ChurnZero
MAY 25, 2023
Customer renewals are the lifeblood of a subscription business. Responsibility for renewals often falls to the Customer Success (CS) team. For example, survey research shows about half (50.2%) of all CS teams surveyed are directly responsible for customer renewals. It doesn’t end there either. While renewals are a central aspect of CS work, many Customer Success Managers (CSMs) have a mandate for upsells.
Buffer Resources
MAY 23, 2023
If you’ve ever sat through a 90-minute YouTube video essay about a random obscure topic — like this one about Disney channel’s theme — you may find the stats about humanity’s reducing attention spans jarring. It’s easy to see why people are worried, but if a video about the theme song of a network that creates content for kids and tweens has four million views, then we might not be approaching the topic of short attention spans correctly.
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SaaStr
MAY 25, 2023
Have a strong M&A offer? Not sure what to do? Look at this pic or a similar one Do you want it? If so, say No If not? Probably just say Yes pic.twitter.com/K483lKnyzd — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) April 21, 2021 So I wrote a version of this post years ago, about when to think about selling your startup, if you do get an attractive offer.
Tom Tunguz
MAY 21, 2023
The top publicly traded software companies have surged in the last few weeks. MongoDB (MDB), Snowflake (SNOW), DataDog (DDOG), Cloudflare (NET), & ServiceNow (NOW) have watched their forward multiples surge by 42% to 112% since the beginning of the year. The bond market has priced in a roughly 1% to 1.25% cut in the next 24 months. When interest rates fall, high-growth software surges.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce
As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
Andreessen Horowitz
MAY 25, 2023
Source: Midjourney Research in artificial intelligence is increasing at an exponential rate. It’s difficult for AI experts to keep up with everything new being published, and even harder for beginners to know where to start. So, in this post, we’re … The post AI Canon appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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IT World
MAY 23, 2023
Microsoft is all in on artificial intelligence (AI) for a very simple reason: it believes its lead in the technology will make it the tech world’s top dog again. Microsoft is far behind Google in search and browsers, but it believes AI can help it eat into that lead, or even make Microsoft dominant. The stakes couldn’t be higher. Microsoft CFO Amy Hood recently told analysts that a single percentage point of market share in search advertising is worth $2 billion.
User Pilot
MAY 23, 2023
In SaaS, many companies identify themselves as a “product-led organization”. But what does it even mean to be a product-led company? And does the term actually fit your company? In this article, we’ll explore what it means to be a product-led organization and how you can unlock product growth with some real “product-led” strategies. TL;DR A product-led organization operates under the premise that if the product is really good at satisfying the market’s needs, users will convert into paying custo
Entrepreneur - SaaS
MAY 23, 2023
Direct-to-consumer brands and Saas companies have more to learn from each other than you might think.
Buffer Resources
MAY 24, 2023
When I launched the Female Startup Club podcast at the end of 2019, I didn’t have any grand plans or intentions for what it might look like in the future. At the time, I was reading Tim Ferriss’ Tools of Titans , and I noticed that hardly any women were featured. While I enjoyed the book, I wanted a space to hear that same energy from women.
Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.
SaaStr
MAY 24, 2023
So it’s tougher out there for many of us, but many Cloud and SaaS leaders are still growing at epic rates, even if not quite at the torrid rates of 2021. SaaStr favorite Monday.com is one of them. It’s crossed $640,000,000 in ARR, growing a stunning 50%! Wow. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. $50k+ Customers (Their “Enterprise” Customers) Are Growing the Fastest, at 75%.
The Daily Egg
MAY 20, 2023
Over the years, we’ve tried just about every project management solution out there. From Trello and Asana to ClickUp, Coda, Notion, and. The post Notion Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Clouded Judgement
MAY 26, 2023
Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Early Look at May Consumption Trends This week kicked of Q1 earnings reports for companies with April quarter ends. This means we got commentary for the first time on May trends. As many of you know, the data points I’m looking for are any signs of consumption trends starting to tick back up.
Predictable Revenue
MAY 26, 2023
In the dynamic world of sales development, we stand at a crucial crossroads. It’s […] The post Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Sales Development with Jake Bernstein appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
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SaaStr
MAY 23, 2023
So leading growth stage VC Iconiq has published its latest and very detailed Definitive Guide to Sales Compensation here. It’s very detailed and oriented more toward growth-stage scale-ups — but it’s excellent. Everyone should have a read. I didn’t so much learn from it as confirm — confirm things I’ve seen, known, and put into practice, and seen it confirmed across many SaaS startups.
The Daily Egg
MAY 24, 2023
Ecwid is a lightweight, flexible, and intuitive ecommerce extension that makes it easy to manage inventory across multiple sales channels in one. The post Ecwid Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Andreessen Horowitz
MAY 22, 2023
In our popular post on emerging data infrastructure , we highlighted technologies that have led to a new wave of data-stack investments. These stacks represent the culmination of a number of trends in the industry, including the migration from on-prem … The post The Rise of the Composable CDP appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
IT World
MAY 25, 2023
Look, this is slightly awkward, but I'm not gonna sugarcoat it: Reading stuff on the web these days can be a pretty painful experience. You know what I'm talkin' about, right? (Insert awkward pause here.) On most modern websites, you're bombarded with an army of over-the-top pop-ups, promos, and other assorted ads every time you try to open up an enticing article.
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SaaStr
MAY 26, 2023
Below is a list of ancillary events happening during SaaStr Europa either hosted by SaaSt, one of our trusted sponsors or friends. Note there will be on-site parties every day, as well as an on-site pub, so there’s plenty going on at the venue as well! Monday, June 5th: The team at Paddle is hosting a breakfast meetup to kick off the week. Request your seat here SaaStr Europa Opening Reception from 3-6pm hosted by SaaStr at Tobacco Dock.
The Daily Egg
MAY 24, 2023
Creating professional designs and showcasing products can cost a lot of money if you want them to be done well. And it. The post Placeit Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Andreessen Horowitz
MAY 23, 2023
Watching the generative AI space shape up over the past several months has reaffirmed my belief that, as product cycles mature, different types of builders have leverage at different moments in the cycle. And, at this early stage in generative … The post Aligning Founder Superpowers with Product Cycles appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
IT World
MAY 23, 2023
Well, that was fast. Just under two years after splashing into the world with all sorts of provocative promises, a search startup that was set on convincing people to pay for a privacy-centric Google alternative is shutting its doors. Neeva, founded by a pair of former Google executives and the subject of intense fascination within the tech universe, quietly announced over the weekend that its service will be winding down next week.
Speaker: Jamie Bernard
Success in product management goes beyond delivering great features - it’s about achieving measurable financial outcomes that resonate across the organization. By connecting your product’s journey with the company’s financial success, you’ll ensure that every feature, release, and innovation contributes to the bottom line, driving both customer satisfaction and business growth.
SaaStr
MAY 22, 2023
I can be slow sometimes, but it’s taken me a while to understand what’s >different< in SaaS in 2023 Budgets are tighter, but SaaS is still growing, folks are still buying more software than ever Here’s what’s different: 2023 is the first time SaaS itself got harder since 2005 SaaS has never been truly easy outside of a window from mid-2020 to late 2021 But every year, it got easier and easier.
The Daily Egg
MAY 25, 2023
Zenkit is a lightweight and flexible collaboration suite with features for project management, relational databases, team chat, and documentation. With plans ranging. The post Zenkit Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Andreessen Horowitz
MAY 23, 2023
One remarkable thing about the invention of generative AI is that it’s one of the first examples of a probabilistic computer that produces outputs that are varied and non-deterministic. Some, who expect these systems to behave like traditional systems, have … The post Using Generative AI to Unlock Probabilistic Products appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
IT World
MAY 24, 2023
What’s the king of the note-taking apps? There are two leading contenders for the crown: Microsoft’s OneNote and the independent Evernote. Launched in 2003, OneNote was added to the Microsoft Office suite (most versions of which are now called Microsoft 365) in 2007. OneNote is now also bundled with Windows 10 and 11 and offered for free as a standalone product.
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SaaStr
MAY 21, 2023
Dear SaaStr: How Do You Overcome “Stage Fright” as a First Time CEO? Don’t worry about stage fright. It’s real. I used to have it. And … you’ll get over it. I remember the very first time I had to present to a Fancy Board Meeting. I wasn’t a founder yet, but I was told I had to get up in front of a half dozen very famous, very prominent Venture Capitalists. 10 minutes in, I frozen.
The Daily Egg
MAY 25, 2023
Nintex is an industry-leading solution for workflow automation and process management. It’s powerful, complex, great for automating just about any type of. The post Nintex Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Andreessen Horowitz
MAY 24, 2023
The full-stack startup , as previously written about by our partner Chris Dixon, is an approach taken by some startups to bypass incumbents by building a complete, end-to-end product or service. This approach is in contrast to the traditional approach, … The post Full-Stack Startups in American Dynamism appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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