Sat.Sep 26, 2015 - Fri.Oct 02, 2015

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Introducing Jenny Buch, Talent Manager at Point Nine

The Angel VC

Once a startup has released the first version of its product, raised some funding, started to get the word out and is getting some traction, the biggest challenge almost always becomes hiring. No matter how great the founders are and how much good advice they get from investors and advisors: You need people to get s**t things done. And before long, you need more people (AKA managers) to help other people get s**t things done, too.

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The Indicators of True, Strong Customer Demand for a SaaS Product

Tom Tunguz

Customer pull is an amazing feeling for a startup. Because the customer demand is visceral, everything seems to move quickly: sales is booking deals quicker than can be on-boarded; product and engineering are rushing to build the features customers request; marketing’s efforts to raise awareness of the business are magnified by word of mouth; and recruiting is doing all they can to fill the looming vacancies.

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30 sales motivation quotes for 30 days of September

CloseSaaS

In case you’ve missed them or are in serious need of sales motivation quotes, here are all 30 videos we published this month. Theoretically, since each video is less than a minute long, you could watch them in half an hour. Although we can’t guarantee what will happen to you if you do!

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Our Top Picks for Shop.org Digital Summit 2015

ReSci

Shop.org Digital Summit is one of the best places for digital and multichannel retailers to discover innovative ideas, trends, and insights on best practices in the industry. Customer engagement, reducing churn, marketing analytics, and mobile engagement are issues retailers constantly…. The post Our Top Picks for Shop.org Digital Summit 2015 appeared first on ReSci.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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What animals are WE hunting?

The Angel VC

[This article first appeared as a guest post on VentureBeat. Thank you for publishing it, VentureBeat. I'm re-posting it here with a few small edits.] Of all posts that I’ve written so far, the one in which I asked what kind of animals you’re hunting was one of the most popular ones. That begs the question: What kind of animals are we hunting? Paul Graham wants to farm black swans.

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5 creative ways to utilize your sales team

CloseSaaS

If you think sales starts and ends with a pitch then I’ve got news for you: You’ve only just scratched the surface. Sales is not just about closing deals - it’s about becoming a student of the market, and letting the market show you opportunities to build a bigger, better business.

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Protected: Understand and segment customers for more conversions

ReSci

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: Understand and segment customers for more conversions appeared first on ReSci.

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Business of Software 2015 Recap by Phil & Steli

CloseSaaS

For Business of Software 2015 (BoS 15) Boston, I recently had the honor of speaking there and giving a sales workshop.

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Startup Best Practices 17 - Strategic Planning Using Your Startup's Fundamental Equation

Tom Tunguz

“What is the one equation that describes our business?” asked Scott, our new director at Google, during one of our first meetings. I had been there only for a few quarters, so I was startled when he asked. I had never viewed our business this way, but after he asked the question, I wondered why I hadn’t. It seemed obvious in retrospect.

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6 Reasons Why Your Integrated Payments Strategy Could Fail

If you're in the software industry grappling with integrating payments into your business model, understanding where others have stumbled can be a game-changer for your revenue goals. Discover 6 key reasons behind the struggles many face. The challenge goes beyond the technicalities of integrating a payment system; it delves into the strategic oversight of revenue shares, negotiations with payment providers, and the full exploitation of potential revenue streams.