Tom Tunguz

MARCH 3, 2020

Each bucket has a set of disciplines that the team scores. First, it enumerates the important priorities for a marketing team. And second, the scorecard provides a way for a team to understand their strengths and weaknesses. sales enablement: how strong are the materials sales teams use to pitch? Comms Marketing.

Underperforming Technical Team 340

Underperforming Technical Team Marketing Scale Social Media 340

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 13, 2020

ML products also require us to manage relatively large technology risks – this is an area where, unlike in most other product development, technical limitations might render the entire design impossible. New software engineers quickly learn that a lot of complexity arises from error handling. Case study: Resolution Bot.

Artificial Intelligence 281

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Underperforming Technical Team Development 281

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 10, 2020

I hope this post allows people and teams to safely talk about Product Judgment. If you ever had to face a Manager, Director or Exec as they make bad product decisions and you’re struggling to persuade them otherwise, this post will help you. It takes years to build, and therefore ranges from very weak to very strong.

Underperforming Technical Team 291

Underperforming Technical Team Interviewing Communication B2B 291

User Pilot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

While “use data to drive decision-making” sounds obvious, there’s a HUGE gap between saying it and doing it well. Product analytics refers to the process of gathering and analyzing data on how users interact with a product. Enables teams to track progress toward key performance indicators (KPIs).

Strategy 105

Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Government Customer Lifetime Value 105

Neil Patel

JANUARY 25, 2021

The thing about data is it helps you make better business decisions. Everyone has questions when it comes to choosing data analysis software. Why are there so many data analytics tools? You have to arrange your data, explain it, present it properly, and then derive a conclusion from it. Let’s begin! User Skillset.

Data Analysis 128

Data Analysis Software Data Scale 128

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

How To Build A High-Performing Team And Retain Top Talent. Every leader needs to have a strategic playbook to build high-performing teams and retain top talent,” says Guan Wang, Global Director of Market Intelligence for Snowflake. . Stage 3: Employee Development. The Playbook For Building And Retaining A High-Performing Team .

Underperforming Technical Team 246

Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Acquisition Company Culture 246

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 25, 2019

When trying to solve a problem with software, it can be tempting to build an exciting, complex solution. At our event Building Intercom in Dublin, I argued that when it comes to building software, we should avoid excitement and embrace boring. When it comes to software, boring is best. How do we develop with it locally?

Software 168

Software Underperforming Technical Team Technology Engineering 168

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 23, 2023

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early weaknesses in the software market. The transcript highlights the major trends in software of 2023. Below, I’ve listed those trends with data & excerpts from the earnings call transcript. About 70% of commercial Office subscribers use Teams.

Azure 256

Azure Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning 256

SaaStr

OCTOBER 4, 2024

They supply their customers with a full marketing suite and customer data software for thousands of SMB, e-commerce businesses. Most businesses didn’t bother with segmented campaigns because it took too much time to parse the data by hand. There wasn’t software that did this back in the 2010s when Klaviyo was founded.

Revenue 307

Revenue Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring 307

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

As companies begin to succeed, they sometimes develop a tunnel vision towards the customers who have brought them their success. If you don’t work to keep your knowledge of the market fresh and current, you may be left with a narrow view that will inevitably catch your sales and product teams flat-footed. Verify product-user fit.

Underperforming Technical Team 284

Underperforming Technical Team Company Culture Customer Success Product Marketing 284

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

Yet competition and the exponential rate of change in software are pushing against that mission. Enter our philosophy of Run Less Software. It means reducing choices amongst engineering teams and standardizing technology, so our team can spend as much time as possible delivering value to customers.

Outsourcing Services 192

Outsourcing Services Part-Time VPE Software AWS 192

User Pilot

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Analytics reports like paths, funnels, and cohort tables for visualizing user behavior data. for collecting user sentiment data. In fact, it was first created as an analytics tool, and only in recent years has it also developed an engagement suite. Userpilot is perfect for non-technical teams. Userpilot Chrome extension.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Onboarding 105

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2024

He previously built the pre and post sales solutions team at mParticle from zero to supporting hundreds of enterprise customers. Should your sales engineers also implement the software? Should your sales engineers also implement the software? However, we knew that this wouldn’t be the right move for mParticle.

Underperforming Technical Team 124

Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Sales Hiring Scale 124

User Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Satisfaction in SaaS, therefore, isn’t simply about developing a nice product and launching it in the market. Instead, it involves several key aspects, including: Product functionality : The software solves the problems it was designed to solve. Similarly, unhappy customers are more likely to tell others of their poor experience.

Business 111

Business Underperforming Technical Team Customer Lifetime Value Systems Review 111

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 12, 2021

Although they may seem like strong opinions, many of these tips echo the main tenets of software engineering: work with you’ve got, design solutions as needed, don’t repeat yourself, and keep it simple, stupid! However, if you already have a fully operational MySQL Aurora installation in place, can’t you just put the data there instead?

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Scale multi-cloud Kubernetes Scaling 269

User Pilot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Which product feedback software should you choose for your SaaS? In this round-up, I cover 21 of the best product feedback software solutions. In this round-up, I cover 21 of the best product feedback software solutions. Social listening tools : Software for monitoring online conversations, brand mentions, and trends.

Software Review 52

Software Review Software Social Media Underperforming Technical Team 52

FastSpring

JANUARY 23, 2025

and now very big in the case of, say, a zero, which is cloud accounting software. The good news is we have the equivalent of like a Zillow’s estimate where we’ve got so much sales data that we can predictively price these things and tend to get it right. Are you using accounting software? And I’ve done that.

Scale 120

Scale Entrepreneurship Scaling Underperforming Technical Team 120

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Let’s review everything your customer success team has to do in the absence of any customer success tools. Collect customer data to calculate complex formulas for tracking metrics, monitor customer health scores, and resolve support tickets while continuously trying to improve retention and expansion.

Customer Success 105

Customer Success Enterprise Software Review Startup 105

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2021

PlanGrid builds beautiful, simple software for the construction industry. The second is pulling more around values, and how we approached team building. Even as a three person team, we went through an exercise to figure out what do we stand for, as a team? Getting the team right is so key here.

VP of Engineering 293

VP of Engineering Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team 293

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Scaling a support team is challenging enough as it is. Maybe you’ve just extended support hours and it’s becoming harder to plan shifts for different time zones; maybe you’re spending hours figuring out schedules for the week ahead; maybe the inflow prediction was a bit off and now your team is under or overstaffed.

Scale 206

Scale Outsourcing Services Software Sales Hiring 206

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It’s expensive and time-consuming to build software. 2 It’s expensive and time-consuming to build software. They want one that fits their unique needs and integrates with their data sources and third-party things. The good news is you have a big backlog, and the bad news is you have a big backlog. What’s the data model?

Generative AI 293

Generative AI AWS Artificial Intelligence AI 293

SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2021

If you don’t have tickets, lock in Early Bird pricing today and bring your team! Some of our newest products are actually in the data area, where we’re generating unique data that the life science industry needs. The other thing is I’ve studied enterprise software for literally 30 years. Get tickets here.

Sales Hiring 339

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Headcount 339

SaaStr

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Their CEO will join us at SaaSr Scale 2021 on December 15 to talk about using data to get to 10,000 SMB customers! I considered the four companies and chose Gorgias based on my experience with their team during the interview process. Together, we developed sales pitches, built out a robust sales process in just a couple of weeks.

Scale 284

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Underperforming Technical Team 284

Tom Tunguz

APRIL 14, 2019

Classic agencies don’t value the software enough to engender pricing power, develop fast sales cycles, or change the operations of their business to maximize the value of the ML innovation. Consequently, product market fit is weak. Gathering training data is critical and more valuable than initial revenue dollars.

AI 203

AI Sales Recruiting Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Intelligence 203

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They are hiring leaders, building teams, and attracting advisors in the US while devouring the SV SaaS playbook. Software demand is softening. AI is likely the next platform, dev tools are strategic given the scarcity of developers, cybersecurity is front and center for enterprises, and the data stack is still going strong.

Scale 293

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Cybersecurity 293

User Pilot

AUGUST 26, 2024

Product data capture is essential for SaaS companies looking to understand user behavior, optimize user experiences, and drive product growth. From choosing the right data capture methods to navigating complex tools, SaaS companies must balance the need for detailed insights with the reality of technical constraints.

Outsourcing Services 105

Outsourcing Services Data Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 105

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

The fastest growing software companies in recent years all have something in common – they started with little to no sales team. Yes, Slack started off with no sales team. Yes, Dropbox started off with no traditional sales team. billion in revenue) so it’s safe to say Jeanne and her team have helped do exactly that.

Scale 162

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Payment Services 162

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

Companies which don’t use mental models risk unleashing mayhem with poor choices or becoming bloated and bureaucratic by reducing the volume and speed at which decisions are made - both scenarios are undesirable and will impact growth. The same is true of data - data informs decision-making, but doesn’t replace it.

Underperforming Technical Team 213

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Data is changing the way we do business. The amount of digital data , made and distributed, is 79 zettabytes. We call it big data, but even small data is coming at us faster and faster. We call it big data, but even small data is coming at us faster and faster. It’s what they do with data that matters.

DevOps as a Service 130

DevOps as a Service Software Underperforming Technical Team Scale 130

Scytale

JANUARY 21, 2025

Data breaches are a modern-day nightmare for all types of businesses, particularly for SaaS companies handling sensitive customer information. While it often feels like were constantly hearing about the biggest data breaches in US history, 2024 truly set the bar for some of the most significant security crises to date.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 52

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Everyone I work with uses document management software, and you should too. Whether you are trying to go green, stay organized, build great looking newsletters, or meet the most stringent regulations, document management software can make a hard process much easier. The Top 5 Options for Document Management Software.

Payment Solutions 145

Payment Solutions Payment Services Software Review Software 145

BetterCloud

JANUARY 15, 2025

With both high complexity and large volume, data within SaaS apps can be difficult to protect. This is why security teams require SaaS security assessments. Ranging from inadvertent data loss to rogue actors exfiltrating data, selling it or demanding a ransom to decrypt it, SaaS data is a rich target.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 52

SaaStr

JANUARY 27, 2024

As a core part of Matt’s philosophy, people need to have their own domain and run open-source software because it allows them to control the entire stack of what they’re putting online. WordPress is its own ecosystem, a vibrant community of hundreds of thousands of people who create add-ons, plugins, and develop sites.

Underperforming Technical Team 331

Underperforming Technical Team Social Media Government Subscription 331

SaaStr

MARCH 24, 2020

Sam Blond, CSO at Brex explains why recruiting, networking and employee happiness is the key to this playbook on recruiting your sales team. I’m doing The Playbook To Recruiting Your Sales Team. Once again, amazing job to the SaaStr team. I’m really honored to share this stage with some really bad ass speakers.

Sales Recruiting 191

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team 191

Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Tabular is a compelling data lakehouse solution, meaning it brings data warehouse functionality (SQL semantics + ease of use) to the data lake (cost-efficient and scalable). If you want your data platform to run like those at Netflix, Salesforce, Stripe, AirBNB and many others (i.e. Let's dive in.

Data 130

Data Government Scale GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 130

User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Company data is one of the most valuable assets that a SaaS business can have. As such, implementing a data maturity model to get the most out of new insights will help you act on your product analytics instead of becoming distracted by vanity metrics. Stage one is data awareness which centers around exploring available analytics.

Data 105

Data Underperforming Technical Team Government Scale 105

User Pilot

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Tools like Userpilot , for example, can help you automate data collection processes, welcome messages, account setup, in-app guidance, and more. ” This form of nurturing yields certain advantages: Consistent customer experience : Automation allows for tailored experiences based on individual customer data. The answer is a lot!

Onboarding 105

Onboarding Underperforming Technical Team Transportation Scale 105