June, 2024

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A Guide to Effective Forecasting with Jeremy Painkin

Predictable Revenue

In this episode Collin Stewart hosts Jeremy Painkin, SVP at Community Brands, to discuss the essentials of effective forecasting. The post A Guide to Effective Forecasting with Jeremy Painkin appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Maybe Only 10%-15% of VC Backed Startups Can Raise Another Round Right Now

SaaStr

So we took a look at some of the data from Emergence Capital’s survey of 600+ venture-backed software startups the other day , and they updated it with a bit more data on the Top Decline of Venture-Backed Startups Here: The summary data of the Top Decline leads to a rough conclusion: only the top 10% or so of venture-backed start-ups can likely raise another VC round.

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The Series A Crunch or the Seedpocalypse of 2024

Tom Tunguz

2012 was the year of the Seedpocalypse. Also called the Series A Crunch, a fear gripped Startupland : raising a Series A. Two years later, this indigestible excessive bolus of fundraising rounds hit the Series B market & Series Bs became the most challenging round to raise. Whenever there are “too many” of fundraises of one type, the next round becomes the hardest to raise.

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A Look Back at Q1 '24 Public Cloud Software Earnings

Clouded Judgement

Q1 earnings season for cloud businesses is now behind us. The 62 companies that I’ll discuss here (which is not an exhaustive list, but is still comprehensive) all reported quarterly earnings sometime between April 24th – June 10th. In this post, I’ll take a data-driven approach in evaluating the overall group’s performance, and highlight individual standouts along the way.

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Going Beyond Chatbots: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems, & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

If AI agents are going to deliver ROI, they need to move beyond chat and actually do things. But, turning a model into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. In this new webinar, Alex Salazar and Nate Barbettini will break down the emerging AI architecture that makes action possible, and how it differs from traditional integration approaches.

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How To Balance Deep Copywriting Research With a Deadline

The Daily Egg

All the words you see on product packaging, the marketing emails you receive, the websites you browse, and even the advertisements delivered. The post How To Balance Deep Copywriting Research With a Deadline appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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Inside the mind of a merchant: Embedded Payments and software | Episode 38

Payrix

What do merchants want from their software providers? This is a question that keeps many software companies up at night, and Leah Asdell, Head of Partner Marketing and Content Strategy at Worldpay for Platforms. Leah has over a decade of experience in the payments industry and has witnessed firsthand the evolution of Integrated and Embedded Payments.

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One Way to Succeed in Sales: Be Super Responsive

SaaStr

So there are few things more frustrating than when hit “Contact Me” — which after all, is a high-intent signal — and no one gets back to you that day. Or the next. Or just as bad, a few days later, a BDR or SDR gets back to you — but not to help, but to qualify you. So frustrating. Later, when you have RevOps and SalesOps and a proven VP of Sales, they’ll own this.

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Is the Software Market in Trouble?

Tom Tunguz

Last week, public software markets suffered significant compression. MongoDB fell 24%; UIPath fell 36% ; Salesforce fell 15% ; Workday was down 11%. Weaker revenue projections tend to cause sell-offs. These large drops aren’t unprecedented. In 2016, valuations fell 57%. Is it different this time? Growth rates have changed meaningfully. The 25th, 50th, & 75th percentiles for public growth rates have halved in the last 18-24 months.

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Clouded Judgement 6.7.24 - Bifurcating Budgets

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 Budgets are Bifurcating Last week I showed some data that highlighted the struggles of software companies. Companies are missing guidance at a historically bad rate, and there wasn’t a clear / obvious answer why.

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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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20 SEOs Share Their Key Takeaways From the Google API Leaks

The Moz Blog

Discover expert insights from the recent Google API documentation leak with actionable strategies to help you become a better SEO strategist.

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News: Japan Enacts Regulatory Law Targeting Apple and Google Smartphone Marketplace Dominance

FastSpring

Japan has become the latest country to enact regulatory laws targeting companies such as Apple Inc. and Google LLC from limiting third-party companies that want to distribute and monetize their own apps on Google and Apple devices. Per Kyodo News , “The law will prohibit the providers of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android smartphone operating systems, app stores and payment platforms from preventing the sale of apps and services that directly compete with the native platforms’ own.

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12 Content Curation Tools for Every Creator and Marketer

Buffer Resources

What’s a struggle that marketers and creators have in common? Finding new and engaging social media content to post. And let's face it, creating every piece of content from scratch isn’t always doable, especially when you’re short on time and budget. Even if you had an all-seeing eye, easy access to a ton of great content exactly when you need it just isn’t the reality for most people.

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Gartner: SaaS Spend is Actually Accelerating, Will Hit ~$300 Billion in 2025

SaaStr

So it’s hard to get a sense of just what is happening in SaaS. “B2B2B” remains in a big funk, with Salesforce projecting a decline to single-digit growth for the first time ever next year. And in the aggregate, public SaaS companies are growing the slower they have in history. And yet … both AI and the consumer economy remain strong: Databricks is growing 60% at $2.4B — and that’s up from 50% the year before!

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5 Ways to Improve Revenue from Integrated Payments

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.

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How Much Revenue Must a Company Generate to IPO?

Tom Tunguz

What does it take to go public? Has it changed over the last 15 years? We gathered data on the US venture-backed software companies that went public between 2010 & today. We corrected the trailing 12 months’ revenue at the time of IPO for inflation & plotted the data. Before 2018, only one company IPOed with more than $200m in revenue.

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Clouded Judgement 6.28.24 - Can Subscale Software Companies Go Public?

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 Can Subscale Software Companies Go Public? This debate has been going on for a couple months now - “can software companies with <$500m of revenue go public.” Or said another way, has the bar gone up to go public.

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4 Surprising SEO Test Results — Whiteboard Friday

The Moz Blog

A/B testing can help you get a leg up on the competition and help you in avoiding mistakes. Watch this week’s Whiteboard Friday with Jandira to review four surprising SEO test results.

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Transact Faster with 70% of Mobile Users with: Google Pay Support from FastSpring

FastSpring

We’re thrilled to announce that FastSpring now supports Google Pay, providing you with a seamless, secure, and convenient payment solution on your website or web shop for in-app purchases or for users within the 70% of global mobile users in the Android ecosystem. With Google Pay, you can offer your customers a faster checkout experience and ensure that their payment information is protected all while opening up new revenue channels to maximize your revenue potential.

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SaaS Essentials: Failed Payment Solution Guide

For SaaS businesses, improving retention is one of the easiest and most effective ways to drive revenue and profits. With a clear link between failed payments and customer churn, having a robust failed payment recovery solution isn’t optional—it’s essential. Achieving your retention goals starts with the right solution.

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GTM vs. Revenue Leadership with Chris Riklin

Predictable Revenue

In this episode of the Predictable Revenue Podcast, Collin Stewart interviews Chris Riklin, co-founder and Head of Revenue at Topline. The post GTM vs. Revenue Leadership with Chris Riklin appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Going Upmarket and “More Enterprise” is Great. But Don’t Let It Be an Excuse to Hide From Slowing Customer Growth.

SaaStr

So this may seem like a pretty specific post, but it’s a big and real issue I see so, so often these today in SaaS companies at scale, from $20m-$200m+ ARR: They’re reacting to tougher times by going “more enterprise” That can make a lot of sense. But they’re using bigger deals to hide the fact they aren’t growing new customers enough.

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Databricks' Accelerating Growth

Tom Tunguz

Databricks revealed some sensational growth this week, as they did last year. Exiting this quarter to $2.4 billion annual run rate, the company’s revenue growth is accelerated year-over-year by 10 percentage points. Quarter Q2 2023 Q2 2024 Quarterly Revenue, $m 375 600 Revenue Growth 50% 60% Customers 10,000 Gross Margin 85% 80% Net Dollar Retention 140% Data Warehouse Revenue, $m 200 400 Average Annual Customer Value 37,500 Net dollar retention is a major driver of growth at 140%, which i

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Clouded Judgement 6.21.24 - What it Takes to Be Valued at >10x Rev

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 What It Takes For A Premium Multiple Private companies often *think* they’ll exit at a >10x revenue multiple because “that’s where Snowflake is trading and we’re also a data infra business.” Or they’re a security company and “that’s where Crowdstrike and Zscaler trade.” It’s never that simple, so I w

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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Local Brand Loyalty Takeaways From That Time Ace Hardware Was Trending

The Moz Blog

Study the Ace Hardware playbook and build an experience at the local business you’re running or marketing that customers love to remember, share, and even champion!

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FastSpring at Turing Fest 2024!

FastSpring

Ready to join the ultimate gathering for tech enthusiasts and innovators? If so, join FastSpring at Turing Fest 2024! Look for the signage to the FastSpring Meeting Space, where there’s plenty of room to sit down and chat in person! Join us at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 9 and 10 for an extraordinary event dedicated to all things technology and innovation.

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The Power of Founder-Led Sales in Early-Stage Growth

Predictable Revenue

In this episode of the Predictable Revenue Podcast, Collin Stewart interviews Chris Riklin, co-founder and Head of Revenue at Topline. The post The Power of Founder-Led Sales in Early-Stage Growth appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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How Much More Should Your Sales Team Do … Than Just Plain Selling?

SaaStr

So in the earlier days especially, you’ll be tempted to lean on the sales team to do more than just … sell. Especially, more after they get an e-signature. Especially because the first 1-2 successful reps you hire will often be a bit of a product expert, and be great at really understanding customer problems. So you’ll be tempted to have your sales team … do more than just sell: Have them do customer success, and manage the account Have them do some support, since the c

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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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2024 Theory GTM Survey

Tom Tunguz

It’s time for the 2024 Annual Theory Go-to-Market Survey. This is a brief 28-question survey. Our goal is to understand how startups have evolved their sales, marketing, customer success, and cash management over the last four years by comparing these results to those through the go-go years of 2020 and beyond. We will publish these results and answer questions about them at upcoming Office Hours.

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Usio + ues.io: App Development with Integrated Payments

USIO

ues.io Announces Partnership with Usio as Preferred Payment Integration Partner for USA Customers Chattanooga, Tennessee – 17 June 2024 – ues.io, the leading no-code/pro-code platform for building enterprise applications with AI, today announced a strategic partnership with Usio , a trusted leader in integrated payment solutions. Through this partnership, ues.io users in the United States will gain seamless access to Usio robust payment processing platform, enabling them to easily integrate s

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Moz AI: Introducing Augmented Intelligence

The Moz Blog

Today, we’re excited to announce Moz AI — a new set of AI-enabled tools and features you’re going to see across our products. We believe that AI-enabled tools can make you even more results-oriented, impactful, and essential. Learn more about how to use these tools in this blog post.

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