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The Software Industry's Productivity Boom: Analyzing Revenue per Employee Trends

Tom Tunguz

I realized It has been a decade since I’ve updated revenue-per-employee metrics. Here are the trends across the group of 13 publicly traded software & infrastructure companies (which are the fastest growers or most-highly valued) over the last 5 quarters. I wonder what trends we’ll see in 2033.

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Top 10 Trends in Data & AI at the Impact Summit

Tom Tunguz

On November 8th, I’ll share my 10 Top Trends in Data & AI at the IMPACT Summit. Metrics layers unify the data stack. If you’re interested to hear about these trends, register here for the virtual event. Last year, I covered 9 topics: Cloud data warehouses will process 75% of workloads by 2024.

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Vendr: The Average SaaS Discount is About 10%, And Trending Down

SaaStr

Vendr has its latest SaaS trends report out here and one metric I find very helpful is the State of Discounting. And ties to our general survey a little ways back: The post Vendr: The Average SaaS Discount is About 10%, And Trending Down appeared first on SaaStr. 10%-15% is where most of us land, typically.

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Cisco & Splunk Continue the Trend of

Tom Tunguz

Metric Value Revenue, $b 3.64 The Cisco acquisition continues the trend of take-privates that includes New Relic for $6.5b , Qualtrics for $12.5b , Software AG for $2.4b. Earlier today, Cisco announced its intention to acquire Splunk for $28b , a 30% premium to the closing price. Revenue Growth 37% Gross Margin 77.7%

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The Mindset of An Investor Today with Tim Draper

Speaker: Peter Cowen, Managing Director, Sutton Capital Partners & Tim Draper, Founder, Draper Associates

Join Peter Cowen, Managing Director at Sutton Capital Partners, with top VCs looking at the trends and perspectives on investing in today’s climate. Can you provide business metrics you are prioritizing now more than you were a few months ago? May 13, 2020 @ 10:30 AM PDT - Tim Draper, Founder of Draper Associates. What sectors (e.g.

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New User Activation Dashboard: Definition, Metrics, and Examples

User Pilot

Let’s explore how a new user activation dashboard works, look at the key metrics you need to include in it, and see how it can help you unlock ways to retain more customers. A new user activation dashboard monitors and reports on activation metrics, identifying conversion bottlenecks and helping you improve the onboarding experience.

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User Activity Trend: What Is It & How to Track It

User Pilot

A user activity trend can provide key insights into changing user behavior and help you increase conversion rates and product engagement. In this article, we’ll dig deeper into what user activity trends are and outline the key tips to monitor them. TL;DR A user activity trend represents a pattern or change in user behavior over time.

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The Mindset of An Investor Today with Minnie Ingersoll

Join Peter Cowen, Managing Director at Sutton Capital Partners with top VCs looking at the trends and perspectives on investing in today’s climate. Can you provide business metrics you are prioritizing now more than you were a few months ago? May 13, 2020 @ 10 AM PDT - Tim Draper, Founder of Draper Associates. What sectors (e.g.

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The Mindset of An Investor Today with Ben Narasin

Speaker: Peter Cowen, Managing Director, Sutton Capital Partners & Ben Narasin, Venture Partner, NEA

Join Peter Cowen, Managing Director at Sutton Capital Partners with top VCs looking at the trends and perspectives on investing in today’s climate. Can you provide business metrics you are prioritizing now more than you were a few months ago? May 13, 2020 @ 10 AM PDT - Tim Draper, Founder of Draper Associates. What sectors (e.g.

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The Mindset of An Investor Today - Arlan Hamilton

Join Peter Cowen, Managing Director at Sutton Capital Partners with top VCs looking at the trends and perspectives on investing in today’s climate. Can you provide business metrics you are prioritizing now more than you were a few months ago? May 13, 2020 @ 10 AM PDT - Tim Draper, Founder of Draper Associates. What sectors (e.g.

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The Mindset of An Investor Today with Mark Mullen

Speaker: Peter Cowen, Managing Director, Sutton Capital Partners & Mark Mullen, Co-Founder, Bonfire Ventures

Join Peter Cowen, Managing Director at Sutton Capital Partners, with top VCs looking at the trends and perspectives on investing in today’s climate. Can you provide business metrics you are prioritizing now more than you were a few months ago? May 13, 2020 @ 10 AM PDT - Tim Draper, Founder of Draper Associates. What sectors (e.g.

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Preparing for SaaS Funding: Evaluating your Funding Options

Speaker: Jon Steinberg, Co-founder of Mountside Ventures, and Clayton Whitfield, Co-Founder and SVP of Revenue Programs at SaaSOptics

During this session, Jon and Clayton will answer the following trending questions: When is the right time to raise institutional funds? How do I paint the best picture of my financials and metrics? What other options are available beyond venture funding? What can I do to prepare myself for the process?