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NFDG: The $1.1B VC Fund That 4X’d in Two Years—Then Got Acquired by Meta

SaaStr

The AI Focus: Betting Big on Artificial Intelligence From the outset, NFDG positioned itself as an AI-focused venture fund, anticipating the massive wave of innovation that would sweep through the artificial intelligence sector. Jessica and I are delighted that Garry Tan is going to be YC's new boss.

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RAG Explained: What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation?

How To Buy Saas

This innovative technique has surged in popularity among SaaS companies and AI developers because it tackles key limitations of standalone LLMs. In fact, Gartners 2024 AI report advises organizations that want to use generative AI on private data to prioritize RAG investments. RAG offers a more efficient alternative.

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The State of GTM Jobs: Customer Success

Sales Hacker

… Scott Gifis (CEO of NoFraud) advises: This challenge becomes even more pronounced as companies cater to different customer segments or profiles with varying needs. The Technical Model: Centered on support or professional services, this model often monetizes certain functions, particularly for highly technical or complex products.

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Top Product Manager Roles at Data-Driven Companies (+Candidate Spotlight)

User Pilot

PM with a technical background and a strong product sense. Technical fluency to understand, communicate, and drive impact in highly technical and fast-moving problem spaces. PMs with no technical background. Those without a technical background. Who would be the best fit for this job? Android-first PMs.

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How to Scale a SaaS business: 5 Growth Tips with Jason Lemkin + Algolia

SaaStr

Check out the session here: Algolia also summarized their Top 5 take-aways here , and below: Most SaaS founders start out the same way— armed with ample expertise of the technical details that go into a product and with limited experience of other aspects of scaling, such as sales. On hiring a CRO or CMO.

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Clouded Judgement 8.16.24 - The Great Services-To-Software Rotation

Clouded Judgement

There was a large portion of the market that simply didn’t have the balance sheet (or technical know how) to operate one. When Redshift / Snowflake came out, a massive amount of latent demand was unlocked (both on cost and technical expertise vectors). Altimeter is an investment adviser registered with the U.S.

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11 Frameworks for Product Innovation

Baremetrics

Who doesn’t want to be innovative? But what is product innovation in the first place? The Wikipedia contributors define product innovation as “the creation and subsequent introduction of a good or service that is either new, or an improved version of previous goods or services.”. And how does it play out in real life?