SaaStr
APRIL 11, 2024
So it may surprise some of you to learn that it’s not >that< hard to raise venture capital after a rough patch. In fact, it’s pretty common. VCs know the vast majority of startups have a tougher time or two. But … but … VCs need some proof you are back to growth. They need at least 3 months of continuous, strong growth.
Payrix
APRIL 10, 2024
User experience has become a cornerstone in shaping the world of SaaS. Your product is your bread and butter, and as a verticalized software company, you know just how important a tailored, industry-specific application is to your end user. Dedication to delivering an exceptional user experience ensures your software is something that your customers can’t live without in their business day-to-day.
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User Pilot
APRIL 10, 2024
Knowledge base creation is critical to enhancing self-service support. As your business grows, you can expect the number of support tickets to increase and the stress levels of your customer service team to go up. Building a knowledge management system can stem the tide, keeping your customers happy and ensuring your support agents can focus on more important tasks.
Clouded Judgement
APRIL 11, 2024
Q4 earnings season for cloud businesses is now behind us. The 62 companies that I’ll discuss here (which is not an exhaustive list, but is still comprehensive) all reported quarterly earnings sometime between Jan 24th – March 27th. In this post, I’ll take a data-driven approach in evaluating the overall group’s performance, and highlight individual standouts along the way.
Speaker: Conrado Morlan
In this engaging and witty talk, we’ll explore how artificial intelligence can transform the daily tasks of product managers into streamlined, efficient processes. Using the lens of a superhero narrative, we’ll uncover how AI can be the ultimate sidekick, aiding in decision-making, enhancing productivity, and boosting innovation. Attendees will leave with practical tools and actionable insights, motivated to embrace AI and leverage its potential in their work. 🦸 🏢 Key objectives:
Stax
APRIL 11, 2024
SMB owners wear many hats, managing everything from staff to sales. Adding to the already tough job of managing a small or medium business is the complex task of understanding how payment processing works, including managing the fees, equipment, accounts payable and more. Here’s where a Payment Management System (PMS) can swoop in as your financial hero to understand your business better.
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Totango
APRIL 9, 2024
Is 2024 the year of customer success or sales? Our CS and sales experts say, “Neither.” Chris Dishman , SVP of Customer Success for Totango & Catalyst, hosted a roundtable discussion with industry leaders, including Rashmi Chari , Head of Global Customer Success for ThousandEyes, Kevin McIntyre , Chief Revenue Officer for Dealfront, and Madelyn DePrey , VP of Customer Success for Aircall.
Chargebee
APRIL 11, 2024
Businesses across the globe have seen a massive shift in priorities over the past five years. From ‘Growth at all costs’ to 2023 being the ‘Year of Efficiency’ as termed by Zuckerberg, the objectives shifted to reducing operational overheads, becoming nimble, and redefining processes. Many companies, including tech giants like Alphabet and Amazon, agreed that 2023 was the Year of Efficiency (or the Year of Resilience, as some called it) and optimized processes to do more with less.
The Moz Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
Review neglect can erode your local business’ reputation, but fear of reviews is valid. Miriam Ellis walks you through acknowledging, reframing, and diminishing fears you or your clients may have.
Inturact
APRIL 9, 2024
Pendo stands out for its ability to gather user insights, guide users through interactive walkthroughs, and improve feature adoption through targeted messaging—all without the need for extensive coding knowledge. This makes it an invaluable asset for teams seeking to understand and enhance the user journey.
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SaaStr
APRIL 8, 2024
So as growth decelerated rapidly for many in SaaS in 2022-2023, one of the first things cut was marketing. It’s not always ideal, but I get it. It’s a variable cost. Cut marketing, you’re often cutting future growth. But it’s a “simple” place to cut to at least stabilize the ship and survive to fight another day.
Clouded Judgement
APRIL 12, 2024
Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now March Inflation (CPI) Update CPI: March CPI YoY was +3.5% vs expectations of +3.4% (and +3.2% in February) March CPI MoM +0.4% vs expectations of +0.3% (and +0.4% in February) March Core CPI (ex Food/Energy) YoY +3.8% vs expectations of +3.7% (and +3.8% in February) March Core CPI (ex Food/Energy) MoM +0.4% vs expectations of +0.3% (and +0.4% in February) We̵
Tom Tunguz
APRIL 8, 2024
On April 18th at 9:30am Pacific time, Office Hours will host Evan Cheng, founder & CEO of Mysten Labs, creator of SUI. Evan & the Mysten team were instrumental in the creation of Meta’s high-performance blockchain techology before leaving to start Mysten. There are few key ideas Mysten espouses about blockchains that have led to dramatic improvements in performance & usability.
FastSpring
APRIL 8, 2024
Background: As part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with the best possible experience, we’re streamlining our payment methods to ensure the highest standards of safety and compliance. In alignment with this commitment, certain payment methods are being carefully evaluated and, where necessary, removed. This proactive measure enables us to maintain a robust security framework, protecting both your interests and the integrity of our services.
Speaker: Speakers: Robin Eissler, BoosteHub & Cory Benn, PracticeSuite
Join us for an exclusive session with Robin Eissler from BoosteHub and Cory Benn from PracticeSuite as they reveal their secrets to leveraging payments within their SaaS platforms. Discover how they seamlessly switched from Stripe to Usio and created more stickiness by offering more solutions. Learn how they increased their company valuation by up to 300% and generated over $700,000 in additional revenue.
SaaStr
APRIL 7, 2024
So just a little while back, Lenny Rachintsky had me on his hyper-popular podcast to talk about scaling sales, from the perspective of a founder who hasn’t really done sales. It ended up being super popular, and a fresh take on a lot of topic we talk about a lot on SaaStr. I still regularly get emails about it, and the full deep dive is above.
Nimble - Sales
APRIL 12, 2024
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: Maximizing Sales Outreach: Unleashing Nimble CRM and PhoneBurner Power Dialing Together appeared first on Nimble Blog.
Buffer Resources
APRIL 9, 2024
“Work smarter, not harder” has always been one of my favorite phrases. But now that I’ve entered my working-mom-of-a-toddler era, it’s taken on a whole new meaning. I only have so many hours in a day, and if I want to have any semblance of free time, I need to make the most of them. Enter: these AI productivity tools, all of which help me streamline, automate, and optimize as much as possible.
Tom Tunguz
APRIL 6, 2024
Product managers & designers working with AI face a unique challenge: designing a delightful product experience that cannot fully be predicted. Traditionally, product development followed a linear path. A PM defines the problem, a designer draws the solution, and the software teams code the product. The outcome was largely predictable, and the user experience was consistent.
Speaker: Ian Hillis, SVP of Growth at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms
Join us for an exclusive webinar hosted by Ian Hillis, SVP of Growth at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, where he’ll explore the significant impact of embedded finance on the software industry! This session is designed to provide you with the strategic insights needed to navigate the future of SaaS successfully, all while gaining a deeper understanding of how these trends can enhance your competitive edge, boost revenue, and deepen customer loyalty.
SaaStr
APRIL 12, 2024
Dear SaaStr: When You Sold Your Startup, What Were the Downsides? When you sell: it’s not yours anymore; and your upside is capped. Start with Challenge #1. Ask yourself 4 “Are You OK With” questions: The name being changed? With the business being shut down in 2–5 years, if it isn’t strategic anymore — no matter how successful? With it being further sold to someone else?
Andreessen Horowitz
APRIL 12, 2024
The new AI + a16z podcast captures our thinking on AI across a broad swath of areas, from the infrastructure that powers today’s foundation models to how specific tools, like LLMs, are reshaping the hiring process. Looking forward, you can expect to hear about a list of topics that includes models, cybersecurity, and the emerging stack of tools for building and running generative models.
Buffer Resources
APRIL 10, 2024
In 2014, making money on social media was a feat for a select few people like travel creator Gabby Beckford ( @packslight ), who made $2,000 for six Instagram posts in the same year. It wasn’t a viable path for most creators — and there weren’t many options in the first place. Fast-forward a decade, and the landscape of creator monetization has changed completely.
The Moz Blog
APRIL 12, 2024
Unlock the secrets of SERP dominance in 2024 with Tom Capper. Discover the evolving landscape of position one rankings and seize the opportunities amidst shifting trends in SEO.
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From emerging payment technologies to the importance of intuitive software design, the world of embedded payments is rapidly evolving. How do you stay ahead while serving up what merchants really want in your software offerings? The Merchant Insider report is here to help, offering unique insights into the merchant perspective. It analyzes responses from over 500 merchants in the U.S. and spans key industries, so you can understand the challenges, preferences, and expectations that are shaping s
SaaStr
APRIL 11, 2024
Dear SaaStr: Is it OK to Reschedule a Job Interview with a Founder? It’s generally fine to reschedule an interview set up with a recruiting manager or similar. They’ll figure it out. That’s their job. But — be careful rescheduling a job interview with a founder CEO — especially at the last minute. If it’s a great reason, so be it. If it’s a mediocre reason — they’ll probably move on from you, one way or another.
Andreessen Horowitz
APRIL 12, 2024
Naveen Rao has been building artificial intelligence technologies and companies for more than a decade. He founded Nervana Systems (acquired by Intel) and MosaicML (acquired by Databricks), and now serves as vice president of generative AI at Databricks. From chips to models, there are few people with a better pulse on how enterprises are using AI. In this inaugural episode of the AI + a16z podcast, Rao joins a16z partner Matt Bornstein and a16z enterprise editor Derrick Harris to discuss where
User Pilot
APRIL 8, 2024
Think about the last software application that you used for work. Whose idea was it to buy it? Did it come from the management or employees? If it’s the latter, then you’ve already experienced what bottom-up SaaS is! Our guide explains what exactly bottom-up SaaS is and covers the main growth strategies and tactics used by bottom-up companies.
The Moz Blog
APRIL 9, 2024
Feeling stuck at work is never easy, especially when tasked with unfamiliar challenges. Learn practical strategies to navigate uncertainty, manage anxiety, and take confident action in this blog post.
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