks like today.

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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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SaaStr CRO Confidential: Omni Founder Colin Zima on the Power of Leveraging Your Network for Sales and Recruiting (Pod 658 + Video)

SaaStr

In this week’s episode of CRO Confidential, host Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund, continues a mini-series on founder-led sales with Colin Zima, founder and CEO of Omni. Omni is trying to build the next-generation business intelligence (BI) platform. In a year’s time, they’ve built a team with more than 150 years of experience in BI, all because they tapped into their own cheat codes for success.

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Data-Driven GTM: How To Thrive in a Slow Economy With Tito Bohrt

Sales Hacker

Join to hear Tito uncover the techniques, tactics, and methods that bootstrapped $100M+ companies used to build incredible businesses. Guest: Tito Bohrt – CEO & Sales Mad Scientist at AltiSales You’ll learn: Data driven methods to understand what’s working How to build predictable close rate from Outbound deals How to build predictability in your sequences and call scripts The post Data-Driven GTM: How To Thrive in a Slow Economy With Tito Bohrt appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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How to use Excel formulas and functions

IT World

One of the most commonly used Microsoft programs, Excel is highly useful for data collecting, processing, and analysis. To fully harness Excel’s powers, though, you need to make use of formulas. Excel formulas allow you to perform calculations, analyze data, and return results quickly and accurately. The usefulness of formulas is even greater once you start dealing with large data sets.