SaaStr

MAY 19, 2022

You iterate and develop your products according to your customers’ needs, which first requires you to listen to them. With great product and customer support teams in place, you are ready to do this. After growing their team, 1Password needed guidance from experts on how to navigate the next growth stages of the business.

Development Team Review 292

Development Team Review B2C Compensation Technical Review 292

Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This simplicity is of course shrouded in the complexity of biology, and demands that biotech companies thoughtfully de-risk existential concerns throughout the drug development lifecycle. Here, we’re sharing an actionable guide for biotech leadership teams as they start the process of building or renovating their own data room.

Development Team Review 125

Development Team Review Technical Review Finance Systems Review 125

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Who wants to wait almost a decade to buy a startup when the face of tech is evolving at such a rapid pace? From Facebook to Microsoft, there is a massive trend to seek out tiny teams of five or less, buy them, and use the technology and talent to gain a competitive edge. The solution? Micro startup acquisitions.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Marketing and Sales Development groups tackle engagement, Sales covers execution, and Customer Success and Account Management handle continuity. Sales Operations (SOPs) entered the fray as technologies allowed sales leaders to bring technologies closer into their orbit and away from centralized IT. Simple right? Execute FAST.

Technical Review 138

Technical Review Development Team Review Systems Review Engineering 138

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As the Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at WP Engine , Carl has worked on many acquisitions and partnerships, including brands like Flywheel, Perfect Dashboard, Block Lab, and recently, Delicious Brains. So what this means is I touch both mergers and acquisitions, and integrated technology partners.

Software Review 148

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Branding 148

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

As well as being a critical philosophy behind how we build software, it also represents how I feel about the software industry and technology in general. Basic technology execution is becoming easier too. are making it easier and faster for software developers to develop complex software applications atop this infrastructure.

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Outsourcing Services Software Review Software Outsourced Development 224

FastSpring

JANUARY 23, 2025

And the biggest difference between the two of those statements is one, low value to sort of medium and high value, and then two, the actual service layer built into the technology underneath the hood. And when you’re doing the due diligence, there’s only so many assets within a YouTube channel you need to assess.

Scale 120

Scale Entrepreneurship Scaling Underperforming Technical Team 120

SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

So let’s take a look back to a deep dive with the CEOs on what they learned building their first senior teams: ———-. As a founder/CEO, building your first management team is something that you often lose sleep over. What makes you feel that you need to level up your management, set up your first management team?

Sales Hiring 261

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review CTO Hire 261

SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

It sounds minor or technical, but if you want to due diligence on a human being, I get to do it a few 100 times a year. Personally, our team has been holding back a little bit. Aileen Lee: And so, they’re just way easier due diligence, I think. I’m here.” Jason Lemkin: Thank you for coming.

Investment 210

Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 210

Payrix

APRIL 10, 2025

In todays competitive software market, forward-thinking trade and field service platforms are no longer asking if they should modernize their payment infrastructure, theyre working diligently to source the right payments partner to implement innovative solutions before their competitors beat them to the punch.

Payments 100

Payments Payment Services Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 100

Sales Hacker

APRIL 10, 2023

Too often, I see sales teams thinking of their “ sales process ” as a set of stages in their pipeline and maybe a bunch of fields to complete at each stage. These five root causes are ultimately failures of the sales process and sit within the control of the sales team. In your deal reviews, ask the following questions: 1.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Systems Review 113

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 27, 2022

After running the first editions of the conference by himself, Alex sold B2B Rocks and, in 2019, he founded Collect , a platform that helps businesses collect and manage client documents, in the hopes that by putting this process on autopilot, teams can be more productive and focus their energy on bigger things. Alex: A lot.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Systems Review 118

Stax

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Best practices for ensuring AML compliance as a PayFac include continuously updating your AML policies, utilizing advanced technologies for monitoring, periodic internal reviews and audits, and engaging with AML experts and consultants. Reviewing and continuously updating your AML policies is therefore necessary.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payfac Technical Review 88

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Check out my reviews and recommendations below to learn more. Agents will work diligently to quickly resolve your problems. The best customer support teams will do this for free. Your technical experience will help you determine if you want a managed WordPress hosting plan or an unmanaged WordPress plan.

Development Team Review 145

Development Team Review Technical Review Outsourced Development Engineering 145

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Why your sales team is losing deals in 2022. But in today’s business landscape, it is nearly impossible for even the most gifted and aggressive salespeople to thrive if they are not equipped with reliable data, cutting-edge technology, and dynamic protocols to improve workflow and finetune best practices. The bottom line.

Scale 127

Scale Technical Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team 127

Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. along with their management team, friends or family to better understand their investment goals and appetite are great first steps to building a relationship.

Technical Review 104

Technical Review Innovation Technical Cofounder Development Team Review 104

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

You could use the help of an expert if: You’re struggling to acquire or retain customers You aren’t getting the ROI you’d like from social media Your social media strategy is all over the place You or your team don’t have much social media experience. Develop a High-Performing Social Media Strategy. Here’s what they’ll do: 1.

Social Media 141

Social Media Consulting Development Team Review Marketing 141

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

The reason I contemplated doing it because I really want to be involved in cutting edge technology and work with smart people. You can have the great product and a great team, but the market of small or very niche. How defendable is the technology of the product or the business model? So I think it plays on both dimensions.

Sales Recruiting 261

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale VP of Engineering 261

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 2, 2021

From the process of disambiguation and the worst outage we ever had to our obsession with speed and how legal and engineering teams can work better together, Engineer Chats will give you a peek behind the engineering process at Intercom. When tackling a technical design for a system, make sure you always understand the data models first.

Engineering 178

Engineering Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Systems Review 178

OpenView Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

But no matter how thick a skin you develop, it’s never fun to be told ‘no,’ especially after you’ve spent significant time with an investor exploring a potential deal. To make matters worse, the customers revealed that instead of paying for a seat for each team member, they bought one login and shared it amongst 10 people.

Technical Review 73

Technical Review Scale Development Team Review Software Review 73

Payrix

APRIL 3, 2024

Before we dive into the risks associated with payments, let’s review why embedding payments is good for SaaS businesses and the three payment processing solutions available to software companies today. What are the benefits of adding payments to vertical software? What is a PayFac® developer?

Payment Services 100

Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Facilitation 100

Stax

JANUARY 8, 2024

Not only must PayFacs safeguard themselves and their clients against potential threats like fraud or cybersecurity breaches but also ensure PCI compliance , customer due diligence, and adherence to card regulations. Most PayFacs have technology in place to prevent these breaches.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payfac Payment Services SaaS Payments 88

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 5, 2018

Previously, however, he ran sales productivity for teams at Google, Salesforce and Box. His time at the latter culminated in the title of Chief Storyteller, where he rewrote the script for how Box sales team talked to and about their customers. I help source and complete deals, and I perform due diligence on deals.

Sales Hiring 171

Sales Hiring Technical Review Development Team Review Scale 171

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 23, 2020

Though technology has allowed us to work remotely for quite some time, companies have debated whether it’s truly best for business. When most people think of product development, they imagine an in-person experience. But remote work is here to stay, which means that teams must now focus on building those muscles.

Technical Review 199

Technical Review Payment Methods Payment Solutions Development Team Review 199

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 19, 2024

Jennifer joined us 6 years ago as an investment partner, transitioning from a long-time operating role running product teams, and building developer tools, and ML applications. It’s hard to overstate Jennifer’s contributions to the team. Being a great investor and team member is a requirement for being promoted to GP.

Development Team Review 105

Development Team Review Technical Review Investment Enterprise 105

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Develop a Full Marketing Strategy 2. SMB SaaS companies tend to have higher churn rates due to their lower demand and less sophisticated needs. The owners tend to be thought leaders in their industry and operations are developed with department heads and teams working under them. Transferability 2. Sustainability 3.

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 105

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 5, 2018

Previously, however, he ran sales productivity for teams at Google, Salesforce and Box. His time a the latter culminated in the title of Chief Storyteller, where he rewrote the script for how Box sales team talked to and about their customers. I help source and complete deals, and I perform due diligence on deals.

Sales Hiring 163

Sales Hiring Technical Review Development Team Review Scale 163

Sales Hacker

JULY 31, 2020

Much of this is due to the nature of our profession, but it’s made worse because most sellers today operate in toxic work environments. So, yes, it’s time to start a conversation about mental health on your sales team. The sales community does not have a good track record with sales manager promotions or manager skill development.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Social Media 131

Buffer Resources

JUNE 13, 2024

Why isn’t it just about developing awe-inspiring content anymore? The most important thing to remember is that earned media channels will always belong to third parties, such as bloggers, news websites, and review platforms, so ultimately you have little to no control over them. Probably not.

Strategy 129

Strategy Social Media Development Team Review Software Review 129

Unbounce

JUNE 11, 2019

AI is a blanket term that covers several different technologies. Even if you don’t know much about it, though, you probably use AI-powered technology dozens or hundreds of times per day. You’ll need to do your own due diligence on each of these tools, however. McKinsey predicts $2.6

Scale 111

Scale Artificial Intelligence AI Search AI 111

Tom Tunguz

MARCH 14, 2013

Typically, startups win share by focusing on their strength: product design, sales effectiveness, marketing deft or technology advantages. If a team of founders believes product design will revolutionize mobile social networking, the team would blunder to outsource that design.

Outsourcing Services 100

Outsourcing Services Outsourced Development Development Team Review Technical Review 100

SaaStr

DECEMBER 5, 2019

We’d been doing some investment, the product and technology leaders, but we talked about creating a proper investment fund to spur innovation around Workday ecosystem to get earlier stage companies, part of the Workday story for our customers. Not just beneficial for the big company. How easy is it going to be to work with each other?”

Development Team Review 147

Development Team Review Scale Technical Review Software Review 147

Mucker Capital

APRIL 6, 2024

But more often than not, founders don't have that expertise or background in finance AND they are focused on starting a business, developing products, getting out and selling, etc. Startups should begin to develop long-range financial models, understand their unit economics, and prepare for more complex financial planning and analysis.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Systems Review Development Team Review Technical Review 52

Scytale

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Tighten third-party risk management : Many institutions rely on outside vendors for tech services, but DORA makes sure those third parties are held to high standards too. Think of it as your roadmap for identifying, assessing, and managing all those pesky risks that come with using Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

compliance 59

compliance Technical Review Systems Review Development Team Review 59

Tom Tunguz

MARCH 20, 2016

So, one of the questions I typically ask potential customers during diligence calls is, “Where on your list of priorities does this problem fall: top 3, top 5, or top 10?” The startup will observe slower sales cycles because the sales team will be challenged to create urgency within the buyer’s company.

Development Team Review 100

Development Team Review Technical Review Software Review Innovation 100

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 29, 2024

With the combination of diligence solutions (e.g., Next, let’s review some of the relevant concepts from negotiating your first facility that relate to funding mechanics. According to Setpoint, its product suite has materially improved the efficiency and error rate of processes related to collateral management and reporting reviews.

Payment Services 93

Payment Services Payment Solutions Development Team Review Outsourcing Services 93

Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

Choosing the right combination of funding for your business is just as fundamental as choosing the right co-founders (or not), the right market, the right product, and the right team. While bootstrapping has a couple different interpretations, it’s evolved more into an ethos rather than a technical definition. Bridge round.

Finance 111

Finance Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods 111