The Angel VC
MARCH 31, 2015
Following his well-received guest post about cohort analysis , here comes another guest post from my colleague Nicolas. Enjoy! Status Quo From an investor’s perspective, SaaS companies have a lot to love: High gross margins, predictable (recurring) revenues and capital efficient operations. On the flip side, most of them follow a common thread when it comes to growth.
Tom Tunguz
APRIL 1, 2015
In 2013 with 40 employees, Stripe adopted email transparency , a policy that makes most emails public to everyone in the company. They posted an update in late 2014 about the success of email transparency with 164 employees. At first blush, it may seem radical to funnel emails of 164 other people to everyone’s already overflowing inbox. But it works brilliantly because it creates a policy around Institutional Memory, something very few companies do well.
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ReSci
MARCH 31, 2015
Whether or not you're a fan of sugary pop princess Taylor Swift's music, one thing can't be denied: the woman is a pro at retaining her customers. Did I say customers? I meant fans. Or Swifties, as they prefer to be called. Swift has always been canny about building her brand, and…. The post Retention Marketing Tips from Taylor Swift appeared first on ReSci.
CloseSaaS
APRIL 2, 2015
In my recent post on how to ask powerful sales questions, I talked about the importance of listening and asking questions. But there's another way to utilize questions to close more deals: flip them.
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Tom Tunguz
MARCH 31, 2015
Every morning, it seems like a startup raises a massive growth round. In fact, the data proves the point. In 2014, there were 251 working days and 211 $40M+ growth rounds - just about one per day. In contrast to the frenetic private market, there were 15 US IT venture-backed IPOs with offerings greater than $40M last year, slightly more one IPO per month in 2014.
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CloseSaaS
APRIL 1, 2015
Our engineering team is hard at work on a big project that we look forward to showing off. But in the meantime, we also took care of a few miscellaneous product improvements in March.
CloseSaaS
MARCH 30, 2015
Everybody who wants to be great at sales needs to master one skill: the art of listening.The better you become at listening, the more you sell.
ReSci
APRIL 2, 2015
Amazon revealed their latest piece of hardware on Monday. Amazon Dash buttons will enable Prime members to replenish their everyday necessities with literally just the press of a button. These Dash buttons are wi-fi connected adhesive…. The post Never leave home again: Amazon unveils Dash buttons appeared first on ReSci.
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