FastSpring

AUGUST 8, 2024

Is your product marketing team struggling to coordinate marketing resources to support an endless stream of product launches, with vague release dates and a chorus of product managers demanding tons of marketing attention for each release? What if there were a better way? In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview Braden Steel , Sr. Product Marketing Manager at FastSpring , to discuss his thoughts on what is wrong with traditional product marketing and how FastSpring is using quarterly themat

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SaaStr

AUGUST 31, 2024

So is it a downturn in SaaS or Cloud — or not? There are so many mixed signals: Unicorn product is up 2x over last year, but layoffs continue AI spend is fast and furious, with Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, etc. seeing record acceleration in growth. The U.S. economy overall still has record low unemployment and strong growth Gartner is seeing overall Cloud spend up 20% this year But : Overall, SaaS leaders are seeing their lowest growth ever.

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 30, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Incrementalism vs Transformative Leaps Over the last 5-10 years, software markets have become increasingly crowded. Simultaneously, venture markets have expanded dramatically, contributing to this overcrowding. In a world without venture capital (or other sources of external financing for startups), each company would have to grow solely based on the merits of th

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 25, 2024

Over the weekend, Andrej Karpathy shared this tweet & it inspired me to conduct the 2024 GTM Survey Analysis this way. I use a language called R to analyze data because of its ability to generate pretty charts & the depth of its statistical analysis tools. Within 90 minutes I had found 9 key data points in the data that were statistically significant & runs more than 50 analyses.

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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.

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FastSpring

AUGUST 6, 2024

We spoke with FastSpring’s Senior Director of Tax Rachel Harding about why having FastSpring serve as your merchant of record greatly simplifies your relationship to managing indirect global taxes. She recently assisted a European software company that was contacted by African taxing authorities inquiring about an unpaid tax liability. It became complicated quickly, but by partnering with FastSpring as a merchant of record , we were able to simplify it back down for them.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 17, 2024

Dear SaaStr: Does It Make Sense to Have Post-Sales Functions Report into Sales? In theory — maybe. In theory, why not let sales “keep” the customer longer? They already know the customer, after all. But in practice — this doesn’t work that well. Even if having a CRO own post-sales and CS is becoming much more common these days. A “true” VP of Sales often wants nothing more to do with a customer after a deal closes.

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 16, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now The Great Services-To-Software Rotation There's a lot of debate right now about the economic impact of GenAI. Some critics argue that it's deflationary—that by making it possible to do more with less, GenAI will shrink markets, particularly in software.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 15, 2024

We’ve been tracking the performance of publicly traded AI companies since the beginning of the year. Publicly traded companies with AI products or strategies trade at about twice the forward multiple of non-AI peers. 1 Within the private markets, the same is true within the Series A. GenAI startup companies raise at about 1.5-2x the post-money valuations of all software companies. 2 These businesses represent about 30% of Series As in 2024.

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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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Sparktoro

AUGUST 27, 2024

I’m tired of seeing blog posts, videos, webinars, articles, guides, resources, social posts whose entire raison d’etre is an attempt to rank for keywords in Google. It limits our creativity AND the likelihood that meaningful marketing improvements will happen. Content marketing is bigger than SEO. I’m tired of 99% of my LinkedIn feed pretending it’s not.

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The Moz Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

In this Next Level post, Meghan will show you how to discover new backlink opportunities by analyzing and comparing your backlink profile with your competitors. Learn how to use the Link Intersect tool to maximize the efficiency of your link prospecting workflow.

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FastSpring

AUGUST 13, 2024

Apple has revised its App Store rules to be better compliant with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), but the fees associated with Apple’s revisions are still considerably high according to an article from The Verge. After Apple was charged in June by EU antitrust regulators for not complying with the DMA , Apple released updates to their StoreLink External Purchase Link Entitlement on August 8, 2024.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 14, 2024

By the time we get to SaaStr Annual 2024, Sep 10-12 in SF Bay , we’ll be overloaded with side events, official, semi-official and unofficial parties, and so much more! We’ll update this list at least weekly but here are some of the events already lined up you can sign up for! Tuesday, September 10 Taco Tuesday on-site!! 4-7pm at SaaStr Annua l. We’ve have the best gourmet tacos, margaritas and more right at the venue, Come on Tuesday, join some braindates and mentoring sessions, and then grab

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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

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 9, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Zombies Software companies don't die easily. And neither do Zombies. Today, companies large and small are asking questions like “how should I balance growth vs profitability” or “what metrics will it take to raise my next round.” These are all important questions, but not THE question.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 28, 2024

With the rise of AI, web3 has become a quieter part of the venture ecosystem. I was curious about the current state of affairs. The launch of the Bitcoin ETF has amassed roughly $58b. Meanwhile, the Ethereum ETFs has about $500m, two orders of magnitude smaller. The some major Web3 tokens have done pretty well in 2024 ; others have underperformed the Nasdaq (+19% YTD).

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Totango

AUGUST 13, 2024

“If you invest in the post-sale, and you have somebody that can focus just on the digital journey, you’re going to keep more customers, and you’re going to expand them, because they’re going to have a better experience.” – Katie Yagodnik, Director, Customer Success Operations and Digital Programs, Totango + Catalyst Customer success operations (CS Ops) can be the “wizard” behind the scenes of your customer-centric strategy.

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The Moz Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

If you’ve ever labored for hours classifying keywords by topic and search intent, only to end up with a ton of data you don’t really know what to do with, then this post is for you.

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FastSpring

AUGUST 30, 2024

FastSpring is thrilled to announce our participation in the Tokyo Game Show 2024 (TGS2024), one of the world’s premier gaming events. Join us at Booth: 03-C11 at Makuhari Messe (Chiba, Japan). The theme for TGS2024 is “Trailblaze the World with Gaming” and will take place in a hybrid format, which will include both physical and virtual venues along with official streaming.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 16, 2024

So we’re pretty lucky this year, we’ve got some of the top leaders in B2B ecommerce at SaaStr Annual, Sep 10-12 in SF Bay! #1. Andrew Bialecki, CEO Klaviyo This will be an epic deep dive on just how you get an SMB+ app to almost $1B in ARR — all while having incredibly happy customers. This will be a special one. Klaviyo was the first SaaS company to IPO since 2021!!

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 23, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Don’t Wait Two weeks ago I wrote about the growing number of private zombies. A common question I got after that post was “what should I do if I’m in that position?” A couple thoughts below. Most importantly - don’t wait.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 14, 2024

Kevin Scott, CTO of Microsoft, framed the opportunity in AI this way : work on problems that used to be impossible, but are now really hard. My immediate reaction : what technical problems are now possible but still hard? What can computers achieve by themselves that two or three years ago would be intractable? But, this point isn’t purely about technical innovation.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Kellblog

AUGUST 1, 2024

Back in 2018, Rory O’Driscoll, a VC at Scale and the inventor of the SaaS magic number , came up with another important SaaS concept: the Mendoza line for SaaS growth. Taking an idea from baseball, the Mendoza line is a measure of “offensive futility” named after Mario Mendoza, one of the best defensive shortstops in baseball, who unfortunately was challenged as a hitter, constantly struggling to maintain a.200 batting average.

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The Moz Blog

AUGUST 14, 2024

Client meetings are one of the keys to success for any SEO consultant or marketer. In this edition of Moz’s educational Next Level series, Meghan shows you how to use Moz Pro to prepare for and run a successful meeting with your clients.

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FastSpring

AUGUST 12, 2024

Throughout the year, sales and subscription management teams juggle hundreds or thousands of subscription upgrades, add-ons, and renewals across customer accounts. However, existing solutions for generating pricing estimates for subscription changes, securing internal approvals, and providing customers with formal documentation are overwhelmingly manual, cumbersome, and error-prone.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2024

Dear SaaStr: How Can I Avoid Being Screwed By My Co-founder? First, of course, the fact you’re asking the question means you are already in trouble. If you are worried about your co-founder this much already, trouble will come. The best way to mitigate founder economic issues is a longer vesting schedule. This may seem counter-intuitive at first. Isn’t a long (e.g., 5–10 year) vesting schedule “taking away” something you’ve earned?

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Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 2, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Uncertainty Everywhere The 10Y has been falling recently, and dipped below 4% for the first time since early Feb. Back then the median software NTM rev multiple was ~6x. Today it’s ~5x. Interestingly, as rates have fallen (10Y went from 4.5% at start of July to 4.0% at end of July) multiples have stayed flat.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 11, 2024

If the Modern Data Stack is dead, what replaces it? The Postmodern Data Stack. Post-modernism is a broad movement that developed in the mid- to late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism which marked a departure from a belief in grand narratives & an acceptance of pluralism. This idea is taking hold in data. Two juggernauts, Snowflake & Databricks, are challenging the dominance of Google, Microsoft, & Amazon at the biggest scales of data.

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Buffer Resources

AUGUST 26, 2024

Remember when social media content was limited to Facebook statuses and, er, “pokes?” Even a few years later, cutting-edge content was limited to a blurry photo with an oversaturated filter on Instagram. It seems bizarre now, given how much you can do with social media today. With the ever-growing list of platforms releasing new features daily, it's an exciting time to build a following online — but it's not an easy one.

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