SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Most startup companies in earlier stages don’t have the most mature product. While differentiating your product against the competition is important, you have to differentiate yourself elsewhere as you build your company. This is where customer success comes in. Drata VP of Customer Success Management, Wen Yao, and VP of Customer Experience, Ashley Hyman, share how to scale customer success from 0 to 5,000 customers.

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The Daily Egg

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Customer experience and user experience—CX and UX, respectively—are sometime used interchangeably. Other times, they’re completely different and unrelated components. The reality lies. The post Customer Experience vs. User Experience: Buying vs. Using appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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The Daily Egg

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

A well-designed user experience can set a business apart, attract loyal customers, and drive growth. A poor UX, on the other hand, The post A UX Design Bootcamp For When You Don’t Have Time Or Money appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

What it cost to have an assistant with you like in the movie Her? The cost of using AI has dropped precipitously , an order of magnitude every year. If the average American picks up their phone 144 times per day & engages with an assistant, each time for four interactions every day of a month, an assistant like Her would cost about 78 cents in inference cost. 1 I’m not taking into account any of the additional costs associated with delivering such a product.

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Payrix

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In the latest episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, Ian Hillis speaks with Brad Pinneke , VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, about one of the most important decisions software companies face today: choosing the right payments partner. With over 25 years of experience in the payments industry, Brad shares valuable insights into how vertical software platforms can benefit from Embedded Payments and what to consider when selecting a payments provider.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

So the other day on Workshop Wednesday Andy Wilson, founder CEO of Logikull , and I did a deep dive on what it’s really like selling your company to Private Equity for almost $300,000,000! I was the first and largest investor in Logikcull as they “de-bootstrapped” in 2015, and at first it grew very quickly, double digits every month.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

77% of enterprise AI usage are using models that are small models, less than 13b parameters. Databricks, in their annual State of Data + AI report , published this survey which among other interesting findings indicated that large models, those with 100 billion perimeters or more now represent about 15% of implementations. In August, we asked enterprise buyers What Has Your GPU Done for You Today?

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Predictable Revenue

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Collin and Andrew Barbuto dive into the importance of the first week in sales, highlighting steps that make the process more structured. The post Going zero to one in sales with Andrew Barbuto appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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USIO

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In recent years, the healthcare industry has experienced a significant transformation, with rapid advancements in technology, shifting regulations, and an increasing demand for transparency and efficiency. One of the most critical components of this transformation is the evolution of healthcare payments. As the industry continues to move toward value-based care, the complexity of healthcare… Source The post The Future of Healthcare Payments: Innovations, Challenges, and the Role of Us

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ClinicSense is a SaaS platform that supports over 7,000 massage therapists who use it for appointment management, payments, scheduling, marketing activities and more. Despite having a relatively low payment failure rate, the company discovered that the failures disrupted the customer experience. This often led to churn as customers decided to cancel or abandon their account, preventing ClinicSense from realizing the full lifetime value (LTV) of its users.

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Dear SaaStr: I Just Got My First SaaS Job 6 Months Ago and Now I Want to Quit. How Do I Tell My Boss? Almost everyone quits these days without giving a cr*p about the company: Zero notice. Instead, give 30 days if you can. No help finding a replacement. Instead, if you know someone else for the role, make the intro. No transition memo. Instead, write up everything you know, for real.

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The Daily Egg

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A user experience map is a visualization of the entire end-to-end experience users have when they use a product or service. It. The post Create Each Type Of User Experience Map? Yes. Here’s Why appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

I didn’t notice it at first but there in the back corner of my laptop, I’ve been assembling a little library. The library doesn’t contain books, but scraps of text that explain what an AI should do. Visit Anthropic’s home page & you’ll find their collection : Each of us will assemble these little libraries with tracts like : write a blog post in my voice about this topic collect action items to send to the team from team notes & format them in this particula

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Payrix

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Embedded Finance is reshaping SaaS, and for good – and exciting – reasons. At Payrix from Worldpay, we see the potential in empowering software platforms to deliver valuable financial products seamlessly within their user experience. Meet some of our experts driving this shift for our software partners and see how Embedded Finance can enhance your platform’s revenue, customer loyalty, and growth potential.

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Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

FastSpring is proud to announce a partnership with Nexus , a leading platform for supporting content creators and monetizing games, where both companies have joined forces in order to help game publishers materially grow profits with their own creator-powered, custom designed, and hosted web shops. The companies have integrated FastSpring’s global localized payments and compliance platform with Nexus’ industry leading creator-powered web shops.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

So the latest SaaS leader to cross $1B ARR is Klaviyo. Klaviyo dominates marketing in the Shopify ecosystem and in ecommerce, and just keeps on scaling. It was the only SaaS IPO on 2023. The only one! And at almost $1B ARR, it’s still growing a stunning 34% (!). In the words of founder CEO Andrew Bialecki: “There’s no downturn at Klaviyo.” 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. 110% NRR from 157,000 SMBs Yes, it can be done, 110% NRR from SMBs.

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The Daily Egg

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A world-class copywriter can instantly tap into a target audience’s frame of mind, pull at their emotions, bring them on a journey, The post 7 Steps to Become a Better, Top Tier Copywriter appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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The SaaS CFO

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

SaaS operators must understand the balance between sales and marketing spend and the acquisition of net new revenue. Enter the SaaS Magic Number. Here are my thoughts on how to use the Magic Number in 2025. Overinvest in sales and marketing relative to your new SaaS ARR bookings and will you not the see the […] The post How to Calculate the SaaS Magic Number appeared first on The SaaS CFO.

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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Stax

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Understanding ACH credit payments means understanding the way in which different types of ACH payments are processed in the US banking system. ACH credit payments differ from ACH debit payments and both are distinct from credit and debit card payments. In this article, we will explore the differences between each type of payment along with their key features and benefits.

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Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

There are no definitive “growth hacks” for increasing your number of followers on Instagram — but there are still plenty of things you can do to build your Instagram growth strategy. Here are 13 steps you can take for organic Instagram growth, in the order we recommended doing them. Before we dive in: If you’re just  starting with Instagram for your business  or as a creator, the first step is to tighten the nuts and bolts of your Instagram presence.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The latest data from Carta confirms what I’ve seen, felt and experienced … the SF Bay isn’t just back, it’s accelerating for VC and founders. This isn’t to say other ecosystems aren’t strong, too. It’s just between AI, YC, and VCs just plain coming back to the SF Bay … momentum continues to concentrate there.

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Inturact

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In a world of AI influencers and cookie-cutter corporate voices, authentic brand communication has never been more challenging – or more crucial. In a recent episode of Talking SaaSy with Inturact, marketing strategist Marcos Bravo shared insights from his fascinating journey from Disney character performer to marketing maverick, revealing why most companies get brand voice wrong and how to fix it.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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The Moz Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Looking for SEO AI tools to improve your process and workflows? Mike King shares 24 ways he's using AI plus custom GPTs you can start using now.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Credit card processing can be overwhelming, expensive, and confusing. And yet, accepting non-cash forms of payments is more or less required to operate a modern business, at least in the U.S. Credit, debit, and digital payments have far and away become the most popular payment method. Cash has dropped to less than 20% of all US payments in recent years.

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Kellblog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

I’ve often quipped that board observers should be like Victorian children: seen and not heard. While that might sound obnoxious, it’s not if you understand how hard board seats are to come by and the process through which you get one. There are three ways to get on a startup board. Found the company Invest a significant amount of money in the company Get appointed to an independent director seat That’s it.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Dear SaaStr: Which Tactics Always Work to Drive Down Churn, and Drive Up Retention? The best tactic I’ve ever seen is a simple combination of 3 things: Measure it , Segment it , and Drive it Down — Irrespective of Where It is Today. Churn is a bummer, and high churn is bad. But I’ve yet to work with a SaaS company that can’t improve. First, measure Churn.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As you work to expand your SaaS, software, mobile games, or other digital product business worldwide, having the right payment methods available to global customers is key to ensuring they all feel comfortable purchasing. But just knowing which payment methods you need to offer in each region can get really complicated really quickly, let alone how to implement them.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ revenue professionals weekly to stay up-to-date and scale their companies and careers. GTMnow is the media brand of GTMfund – sharing go-to-market advice from the top 1% of revenue operators including the 350 executives behind the fund, news, and our viewpoints from working with hundreds of portfolio companies.

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The Moz Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In this week’s episode of Whiteboard Friday, Chima walks through what you can do before, during, and after your research process to ensure you’re creating elevated and relevant content within your topic clusters.

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