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The Keys to Getting to $500M ARR In Just 7 Years with Attentive’s CEO

SaaStr

Their patented TwAP technology that lets customers opt-in with a single click, automatically opening their messages app with a pre-composed text. The learning: When you solve a genuinely hard problem, you get three moats for free: Technical advantage through innovation Legal protection through patents Thought leadership in the space 2.

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Mastering Growth in the AI Era: How to Stand Out, Acquire Customers, and Raise VC Dollars with B Capital, Zetta, and Glasswing

SaaStr

The harsh reality: Most enterprises are adopting AI due to FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) rather than for specific business outcomes. The actual tech stack matters. Yet there’s a massive gap between interest and implementation.

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Meet the Rockstars of Risk: Essential insights for software companies navigating payments, compliance, and security

Payrix

At Payrix from Worldpay, we have an internal team of risk management experts dedicated to helping software companies, like yours, manage payment processing, fraud prevention, and compliance. Explore risk and compliance advice for platforms. compliance. compliance. Here’s what they want to know.

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Embedded Payments in 2024: A year in review for platforms | Episode 44

Payrix

Takeaway #2: Inflation and surcharging compliance Ella highlighted the rising importance of surcharging as a response to inflation and escalating operational costs. Ensuring compliance in surcharging practices is critical, as violations can lead to substantial fines. There is a lot of material out there.

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How to Bridge the Gap Between Sales and Tech Teams to Drive Customer Success with HashiCorp’s CTO and VP

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How can you bridge the gap between sales and tech to drive customer success? Sarah Polan, EMEA Field CTO at HashiCorp, and Louise Fellows, VP NEMEA at HashiCorp, explore the relationship between Field CTO and sales to help you understand why it exists and how you can leverage this relationship when you have a highly technical product.

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How to Cut a Path through the Jungle of Regulatory Compliance

Tom Tunguz

Todd is managing prinicipal of Smithline, PC, a San Francisco law firm focusing on technology transactions, product legal review, and open source advisory work. the implications of these regulations for product, marketing, and compliance. the implications of these regulations for product, marketing, and compliance.

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The Top 10 Important Finance Mistakes First Time Founders Make

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During your first or next round of financing, or during any type of financial decision involving a third party, some type of due diligence will be performed by accountants that will define revenue per Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP). If they get too technical, ask them to explain it again in non-accountant speak.

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