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4 Neglected Truths About Live Chat For Start-ups

Outseta

Fueled by companies like Intercom and Drift, the live chat battleground has become the new darling of the marketing technology world with countless start-ups and established companies from Hubspot to Zendesk jumping into the ring. LiveChat Software has 21,000 customers and was founded back in 2002. It’s a space that’s on fire in 2018.

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How I Built a High-Performing Data Driven Sales Team [And How You Can Too]

Sales Hacker

As founding CEO of Datameer, I doubled revenue six years in a row, attracted $100M in venture capital and built a market-leading company. Research shows that the more often you review a metric, the more likely you are to achieve your goal. The secret sauce that led to my success? A data-driven sales approach.

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The Case Against Budgets, Forecasts, and Performance Targets

Outseta

Let’s start with probably the most familiar scenario - I was working at a tech company, with top tier venture capital investors. In this case I was consulting with an early stage tech start-up. The tech companies that I cited in my examples above all practiced agile software development, for example.

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How Clio grew from a lifestyle business to a legal tech juggernaut

Point Nine Land

How Clio grew from a lifestyle business into a legal tech juggernaut From bootstrapping growth to securing a $250 million funding round, Clio is a lesson in how to scale a company without abandoning its roots. Both Jack and Rian had tech backgrounds and at the time were providing consulting services to the legal industry.

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SaaS “Industry-Centric” Business Models

OPEXEngine

Both new and existing SaaS companies moved into developing industry-specific software, giving rise to Vertical SaaS companies. In this article, we will review the operational and financial characteristics of Horizontal and Vertical SaaS companies and demonstrate how vertical SaaS businesses achieve “riches in niches.”.