SaaStr

MAY 10, 2024

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

MAY 10, 2024

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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SaaStr

MAY 10, 2024

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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Subscription Flow

MAY 10, 2024

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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Inturact

MAY 10, 2024

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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Sales Hacker

MAY 10, 2024

Prospecting requires a unique approach for each type of buyer, and knowing those buyers’ habits — what kind of communication they respond to and the content they engage with — makes all the difference. For Memo , a platform that reports how many people read earned media coverage, many of those buyers are senior communications leaders at Fortune 500 brands with limited time to spare.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 10, 2024

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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How To Buy Saas

MAY 10, 2024

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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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 10, 2024

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 To Buy Saas

MAY 10, 2024

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.

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