SaaStr

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As a founder, the biggest thing that always surprised me was the limits of due diligence. In my first start-up, we had a very exotic, complex technology. They did a great job on team diligence, prospect diligence, and customer diligence. Dear SaaStr: What Surprised The Most About First Getting VC Funding?

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SaaSOptics

AUGUST 10, 2020

SaaS Due Diligence: Spotlight on Financial Data & Metrics. SaaS due diligence : the process every finance department loves to hate. Due diligence for SaaS companies during a VC-led funding round typically includes five stages. SaaS due diligence for a VC-led funding round includes five stages.

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The Daily Egg

APRIL 6, 2023

Rocketlane is an early-stage B2B tech company focusing on customer onboarding and professional services automation (PSA). The post Rocketlane Review appeared first on The Daily Egg. The company is already making waves.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Privacy debt = new technical debt ??Cloud By 2030, it is predicted to take over all technology and software. YES- zoom out, think of not only cloud and its current market size, but at the tech industry as a whole. The tech industry is our addressable market. This is mostly due to “finding your second app.”

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The Daily Egg

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Bluevine is a financial technology company servicing more than 450,000 customers that focuses on banking solutions and loans for small businesses. The post Bluevine Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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The Daily Egg

DECEMBER 14, 2023

There’s no shortage of small technical details that can go wrong and end. The post Netpeak Software Review appeared first on The Daily Egg. SEO seems to be getting increasingly complicated each year.

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SaaStr

MAY 23, 2024

Coming from a more technical background, I do like technology driven service businesses and technical infrastructure, and have a keen eye on fintech/crypto, as well as AI driven SaaS platforms and productivity tools.

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The Daily Egg

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

For B2B companies, it can take over two months for tech buyers. The post VipeCloud Review appeared first on The Daily Egg. Customers typically don’t buy when first introduced to a brand.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 19, 2021

It’s a familiar problem for all companies that scale fast – how do you keep your core technologies manageable for the increasing number of teams that depend on them? This surfaced as an increasingly large percentage of our product teams’ time being spent on operations or deep diving into understanding our small set of core technologies.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 22, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended entire industries, forcing rapid change in the ways companies do business and dramatically accelerating the adoption of new technologies. Below, we take a closer look at the top three trends in the sales tech landscape to consider when choosing the right software for your sales organization.

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SaaSOptics

JULY 7, 2021

Most in the software world have heard of ‘technical debt’ (thorough exploration here by Martin Fowler) but a short definition from Wikipedia is: the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer. . “We’ll fix it later.” What creates FinOps debt?

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

But in today’s fast-paced world, your customer support can only be as effective as the technology that underpins it. Study after study shows that the vast majority of support teams are unhappy with their current customer support tech stacks. Download The Ultimate Modern Support Tech Stack guide. Is your tech stack ready?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. Or does this whole tech career thing support the writing? Architect, Tech Lead, Solver, and Right Hand. I don’t know.

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The Daily Egg

MAY 27, 2021

You can rely on Webex to do just that, as you might expect from a service by Cisco, one of the leading technology companies in the world. The post Webex Review appeared first on The Daily Egg. And it goes a step further: Webex is a collaborative workspace that combines conferencing, […].

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GetUplift

JULY 4, 2024

But, when you’re: a highly specialized, rapidly growing B2B company with a deeply technical product that solves a significant problem for your market and you serve Fortune 500 Enterprises, It can be particularly hard. And I’ve been completely (and pleasantly!) surprised at how quickly GetUplift were able to understand what we do.

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User Pilot

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In this article, we’ve selected 24 of the best AI podcasts for you to listen to improve your knowledge of AI and keep up to date with the future of AI technology in product management and more. It is a valuable resource for ML/AI researchers, data scientists, engineers, and tech-savvy business and IT leaders. TL;DR Podcast.ai

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SaaStr

APRIL 14, 2023

Due diligence is essential; you should feel empowered to ask those questions from day one. You can sell to great companies as first users and engage in founder-to-founder sales, but close to series A, you need to keep your eyes on more developed markets to achieve VC-type tech company growth. Have they done it before?

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Neil Patel

MAY 27, 2021

There are so many things to consider, from on-page SEO to off-pag e SEO , copy, content, and even technical SEO. This post dives deep into technical SEO and how you can use it to increase organic traffic , show up in search, and improve your overall site experience. What Is Technical SEO? Why Is Technical SEO Important?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 11, 2024

Between the initial COVID economic shutdown to the tech V-shape recovery to the rise and fall of the public and private valuation landscape with inflation and interest rates to now the advent of a massive technology breakthrough with AI, these are crazy, fast-moving, and exciting times. what would you do with a clean start?

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In this confidential deck, consider providing as much information as possible to accelerate the diligence process, including details about any underlying technical platform, your intended near-term pipeline targets and substantive program-specific data (e.g., It can also save you from repeatedly answering the same diligence questions!

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Buffer Resources

APRIL 11, 2024

  As a tech writer and editor, I’ve also steeped in the “rocket fuel” of the startup world. Startup strategies to steal When it comes to nonprofit marketing, channel your inner tech exec: Leverage data, technology, and digital content so your people can focus on strategy, sales, and growth.

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SaaStr

APRIL 3, 2024

The three co-founders were gathering data in hot storage to respond more effectively to instances with the benefit of historical and technical context. That’s where true automation will be, in the disruptive work that people are freed up and enabled to do and do more effectively and quickly due to having the assistance and rich context.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

KYC’s three main components are the customer identification program (CIP), which was imposed by the USA Patriot Act in 2011; customer due diligence (CDD); and regular monitoring of the customer’s account and activities, which is also called enhanced due diligence (EDD). In the U.S.,

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User Pilot

JULY 21, 2024

In this article, we’ll break down Userpilot’s pricing plans and review all the features you can find when you choose your specific pricing plan. Get access to a technical implementation specialist, SLAs, troubleshooting, and more priority support. Increase accessibility while assuring security with SAML 2.0

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 21, 2024

We believe the most successful American Dynamism companies share a few common characteristics: They’re able to anticipate technological turning points and breakthroughs. They continuously push the limits of what’s possible with technology, and innovate quickly through both success and failure.

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SaaStr

MAY 27, 2024

Harry and Jason did a deep dive on this and so much more here: Intro (00:00:00) Seed investing is broken due to limited founders capable of triple-digit growth. This is due to several factors, including low-interest rates, the rise of venture capital , and the increasing popularity of angel investing. Is it sustainable?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 24, 2021

2021 was a huge year for us, a big rebound after SaaStr Annual 2020 was the first major tech event that Covid shut down in March ‘20. SaaStr Annual 2021 was the first and only major tech event to be back in-person IRL in the Bay Area , and we moved to an outdoor (and 100% vaccinated and tested) format for our 5,000 attendees.

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Stax

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Best practices for ensuring AML compliance as a PayFac include continuously updating your AML policies, utilizing advanced technologies for monitoring, periodic internal reviews and audits, and engaging with AML experts and consultants. Reviewing and continuously updating your AML policies is therefore necessary.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 25, 2022

New research from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services reveals that businesses of all sizes – from small businesses to enterprises – are realizing the business value of personal, efficient customer engagement. Creating quality customer experiences has always been important for retaining customers. But they’re facing big barriers.

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FastSpring

MARCH 8, 2021

Tell me you’re a woman working in tech, without telling me you’re a woman working in tech. We’ll go first––only 5% of leadership roles within the tech industry are women. Historically the tech industry has struggled with gender diversity in the workplace. The great thing about tech is that you become so well-rounded.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 7, 2021

If you’ve ever been a part of the decision-making process for purchasing software for your team, then you know, it is imperative that you do your due diligence before signing on the dotted line. But why should your company care about software review sites? But why should your company care about software review sites?

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Totango

MARCH 1, 2022

workforce, less than one in five employees in the tech industry are women? Like in most male-dominated industries, there are many reasons for the lack of women in tech, including work culture and gender discrimination issues, a significant gender pay gap, and a lack of female representation in the workplace.

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yoursales

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Where Does Sales Technology Go When it Dies? In the dimly lit streets of Silicon Valley and other tech hubs around the World, there was an eerie sense of anticipation in the air. Dimly lit street of a sales tech hub near you? of once-was sales tech eventually bit the dust. Thanks to Ján Jakub Naništa for the image.

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Technical Review Technology Sales Software Review 52

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 10, 2022

This is where having the right tech stack comes into play. However, with the right tech stack, your team can handle even complex payment problems with ease. Support is really being supercharged by integrated tech stacks right now, but the entire customer journey stands to benefit 24/7 too. Pain points made powerful.

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