Fri.May 10, 2024

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HubSpot: “Yes, We Had a Great Quarter. But … To Be Clear … Things Aren’t Bouncing Back Yet”

SaaStr

So HubSpot had a great quarter, despite there being many challenges in the sales and marketing segments overall in the past 18 months: $2.5B ARR 23% Growth 22% Customer Growth 15% Operating Margins (non-GAAP) That’s about as good as it gets. Even as many selling software to tech have struggled, HubSpot has maintained top-tier growth. But … that doesn’t mean it got easier.

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Clouded Judgement 5.10.24 - Software Weakness Across the Board

Clouded Judgement

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Q1 Software Earnings Are… Not Good We’re about halfway through Q1 earnings season, and it’s not been pretty. If I had to sum up software earnings in one quote it would be the following from Yamini Rangan, the Hubspot CEO: “Switching gears to macro.

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Hiring and Building a High-Performing Sales Team with Lucas Price, Former SVP of Sales at Zipwhip ($700m Sale to Twilio)

SaaStr

At this week’s Workshop Wednesday, Lucas Price, former SVP of Sales at Zipwhip and founder and CEO at Yardstick, shares his insights on how to hire and build a high-performing sales team. When he joined Zipwhip, they were at a quarter million in ARR, and he took the sales team to over $100M before it sold to Twilio for almost $850M. During that time, he wasted a lot of money on failed sales hires and decided to learn everything about hiring sellers.

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Recurring Donations for Nonprofits: Billing Software

Subscription Flow

Nonprofit organizations have moved on with the times. No longer do these charity organizations accept only bank drafts or one-time gifts. Donors now have the option of recurring donations for nonprofits. To keep up with the modern donors’ purchasing habits, nonprofit organizations or NPOs can set-up recurring donation systems in-line with these donors’ spending preferences.

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An Omnichannel Payment Solution––Without the Complexity

Simplify omnichannel payments with a solution that unifies every channel through your platform. By integrating front-end systems like online, mobile, and in-store payments with robust back-end infrastructure, you can deliver a seamless payments experience without the need for heavy engineering. Omnitoken technology enhances security by tokenizing card transactions for reuse, enabling merchants to drive cross-selling opportunities.

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Welcome to the Google "Big Brand" Update

Inturact

Know the aftermath of Google's March 2024 Core Update on SEO, content marketing, and digital landscapes. Discover winners, losers, and strategies for navigating this transformative shift.

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Content Strategy for Startups: The Ultimate 8-Stage Roadmap — Whiteboard Friday

The Moz Blog

Discover Yagmur’s 8-stage roadmap to creating a content strategy that helps establish your business and build brand awareness.

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How Discord Became a Developer Platform

Andreessen Horowitz

In 2009 Discord cofounder and CEO, Jason Citron, started building tools and infrastructure for games. Fast forward to today and the platform has over 200 million monthly active users. In this episode, Jason, alongside a16z General Partner Anjney Midha—who merged his company Ubiquity6 with Discord in 2021—shares insights on the nuances of community-driven product development, the shift from gamer to developer, and Discord’s longstanding commitment to platform extensibility.

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6 Best Semrush Alternatives: Free & Premium [2024]

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Are you a website owner seeking to improve your website visibility and engagement? Are you worried about your website’s low ranking on Google and other search engines, and struggling to attract traffic? To get your website to rank high on search engines, you must focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies, and there are several SEO tools and software in the market to the rescue.

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How to Think About Foundation Models for Cybersecurity

Andreessen Horowitz

In this episode of the AI + a16z podcast , a16z General Partner Zane Lackey and a16z Partner Joel de la Garza sit down with Derrick Harris to discuss how generative AI — LLMs, in particular — and foundation models could effect profound change in cybersecurity. After years of AI-washing by security vendors, they explain why the hype is legitimate this time as AI provides a real opportunity to help security teams cut through the noise and automate away the types of drudgery that lead to mistakes.

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How Clinic Sense Reduced Churn and Unlocked More Revenue

ClinicSense is a SaaS platform that supports over 7,000 massage therapists who use it for appointment management, payments, scheduling, marketing activities and more. Despite having a relatively low payment failure rate, the company discovered that the failures disrupted the customer experience. This often led to churn as customers decided to cancel or abandon their account, preventing ClinicSense from realizing the full lifetime value (LTV) of its users.

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Instagram World: Tools and Services for Instagram Growth

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The Instagram world is very competitive. Many brands and companies run aggressive Instagram marketing campaigns to expand their reach and establish a strong online presence. Hundreds of influencers appear every week on Instagram who convert from different platforms such as TikTok and YouTube and bring in their organic audiences. All these contribute to a highly competitive landscape for newcomers on Instagram who need this platform for growth.