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Innovation in the Financial Markets: Seventy Years of Hedge Funds

Tom Tunguz

With that backdrop, the first quant funds formed to forecast price swings in commodities and capitalize on correct calculations. The dot-com bubble in 2000 ravaged many of the winners in the 80s and 90s, including Julian Robertson’s Tiger Global, another major global macro investor on par with Soros' Quantum Fund.

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Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR): Definitions, Formulas And How To Improve It

Stax

It can help forecast future revenue, keep on top of performance of various customer segments, and measure customer retention and churn. There are some important variations to MRR that would be good for your sales team to be aware of, including new MRR, expansion MRR, and churn MRR.

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The Playbook to Blending Product-Led Growth with Sales-Led Growth: Teams, Tools, Processes with Amplitude’s VP of APJ Mark Velthuis (Pod 641 + Video)

SaaStr

From the 1980s to around 2000, the internet wasn’t really a thing in most places. Fast forward 10 and 20 years, from 2000-2020, and executives took control of the buying decisions. CROs looked for revenue forecasting. It makes sense that a sales-growth model was the number one growth driver during this time.

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What to Know About the Software Buying Landscape in 2023: What’s Changed, What’s the Same, and What Your Buyers Want with G2 CMO Amanda Malko (Video)

SaaStr

Amanda Malko is CMO at G2, a software marketplace and review site that reaches over 60 million buyers annually across 2000 software categories. Next year is forecasted to be even more bullish. Despite economic headwinds, SaaS spending continues to grow, with most companies having self-reported increasing or maintaining SaaS spending.

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Mastering the Mid-Market: Lessons on Building and Selling Into Scaling Enterprises with Vanta CRO, Stevie Case (Video)

SaaStr

Some define it by headcount, typically around 200-2000 employees, and others by revenue, generally $10M to $1B annual recurring revenue. All three solutions presented by Case will help you get deals over the line more quickly and give you a rock-solid forecast your leaders can trust.

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11 Best Customer Success Tools in 2024 (for Startups to Enterprises)

User Pilot

Zapscale – from $500/month to $2000/month and customizable enterprise packages. However, one drawback customers have pointed out is its point-in-time and change-state reporting for forecasting use, which still requires work. Defining a customer success tool and other FAQs. Velaris – pricing is only available upon request.

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The Compression in SaaS Valuations

Tom Tunguz

Given the $50B raised by VCs, this year, half of the dollars raised in 2000 and the second highest amount in those 14 years, there’s plenty of cash to chase exceptional early stage software companies and pay premiums to invest.

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