Tom Tunguz
AUGUST 20, 2023
The post-Covid surge in venture capital pushed valuations & activity to record breaking heights. Since then, investing activity dropped precipitously. When a collapse follows a surge, mean reversion suggests behavior should revert to a reasonable baseline. By building a linear model we can hazard a guess of when that might be. The blue line shows actual Seed, A, & B activity by quarter.
SaaStr
AUGUST 31, 2023
Huge congrats to @iDedupe + @elasticull and team @logikcull !! Proud to have been the first venture investor!! [link] — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) August 29, 2023 I was lucky enough to be the first venture investor in a next-gneration ediscovery startup, Logikcull, way back in 2015. A flash-back to them at $1m ARR or so here: Andy Wilson CEO has been part of SaaStr events and contents since then, and a great session below on how they scale, and a great post here on how they migr
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Clouded Judgement
AUGUST 18, 2023
Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Q2 Earnings Check In We’re now about halfway through Q2 earnings season (companies with June quarter ends have reported, and we’ll get companies with July quarter ends reporting next week). I wanted to do a quick review of results so far to see what the data is showing us.
Andreessen Horowitz
AUGUST 30, 2023
We believe artificial intelligence has the power to save the world —and that a thriving open source ecosystem is essential to building this future. Thankfully, the open source ecosystem is starting to develop, and we are now seeing open source … The post Supporting the Open Source AI Community appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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Kellblog
AUGUST 30, 2023
I’m excited to say that I’ll be speaking at SaaStr Annual 2023 as part of amazing speaker line up. The event runs from September 6th to 8th and will be held at the San Mateo County Event Center. While SaaStr works hard to keep things fresh by limiting repeat speakers, I’m proud to say that I was invited back this year as a fan favorite.
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User Pilot
AUGUST 30, 2023
It’s 2023, and customers have options. This makes it more important than ever to create products people actually want to use. But how do you do that? What strategies can you implement to drive acquisition and retention faster? How do you ensure your team doesn’t lose momentum along the way? The expert speakers at Product Drive 2023 will answer these and many more questions.
Nimble - Sales
AUGUST 30, 2023
Navigating the constantly evolving landscape of the consulting industry presents its challenges, often requiring professionals to stay attuned to the latest insights and strategies. Along this journey, consultants inevitably encounter obstacles that prompt them to explore innovative solutions, including the incorporation of modern technologies like specialized apps.
Entrepreneur - SaaS
AUGUST 31, 2023
Desde iniciar un negocio en línea hasta publicar un e-book, estas son ideas inteligentes con las que puedes empezar a generar ingresos pasivos.
Zuora
AUGUST 14, 2023
Interning at Zuora requires more than just busy work or isolated project groups—that sounds like course work in the workplace, […] The post Intern returns to Zuora for second year of learning appeared first on Zuora.
Speaker: Pete Uselman, Director of Partner Experience at Wind River Payments
Most integrated payments providers share a percent of the payment revenue with their software partners. But, oftentimes, that revenue share is only a fraction of the true income potential software providers can realize. If you want to maximize income opportunities from your payments program, check out Wind River Payments’ webinar-on-demand.
TechEmpower SaaS
AUGUST 21, 2023
Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear.
SaaStr
AUGUST 31, 2023
Dear SaaStr: How does a First Time Founder Identify 10x Hires? How do you hire a great CTO, a great VP of Product, a great VP of Sales … if you’ve never worked with one? It’s hard. There’s a reason almost every founder you talk to had a mis-hire for their first head of sales. Because they didn’t really know who a 10x hire would be, at that stage, back then.
The Daily Egg
AUGUST 29, 2023
Drip is more than just the sound of a leaky sink or a slang term for your freshest outfit—it’s also an email. The post Drip Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Tom Tunguz
AUGUST 22, 2023
If we needed another exclamation point on the tremendous growth opportunity, NVidia’s earnings punctuated the euphoria with gusto. Revenue grew 88% in a quarter, nearly doubling. The company had projected $11b & exceeded projections by $2.5b or 26%. The Data Center business, which sells to clouds & consumer companies drove nearly all of the growth, surging 141% quarter-over-quarter to $10.3b & nearly 3x annually.
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
Clouded Judgement
AUGUST 25, 2023
Klaviyo filed their initial S1 statement today. This is the first S-1 we’ve seen in almost 2 years from a software company! A S-1 is a document companies file with the SEC in preparation for listing their shares on an exchange like the NYSE or NASDAQ. The document contains a plethora of information on the company including a general overview, up to date financials, risk factors to the business, cap table highlights and much more.
FastSpring
AUGUST 2, 2023
When TestDome was created, CEO and co-founder Mario Zivic knew the pre-employment testing software company wouldn’t be able to rely on domestic sales to succeed. “As a startup with only two or three people, it would be absolutely impossible to go international without this kind of platform.” Since choosing FastSpring as their merchant of record provider, TestDome has seen a lot — including steady growth around 30-40% per year pre-pandemic, hiring market fluctuations in the last few years, and in
TechEmpower SaaS
AUGUST 7, 2023
What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? What does the role demand? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? Increasing competitive advantage? The answer is: it depends. The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. Here’s a graphic from Socal CTO that illustrates the roles as they change over time: In its earliest days, a startup’s top need is often to produce a product.
SaaStr
AUGUST 22, 2023
Dear SaaStr: As a CEO, Who is The Most Talented Founder You Have Ever Met? A few of the most talented I’ve ever met. Ok, let me qualify this by saying earlier in my career. As part of SaaStr, I meet so many incredible founders from HubSpot to Monday to Slack and more that I can’t count those, for the most part. So I’m excluded the CEOs and founders, for the most part, that I’ve met though SaaStr itself as there are too many great ones.
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The Daily Egg
AUGUST 21, 2023
Influencer marketing has become a powerhouse. People trust people. When we see someone just like us (or someone we aspire to be). The post Taggbox Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Tom Tunguz
AUGUST 2, 2023
If a startup raised a top quartile Seed round, Series A, B, & C, they typically would have grown headcount by about 6% in the last twelve months. The headcount growth rate for all other companies? About double at 12%. Here’s the catch : the difference isn’t statistically significant. In fact, comparing the headcount growth rates across top quartile fundraisers to bottom 3 quartile fundraisers, the result is the same.
Clouded Judgement
AUGUST 2, 2023
A little over 3 years ago I wrote a post about the IPO process , outlining what happens at each step along the way. The post was a qualitative review of the IPO process, as well as a quantitative review benchmarking the key pieces of an IPO. The benchmarking was not a review of business metrics (I did some of that benchmarking in this post ), but rather IPO metrics.
Sparktoro
AUGUST 30, 2023
Generative AI, and ChatGPT in particular have been catnip to the tech press, the mainstream media, and the conversations of professionals in nearly every field. How is it going to disrupt your work?! Will AI replace you? Are Hollywood writers, real estate agents, dog walkers, and anesthesiologists even useful anymore?
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Entrepreneur - SaaS
AUGUST 29, 2023
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SaaStr
AUGUST 28, 2023
Nathan Latka of Founderpath is hosting a new bootstrapper workshop track at SaaStr Annual 2023 in our Executive Briefing Center. Anyone with a full pass can sign up through the Braindate app (the sessions are tagged as workshops / Super Braindates). Nathan is also giving out some tickets to his base as well. Next Week: 13 Bootstrappers On Stage, 9 Revenue Graphs, 18 SaaS Templates, 2 Book Signings ” We’re putting our money where our mouth is.
The Daily Egg
AUGUST 14, 2023
It’s hard enough to get potential customers to try out your SaaS product. And, even then, once users are engaged with your. The post Userpilot Review appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Tom Tunguz
AUGUST 29, 2023
Large-language models have transformed how millions interact with products : from customer support to code generation to legal document analysis. These new engagement models invite users through a meaningfully different product journey. Every application now speaks English. Understanding user behavior is essential to building great products. How should a product manager gauge the customer experience?
Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O'Neill Stoll
Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng
Andreessen Horowitz
AUGUST 30, 2023
“Teldar Paper, Mr. Cromwell, Teldar Paper has 33 different vice presidents, each earning over 200 thousand dollars a year. Now, I have spent the last two months analyzing what all these guys do, and I still can’t figure it out. … The post BarbAIrians at the Gate: The Financial Opportunity of AI appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
Buffer Resources
AUGUST 31, 2023
When Aprilynne Alter started her YouTube channel in 2021, she didn’t expect it to grow the way it did. Her content about learning how NFTs work and documenting her progress in creating them attracted an audience of more than 22,000 subscribers. In the process, she learned how to grow on YouTube and gained an appreciation for the medium. But NFTs and the broader web3 space weren’t Aprilynne’s topic of choice.
Predictable Revenue
AUGUST 29, 2023
Debra Senra joined the Predictable Revenue podcast to discuss changes in sales leadership over the last 18 months and her insights. The post Beyond the Deal: The Importance of Post-Sale with Debra Senra appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
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