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The $939B Question: Is AI Eating SaaS or Feeding It?

SaaStr

Industry observers like Josh Bersin remain skeptical about replicating complex systems like Workday’s payroll and compliance frameworks. The Team Reality Check: Your Biggest Blind Spot Here’s the uncomfortable truth most SaaS leaders won’t admit: your current engineering team may not be equipped for AI transformation.

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Drata’s CEO Adam Markowitz on creating a culture of cyber security

Intercom, Inc.

Cyber attacks have gone up 125% from the previous year, and with companies shifting to partial or fully remote settings, it shows no sign of slowing down. Cyber security and compliance, it turns out, is in demand. Portfolium was eventually acquired, but the team behind it never stopped thinking about a better way to do it.

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10 Information Security Compliance Tips for 2025

Scytale

TL;DR Information security compliance is crucial for protecting sensitive data and maintaining customer trust, and it applies to businesses of all sizes across various industries. Automation and compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001 simplify compliance and help to mitigate risks. Zero trust security: Trust no one!

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Avoid Trapdoor Decisions: 5 Lessons Learned from Scaling Stripe (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Scaling the company’s employee base, sales teams, marketing, and operations—all while preserving its culture—has required a laser focus on first principles, smart processes, and effective hiring. Write down your principles (like your mission statement) and use it very early for guiding culture and decision making.

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Blueprint for Early Stage SaaS Companies [Webinar Recap]

SaaSOptics

To scale an early-stage company, you need to focus on the following core areas of your business: Financial Core —to create a streamlined quote-to-cash process. Customer Core —to maintain and develop customer relationships. Poor financial records are not something you can run away from. HR Core —to manage payroll and employees.

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Elad Gil on catapulting into hyper growth

Intercom, Inc.

Acquisitions can help fuel growth, but often go awry when the company fails to explicitly instruct their internal teams to step aside so that the new hires can do their jobs. Culture is the set of relationships people in the company have to each other – and the unwritten set of rules they live by – and it’s going to evolve over time.

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There are No Shortcuts: 5 Hard-Won Lessons from Zenefits CEO Jay Fulcher

OPEXEngine

“I’ve talked to countless entrepreneurs who are anxious about the next step—first seed round, hiring a team, landing a board member, etc.,” That’s exactly what got the former Zenefits leadership team into trouble. The Building Blocks of a Scalable Company. Company Culture. A Cautionary Tale. Who is your buyer?

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