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The New Era of SaaS Forecasting

Baremetrics

If you’re like most SaaS founders, you’ve googled for a saas financial template you can use to forecast your subscription business. As of the writing of this post, a query for “SaaS forecasting” returns 2.8 Yet, while forecasting subscription businesses is a new frontier, it’s far from the state of the art.

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Clouded Judgement 9.29.23 - Rates Keep Going Up

Clouded Judgement

So the big question we have to ask ourselves now - does the Fed have a better ability to forecast today than they have in the past? The government is going through quite a bit of quantitative tightening. This is for information purposes and should not be construed as an investment recommendation.

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Managing infrastructure costs as your company grows

Intercom, Inc.

We evaluate each and every opportunity in our backlog against this framework, using known blockers and constraints as effort inputs, and prioritizing projects based on projected return per investment. Centralize governance. The more you centralize cost governance, the less time you have to spend on it. Invest in the process.

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Tabular: Turning Your Data Swamp into a Data Lakehouse with Apache Iceberg

Clouded Judgement

You can find the original post here Today we’re very excited to announce our partnership and Series B investment in Tabular , the company behind Apache Iceberg. The warehouse is then optimized for efficient access (typically through SQL) to that data, with a number of other properties layered in (like governance, access, security, etc).

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Decentralizing the Electric Grid

Andreessen Horowitz

Utilities use distribution charges to offset losses from customer-generated power, aiming to secure revenue from fixed-return infrastructure investments (similar to cost-plus defense contracting ). Addressing this requires investment in energy storage and transmission improvements (discussed below). There are many reasons for this.

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Bookkeeping vs. accounting vs. controller vs. finance

Baremetrics

Accounting is the measuring, processing, and presenting of financial information about businesses, government bodies, or other economic entities. Accountants are involved in financial forecasting by visualizing revenue and expense data. Finance is the catch-all term for the study and management of money and investments.

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14 Data Analytics Trends for 2024: What You Can’t Ignore

User Pilot

Predictive analytics : Uses historical data to forecast customer behavior, sales, and risks, evolving to become more accurate for strategic planning. Data security and privacy : Addresses increasing data breaches and cybercrimes, emphasizing the importance of robust data governance and compliance.

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