Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

I started just with regular software development, doing software of different kinds. And so when Amazon called me and they’re like, “Hey you want to come with us and do you want to actually start the mobile services, backend business within AWS?” And then I started selling. ” I jumped to the opportunity.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

We’ve all seen AWS and what they’ve done with their platform. If you think of this in the context of software, it’s particularly powerful because for years, we’ve been seeing the visionaries out there promoting this transition. The dark blue bar here is cloud as a percentage of worldwide software spend.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

I’m obsessed right now with three different new startups that I could never invest in because they’re not enterprise software. And so, the way whenever I’m doing diligence in a company to tell if this is actually happening, is I call their customers. A two-factor auth with a few lines of code was game changing.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

Did you know that 60% of SaaS companies reported a negative impact on customer retention and upsell deals due to the pandemic? You and I both know how awful it feels to have someone disregard what we say and focus on their end goal instead. This is a guest blog post by Anita Toth, Chief Churn Crusher. . This is shocking.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 16, 2023

What’s more, data visualization tools allow them to communicate ideas clearly with stakeholders that may not be involved in product development directly, like senior leadership. Assess employee data literacy Assessing employee data literacy skills will help you determine what their training needs are and the software tools to use.

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Scytale

JANUARY 9, 2024

SOC 2 Report Sections Explained Receiving and understanding your SOC 2 report shouldn’t be like deciphering a foreign code. Leadership and management also state that they did not omit anything pertinent to the system from their customers. Here’s what you can expect from each section.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Today on the show, we’re excited to have Vishal Sunak, the CEO and founder of LinkSquares where he’s responsible for developing strategies aimed at assisting both corporate, legal, and finance teams with the review of their contracts. And I had done that even before I got into B2B software, doing military electronic design, right?

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OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2019

That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). Remember when the ability to integrate with another software product was a premium feature, reserved for enterprise-grade packages? Now it’s table stakes.

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BetterCloud

MARCH 31, 2020

Whether you’re in a SaaS-powered workplace or just dipping your toes into cloud software as you shift to a remote workforce, one thing is immediately clear: There are so many options out there. When any employee or business unit identifies a need for new software (including IT), the first thing I do is get a look at the space.

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Audacix

AUGUST 11, 2023

What this means for security teams: you will need to review data capture mechanisms, data flows and storage and transmission security, among other tasks, to ensure compliance. Security teams may need to coordinate with the DPO on privacy reviews, assessments, audits, and training.

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Audacix

JULY 18, 2022

DevOps is really a set of ideas and practices that emphasise a culture and environment where building, testing, and releasing software can happen rapidly, frequently, and more reliably. DevOps best practices that will help you to run your software development projects smoothly. Fail often, fail fast.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2019

That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). Remember when the ability to integrate with another software product was a premium feature, reserved for enterprise-grade packages? Now it’s table stakes.

Scale 51

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User Pilot

JULY 14, 2024

Bonus points : Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). This is due to the technical expertise needed to handle complex data systems and algorithms. Data Science Manager/Director (10+ years) : This leadership role requires extensive data science experience combined with strong business management and communication skills.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 20, 2019

That’s certainly true in developer tooling (AWS), sales and support (Salesforce), MarTech (Adobe), commerce (Square), HR tech (Workday) and even vertical markets (Veeva). Remember when the ability to integrate with another software product was a premium feature, reserved for enterprise-grade packages? Now it’s table stakes.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I had never quit a job before unless it was due to a promotion or a better opportunity. Bringing Sales & Leadership with Heart and Ladies Happy Hour to the sales community. I went through a VP of Sales Program with SaaSy Sales Leadership — the moment I realized I didn’t want to be a VP of Sales.

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SaaStr

MAY 14, 2019

There were still a lot of people that told us we needed to build on premise software. This model of trialing and buying a software that doesn’t make any sense. And when you build your software, you had nothing. And we ran it on own software in someones basement. Zero experience for building software companies.

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SaaStr

MAY 15, 2020

Finally, before YesWare, she was VP of Sales @ Engine Yard, where she tripled monthly recurring revenue, over the course of her 3+ year tenure, in 3 key leadership roles. Listen to the start of the episode for a promo code to our upcoming events! How does it differ, in terms of traditional enterprise software, versus open source?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Listen to the start of the episode for a promo code to our upcoming events! And what that has resulted in is that you have CIOs and their leadership teams are basically involved in architecting systems across the company and what those basically mean. Software by nature is an imperfect industry, right?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Our private membership connects you with a network of thousands of like-minded peers and resources, where you can tap into leadership opportunities, training, mentoring, and other services made for high-growth leaders like you. She’s the head of marketing at an HR software company called Bamboo HR. Give us the pitch.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It’s the leading RFP response software trusted by more than 800 high performing organizations across North America. So my wife was pregnant back in Philadelphia and the baby was due in March. He was like, “We’re going to be diligence ready all the time. They’re awful. That was his thing.

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SaaStr

MAY 23, 2019

Well, let me tell you, build software is really hard. And this is my paraphrasing of Jeffrey Moore, with all due apology, which is “Startup strategy should be phenomenal, cosmic vision, type-A focused execution.” But leadership is about doing the right things. And then finally delivery track record. I want results.”

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Most people don’t want to customize their software. And especially when there’s a polarizing change, everybody shows up to work wanting to do right by the people who are using your software all day. I think that storytelling is a bit of a lost art in software development and we’re starting to rediscover it.

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Chart Mogul

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Google Ads to BigQuery ) Logs from DevOps/Infra Logs are harder to analyze But, can tell the whole truth: no one can you the page views more accurately than the server log of how many times the page was served The tools to get data from would be your AWS or Google Cloud or similar provider, and/or your CDN such as Cloudflare.

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