SaaStr

MARCH 9, 2025

Don’t fix what isn’t broken : When something in your app already works well and delights users, don’t force AI into it just for the sake of innovation. Continuous Education is the New Retention Strategy 86% of customers stay loyal to brands offering educational experiences.

AI 192

AI Scale Education User Experience 192

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Few books have chronicled how innovation takes place – and how market leaders fail to seize it – as well as Clayton Christensen ’s seminal book The Innovator’s Dilemma. So why not take a page from the startup book and set up new avenues and opportunities so people can innovate in their job? And that’s what we’re exploring today.

Innovation 226

Innovation Scale Startup Government 226

SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2025

Their innovative approach involves a wearable device that captures and contextualizes user interactions, creating a personalized AI assistant that promises to enhance individual productivity in unprecedented ways. Dan Siroker of Limitless AI is pioneering a personal AI platform centered on augmenting human capabilities.

AI Search 244

AI Search AI Artificial Intelligence Technical Review 244

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Early Life and Education Tooey Couremanche grew up with exposure to the construction industry through family connections. Vision and Innovation Couremanche’s vision for Procore was to digitize construction management when most of the industry still relied heavily on paper-based processes.

Construction 242

Construction Education Leadership Company Culture 242

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The major areas of AI innovation automate white-collar work. Code completion, generation, refactoring, security analysis Education & Librarians 2.37 Code completion, generation, refactoring, security analysis Education & Librarians 2.37 Occupation Employment (in millions) AI Technology Software Developers & IT 2.71

Software Review 239

Software Review Technical Review Scale Construction 239

TechEmpower SaaS

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

My time with TFA instilled in me a deep commitment to education, inspiring me to dedicate my life to guiding young minds through the world of mathematics. My tenure at Teach For America cemented my commitment to education, motivating me to devote myself to navigating young minds through the captivating landscape of mathematics.

Generative AI 443

Generative AI Artificial Intelligence AI New CTO 443

Payrix

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The world of Embedded Payments saw remarkable developments in 2024, shaping strategies and innovations across the industry. Michael noted that software partners now demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of payments, driven by improved access to educational resources and prior experience with payment relationships.

Payments 130

Payments Embedded Payments Merchant Services Payment Services 130

SaaStr

MAY 21, 2025

Innovative Deployment of Eval-Driven Automation in AIP At DevCon 2, Palantir unveiled eval-driven automation in AIP, where users can leverage evaluation feedback loops within their Ontology to improve logic functions for more intelligent automated communication. And a few more Interesting Learnings: 6.

Artificial Intelligence 157

Artificial Intelligence Government AI Benchmarks 157

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Startups are innovation machines. Others want to innovate in every dimension and re-invent every discipline from pricing to marketing to support to customer success. Others want to innovate in every dimension and re-invent every discipline from pricing to marketing to support to customer success. We wanted to be innovative.

Pricing 277

Pricing Startup Sales Hiring Innovation 277

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

A small number of innovators and early adopters might use a minimal feature set product. Throughout Redpoint’s history, we’ve invested in lots of companies to create categories like NuBank, Hashicorp, Twilio, LaunchDarkly, Gremlin, Guild Education, Chorus.ai, among many others.

Venture Capital 338

Venture Capital Education Innovation Technology 338

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

with Peter Fernandez, COO & Co-Founder at Sirius Support Innovative businesses, investing, m&a and meeting great people with Paul Evans, EGM, Corporate Development at Xero SaaS distribution for SMBs in the African continent with Karan Bathija, VP, Customer Success at Terragon Limited PLUS 13 more Braindates that are ALREADY FULL!

VP of Engineering 286

VP of Engineering Technical Cofounder Outsourcing Services CTO Coach 286

SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2024

He created a culture of “structured chaos” – enough process to scale, enough freedom to innovate. The Culture Play Zinman’s secret weapon? Building in Tel Aviv but thinking global from day one. Result: 93% employee satisfaction even post-IPO. Today, users can build custom workflows without code.

Scale 247

Scale SaaS Company Culture Leadership 247

ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Customer education was designed with CSMs in mind to automate their repetitive processes and create a way for customers to self-serve their basic needs so that CSMs can do their jobs better. In fact, customer education helps scale Customer Success , as the company scales business. . How CSMs play a role in customer education.

Education 98

Education Customer Success Underperforming Technical Team Scale 98

SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2023

We were really impressed with Class Companion’s founder Avery Pan’s clear vision and mission to help teachers leverage AI to improve education. We are seeing AI expand from big tech into vertical industries, like education, where learning is language-intensive. What’s different about your fund / how you invest and support founders?

Technical Review 273

Technical Review Software Review Payment Solutions Venture Capital 273

SaaStr

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Your mind will always be working, processesing, and innovating. But they are also a constant education. But the flip side is you’ll never be bored when work is involved, and more importantly, you’ll never have the ennui of being in a meaningless job. You will always be engaged. Ages you, but keeps you young.

Startup 286

Startup Education Innovation Engagement 286

SaaStock

MARCH 8, 2019

With her tech startup, Kathleen is eager to fill a gap in the education space. In 2012, she became Assistant VP at JJL Overseas Education in Beijing, soon enough becoming its VP of Global Development. Yeone Fok has an impressive educational list, featuring Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard. Lisa Zhang. Morgan, and Deutsche Bank.

VP of Engineering 264

VP of Engineering CTO Coach Venture Capital SaaS 264

Payrix

JANUARY 10, 2025

With over a decade of experience driving product innovation, David offers easy to understand definitions and valuable insights into how platforms can build trust, reduce risk, and deliver frictionless merchant boarding experiences that enrich the entire payments ecosystem. Whats on the horizon? Thank you to everyone joining us today.

Merchant Services 130

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 130

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Driving innovation and creativity in business development. Try and see what works for your sales team, and keep innovating to see what other new ideas you develop! The post 28 Ways to Drive Innovation and Creativity in Business Development appeared first on Sales Hacker. B2B buyers are heavily targeted by solution sellers.

Innovation 120

Innovation Development Marketplace as a Service Business 120

User Pilot

APRIL 3, 2024

Are you being innovative in your product? Product-led innovation focuses on creating the best product for your customers. TL;DR Product-led innovation emphasizes improving the product to attract customers, reducing reliance on marketing for growth. A diagram showing how product-led growth works for product-led innovation.

Innovation 104

Innovation Payments Strategy Payment Solutions 104

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

From 0 to $500 Million ARR in 6 years: Learnings from Innovating in Underserved Markets with Samsara’s CPO Kiren Sekar. Creating a culture of innovation and thinking outside-of-the-box is key to continuously building a product that the market needs and educating them on that product. From 0 to $500 Million ARR in 6 years.

Scale 246

Scale Innovation Leadership Acquisition 246

SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

The platform also offers free educational resources to educate its customers. Omie is a management platform in the cloud for small and midsized companies, bringing together ERP, Financial Services, Entrepreneur Education and a vibrant Marketplace for vertical 3rd party solutions, all combined in an easy to use environment.

SaaS Payments 257

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 257

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

It is a logistics and multi-selling platform which innovates how e-commerce can grow in the region. Based in Shenzhen, YoPoint manufactures innovative vending machines and is a provider of equipment for retail terminals. from 500 Startups, World Innovation Lab, and others. Faria Education Group. Funding to Date : $25.5M

SaaS Payments 225

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 225

SaaStr

MARCH 28, 2024

We know the incredible power of technology and venture to create remarkable wealth and adding purpose to the cap table of today’s most innovative businesses can help fund the education of the next generation of great founders. the Notion Scholarship, the Figma Scholarship, the Nubank Scholarship).

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Scale 269

SaaStr

MARCH 2, 2022

A larger business, however, may have less appetite to spend on innovation. Encourage your teams to innovate and give them the space to do so without penalty. Leadership education. Decide upfront how you will measure success, then trust the results. Idea generation is still crucial because you do not want to risk channel fatigue.

Outsourcing Services 246

Outsourcing Services Scale Outsourced Development Marketing 246

Payrix

JANUARY 28, 2025

This shift presents opportunities for innovative companies to leverage changes for growth. Those that fail to adapt risk losing market share to more innovative players. This episode reinforces the importance of innovation, adaptability, and long-term vision in the ever-evolving payments industry.

Payments 130

Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 130

SaaStr

APRIL 8, 2022

A culture where happiness thrives is a culture where creativity and innovation will be high. Make sure you have plenty of educational resources available. Carly Brantz, CMO of DigitalOcean, outlines how to grow your business by creating a culture of happiness. Cultivating growth through happiness starts by delighting your customers.”.

Development 267

Development Marketing Advertising Technical Support 267

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

They have a quarterly launch rhythm that David Sacks coined, with set times to educate. Then, you run education programs and emphasize plays around the most revenue-generating products. To grow at this pace, you need to have truly great engineering products that innovate faster. Now, they’re doing a white space analysis.

AWS 273

AWS Scale Sales Hiring Marketing 273

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Without this continual training and education, your company may find itself a victim to the enemy of innovation: inertia. If you don’t work to keep your knowledge of the market fresh and current, you may be left with a narrow view that will inevitably catch your sales and product teams flat-footed.

Underperforming Technical Team 278

Underperforming Technical Team Company Culture Customer Success Product Marketing 278

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 18, 2023

Education is not exactly what we would call a tech-driven industry. The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a seismic shift in education, and all over the world, schools and universities were forced to move their classes online to keep students and faculty safe while making sure education didn’t grind to a halt. Enter 2020.

Scale 205

Scale Education VP of Engineering Technology 205

SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2020

Carlota Perez argues in her book Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital that in the early days of a “golden age”, financial capital is necessary to fuel new technology innovation. . The first comes down to education. Cheap Production Capital Will Fuel Most SaaS Founders Over Next Decade. I think there are two reasons. .

Venture Capital 291

Venture Capital Technical Review SaaS Scale 291

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2021

Dee: Well, to be fair, there are elements to that history in terms of filmmaking, in terms of education and storytelling that I think is probably very well expressed in your world today. But out of a random summer holiday in Paris, I turned a gap year into a full ex-pat life. And we’ll hear a little bit more about that later.

Content Marketing 118

Content Marketing Innovation Scale Marketing 118

SaaStr

JANUARY 26, 2023

Savvy marketers know they must craft innovative strategies to engage and connect with their target audience. The key to leveraging its benefits lies in using the selected platform to educate and entertain those within its scope. These spaces help promote sharing of information and direct communication with community members.

Scale 49

Scale Entertainment Marketing Construction 49

Stax

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Whether an organization is a newcomer in the space or a seasoned player, the hurdles remain constant, and many struggle to find the balance between education, sales enablement, and selecting the right partners to navigate the integrated payments journey. Real World Success Story: ISV Partner Testimonial Don’t believe us?

Stax 88

Stax Payments Merchant Services SaaS Payments 88

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Modern Sales is an invite-only community with over 30,000 members from 10,000+ sales organizations focused on peer education in sales operations and management. The new funding will accelerate product development for the hospitality industry, with continued innovations in review management and digital guest experiences.

Scale 109

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring AI Search 109

Scytale

MARCH 12, 2025

As the UKs tech startup ecosystem continues to thrive, visionary founders are driving innovation across various industries, shaping the future of technology , finance , healthcare , and beyond. Rishi Khosla Rishi Khosla is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor, and is truly dedicated to innovation. million grant from Innovate UK.

Startup 59

Startup Scale Cybersecurity AI Search 59

SaaStr

JULY 19, 2023

Could reps be poorly educated on the product itself? Think about getting your target market’s attention with innovative, out-of-the-box ideas. If you see that the sales reps are swimming in demand and that the bottleneck lies elsewhere, you go down the funnel to see where to focus efforts. Are the leads converting? PMF issues?

Revenue 246

Revenue Acquisition Technical Review Systems Review 246