SaaStr

AUGUST 4, 2024

Dear SaaStr: What Are The 3 Most Important Traits of a SaaS Founder? I think 3 things matter most: 1. Ability to Ship a Great Sellable Product to Market and get it up to $1-$2m in ARR. However it gets done. Build a team. Code it yourself. Outsource it in part. I don’t really care. There are many paths great teams use to get here. To get to Initial Traction when others quit after they ship a nice product, but with insufficient customers and revenue. 2.

Scale 287

Scale SaaS AI Scaling 287

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 4, 2024

What does advertising look like in the world of AI? In a future where generative AI dominates search, the ten blue links & five sponsored ads disappear. What if they were invisible ads? When a user executes a search query within a generative AI search engine, the query, for example, “best carbonated beverage for health-conscious individuals,” is combined with relevant documents typically web pages.

AI Search 218

AI Search Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Advertising 218

Sparktoro

AUGUST 4, 2024

The good folks at Sonata Insights recently analyzed Datos‘ clickstream panel to uncover consumer search behavior insights in the “age of AI” If you’re in the digital marketing world, it’s probably worth your time to download and read.

AI Search 145

AI Search AI Marketing Data 145

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 4, 2024

Call it Service-as-a-Software. Call it AI agents or agentic systems. There’s a brewing idea that AI will complete human labor especially in white-collar work. What attributes of a market make it attractive to pursue? Those with three attributes : Toil, labor market shortages, and margin pressure. Toil is repetitive work : reviewing alerts, triaging leads, data entry.

AI 203

AI Software Review Marketing Systems Review 203

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

AI

Kellblog

AUGUST 4, 2024

Yes. And, by the way, I’m not joking with that answer. I’m not saying you need 17 patents. I’m not saying you need any patents at all — but you probably do. I am saying that despite the frenetic life of running a startup, you need to step back from time to time — maybe once a year or maybe on a cycle before your product releases — take a minute to learn (or remind yourself of) the basics of patents, and then sit down with your technical leaders and your intell

Technical Advisors 91

Technical Advisors Startup Strategy Technology 91