Tue.Jan 28, 2025

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Cutting Through the Noise of Gen AI with CEOs of Writer, Orby and Limitless + NEA

SaaStr

Cutting Through the Noise: Three Gen AI Pioneers Reshaping Enterprise Technology In a pivotal moment for generative AI, Vanessa Larco, partner at NEA, brought together three visionary CEOs convened at SaaStr Annual to share insights that are redefining the technological landscape. Bella Liu of Orbee leads a company focused on generative process automation, creating AI solutions that understand and automate complex enterprise workflows.

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Bonus Clouded Judgement - Inference Time Compute

Clouded Judgement

What a last few days in AI land! DeepSeek came out with R1 and it created huge ripple effects in the tech world, maybe culminating with the DeepSeek app shooting up to #1 in the app store (is this real? The result of bot farms downloading in mass?). What is DeepSeek? DeepSeek is an AI company that focuses on distilling large, complex AI models into smaller, more efficient versions (while also adding in their own research breakthroughs).

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Dear SaaStr: What is the Typical Enterprise SaaS Cancellation Policy for $100k ACV/bigger Deals?

SaaStr

Generally, if a customer wants out, track to the cash. And enough with the threats: If a customer has signed a pre-paid annual or multi-year contract in exchange for a discount or other terms, then theres generally no reason to return any pre-paid cash. The contracts are generally not cancellable by their terms, and so you keep the cash. And if cash isnt pre-paid AND a customer stops using your contract at a practical level, there isnt much you can do.

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Software-led payments: What’s on the horizon for platforms in 2025? | Episode 46

Payrix

In this episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, host Ian Hillis welcomes Matt Downs, President of Worldpay for Platforms, to discuss software-led payments predictions for 2025 and beyond. With decades of experience in payments, Matt provided invaluable insights on emerging trends, regulatory changes, and the future of Embedded Finance. Navigating market dynamics in 2025 and beyond Matt emphasized the cyclical nature of the payments industry, likening it to a pendulum.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

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.

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Need a Digital River Replacement ASAP? FastSpring Can Help

FastSpring

Are you a Digital River customer in emergency need of a new payment and subscription provider ASAP? Click here our team of specialists is standing by, and requests are prioritized and routed by geo to ensure you have a fast, smooth experience. Many Digital River customers are reporting that Digital River is having serious, material problems running their business.

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GTM 131: Being CMO Under Mark Benioff of Salesforce and the Innovator’s Dilemma

Sales Hacker

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Kraig Swensrud is the Founder & CEO of Qualified where he provides crucial experience and entrepreneurial energy to create the future of enterprise sales tech. Prior to founding Qualified, Kraig founded GetFeedback which was successfully sold to SurveyMonkey.

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Darwin's Finches in AI

Tom Tunguz

Darwin’s finches sprinted to evolve when food sources changed. For decades, nothingthen sudden transformation. AI follows the same pattern & it’s accelerating. Every morning, I wake up wondering what breakthrough will propel the ecosystem forward. Last week, it was DeepSeek v2. This morning, a Hugging Face researcher announced that he could induce reasoning on the major advance of the last three months in one of the smallest models, a 3B parameter model.

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Best Mixpanel Alternatives for SaaS Companies Looking to Migrate

User Pilot

Mixpanel is a popular choice for product analytics , known for its robust features and powerful insights. But it can also be incredibly complex to use and its high costs can be limiting, especially for growing teams. These challenges often push teams to explore alternative tools that are easier to use, more affordable, or just better suited to their needs.

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Software M&A Trends for 2025: Insights from GLC Advisors

The SaaS CFO

The high-flying times of 2021 are over, but it doesnt mean you cant be successful in software M&A. If you have a SaaS business performing well financially, you can still get funded and/or exit for nice ARR multiples. I recently sat down with Jim Williams, Managing Director at GLC Advisors, to discuss the current state […] The post Software M&A Trends for 2025: Insights from GLC Advisors appeared first on The SaaS CFO.

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Harness the Full Power of Integrated Payments to Drive Revenue

Your payments integration is more powerful than you think. In today’s complex business landscape, treating payments as just a software feature is a missed opportunity for significant growth and customer acquisition. With the right partner, payments can become a strategy that leads to competitive advantages. Designed for software leaders, this playbook outlines how to harness the full power of a payments strategy to drive substantial revenue and enhance the overall customer experience.

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GTM 131: Being CMO Under Marc Benioff of Salesforce, the Innovator’s Dilemma and AI SDRs

Sales Hacker

Kraig Swensrud is the Founder & CEO of Qualified where he provides crucial experience and entrepreneurial energy to create the future of enterprise sales tech. Prior to founding Qualified, Kraig founded GetFeedback which was successfully sold to SurveyMonkey. Kraig also led marketing as the CMO of Salesforce during very formative years of the company’s history.

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UTM Parameters Explained: From Basics to Best Practices

CloudKettle

In modern marketing, there are multiple ways to measure attribution and track marketing campaign performance. While you can invest in expensive platforms and align your processes with complex methodologies, there’s a simple approach to measure ROI across all channelswhether it’s paid media or content syndication. This approach is called UTM tagging.

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A 10 Point Checklist For When You Sell Your Company. Bookmark It.

SaaStr

So we’ve written a lot over the years in terms of learnings on what to do when your company is acquired, from a deep dive with Ben Chestnut on what he learned from selling Mailchimp for $12 Billion in cash to Intuit, to the secrets of M&A from one of the ex-heads of M&A at Google, to the honest truth of what it’s like to sell for a bit more than $100m … when growth slows.

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What is Click to Pay and How Does It Work?

Stax

Completing online payments via manual card entry can be time-consuming and off-putting for customers. Research shows that 55% of customers will abandon their cart if they have to re-enter checkout information like credit card details, negatively affecting your business conversion rate. Click to Pay completely removes the need to enter credit card information during online purchases, making it more convenient and faster than manual card entry.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Spyware or Useful Tool? The Ethical Dilemma of Session Replay Software

User Pilot

As a company that recently launched its session replay feature , we know that the ethical dilemma surrounding session replay isnt simple. Just imagine youre quietly doing your CRM job and suddenly realizing that someone else is watching your every mouse movement, click, and keystroke. No wonder session recording gives people the creeps! So wheres the line between spying on every user visit and simply collecting data?