ChurnZero
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
This is a guest article by Stephanie Neale , CEO, Blind Zebra , a sales and client success training company for B2B pros. The holiday season is filled with indulgent food, joyful family time, and cheerful decorations. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Except when it comes to customer engagement. There are five weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 12, 2022
It's not just FTX. Every VC I catch up with has a quiet story of fraud in their portfolio. Numbers that were sort of made up usually. Most won't ever be discussed or end up public. — Jason Be Kind Lemkin (@jasonlk) November 10, 2022. I’ve had the privilege to invest one way or another in about 35 SaaS companies, both as a VC and as angel. 6 have become decacorns and unicorns, and 3 have sold for $1B+ cash.
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Kellblog
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
I’ve been CEO of two startups and on the board of about ten. That means I’ve presented a lot of operating plans to boards. It also means I’ve had a lot of operating plans presented to me. Frankly, most of the time, I don’t love how they’re presented. Common problems include: Lack of strategic context : management shows up with a budget more than a plan, and without explaining the strategic thinking (one wonders, if any) behind it.
The Daily Egg
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Selling products from an ecommerce store is much more in-depth than simply setting up a website and adding products to your catalog. The post What is Ecommerce Warehousing All About? The Complete Guide appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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yoursales
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
B2B SaaS Sales in English: Where Can You Sell in 2023. It’s planning time. In fact it always is, isn’t it? To the growth-focused company there’s always new efforts going on to expand. Where Can You do B2B SaaS Sales in English seems like a frequent question. Sure, it’s not always phrased precisely like that. Typically, it’s really a resources question: Can we do with the people and language capabilities we have on board right now?
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Sage Intacct
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
For many people, finance could be mistakenly viewed as playing a passive, historical role in the company. A common misconception thinks it is about number-crunching and accurately reporting past transactions and financial events.
Sparktoro
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
In July and August of this year, SparkToro solicited (via Twitter, our email newsletter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram) voluntary sharing of Google Analytics data from the web marketing community. Over 1,000 participants shared their websites’ traffic (through GA’s oAuth function) with us.
Tom Tunguz
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
My laptop is faster than your cloud. For the last ten years, the data ecosystem has focused on big data - the bigger the data set, the more exciting. But most workloads aren’t massive. Instead of requiring a scale-out database in the sky, most analyses are faster with an optimized database on your computer that can leverage the cloud when needed.
The Daily Egg
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
After you’ve successfully set up an online store and started generating some sales, you’re still bound to have some shoppers leave your. The post 7 Examples of Abandoned Cart Email Templates appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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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.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Bessemer Venture Partners had added a nice newsletter, Parting the Clouds , that’s very metrics dense. A few stuck out this week as helpful ways to summarize just what’s happening with SaaS public companies. Two big take-aways from this week: 53% of the BVP Cloud Index is trading under 6x ARR , representing 40 companies. The top tier of public Cloud companies is trading at 12x ARR, but they are growing 50%+ at $500m+ in ARR, with importantly, 15%+ Free Cash Flow margins.
Predictable Revenue
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
There’s no better feeling than positive feedback for your business. When a customer leaves a great review or emails to tell you how much they love the product, it’s a great morale boost for the entire team–but does that happiness actually translate into more sales? The post How to Turn Happy Customers Into Advocates appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
Intercom, Inc.
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Few books have chronicled how innovation takes place – and how market leaders fail to seize it – as well as Clayton Christensen ’s seminal book The Innovator’s Dilemma. First published in 1997, the bestseller has influenced several generations of entrepreneurs, startup founders, and tech enthusiasts. It’s kind of a modern-day cautionary tale. As companies become more established, they naturally start allocating their resources based on the needs of their most profitable customers, on building re
Andreessen Horowitz
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
To understand how radically gaming is about to be transformed by Generative AI, look no further than this recent Twitter post by @emmanuel_2m. In this post he explores using Stable Diffusion + Dreambooth, popular 2D Generative AI models, to … The post The Generative AI Revolution in Games appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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
Tom Tunguz
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Let’s compare the organizational design of two hypothetical startups. Each has 4 layers in the company: CEO, VP/Director, Manager & Individual Contributor (IC). This first company has 112 employees across those four levels. 27 in management & 85 doers. Each manager has four reports. This is called the span of control. Layer 1 is the CEO, 2 are the VPs, etc.
The Daily Egg
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
If you operate a website, you know the importance of SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Fully understanding how to use SEO to drive. The post 8 Easy Steps to Learn SEO appeared first on The Daily Egg.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
My summary of Venture Markets in Nov 2022: Series B and later even worse than looks in data: 85%+ of investing here has simply ceased. Seed and Early Series A: Deals take longer but off about 40%. Some have slowed down but most vets don't care too much about today's macros. — Jason Be Kind Lemkin (@jasonlk) November 2, 2022. So we’ve talked about it often here at SaaStr, but things are just so … odd right now in SaaS.
Predictable Revenue
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
Josh Garrison joins the Predictable Revenue podcast to discuss the hard skills needed to succeed at SDR Management and how to thrive in a sales management role. The post How to Add Personality to Your Prospecting to Attract Ideal Customers appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
Intercom, Inc.
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Scaling a support team is challenging enough as it is. You’re investing resources in hiring and training the right people, tracking different metrics at different stages, adding more and more complexity with each increase in headcount, use cases, and customers. As a result, there usually comes an inflection point in the growth journey where the internal orchestration of tasks starts to feel a little out of sorts.
Andreessen Horowitz
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
We think the biggest company in the world will be a consumer health tech company. This may sound crazy to some, but why shouldn’t this be true? Four of the top five biggest companies in the world are consumer companies, … The post The biggest company in the world appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
Tom Tunguz
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
I set out to determine if fundraising seasonality had changed from this post I published in 2014 which suggested Q2 & Q4 were best for founders. The answer is yes. The US software Series A market has become much less seasonal since that post in 2014. I’ve plotted the data above & smoothed it to clarify the patterns. In 2013, the surge in June/July & December stand out.
The Daily Egg
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
What do you think when you visit your favorite online store to do some shopping? Are you aware of how easy it. The post What Is Ecommerce UX Design All About? The Complete Guide appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Duolingo has dominated online language learning, rocketing to $360m in ARR and a $3.25 Billion market cap after launching back in 2012. And in today’s market, that’s strong performance. While the average Cloud stock has fallen almost 50% in 2022, Duolingo’s has stayed up, and is down just 10% in the past 6 months. So it’s doing what Wall Street wants today.
Predictable Revenue
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Josh Garrison joins the Predictable Revenue podcast to discuss the hard skills needed to succeed at SDR Management and how to thrive in a sales management role. The post Hard Skills Needed to Succeed at SDR Management appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
Intercom, Inc.
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
At this year’s Web Summit conference in Lisbon, I gave a talk on how businesses should think about weathering these tough economic conditions, and indeed how they can actually find growth during them. You can check out the slides here, or read on for an illustrated transcript of my talk. Hi, I’m Des from Intercom. I hope you enjoy Web Summit and when it’s over I hope you return to offices, bedrooms or boardrooms with some good takeaways, new contacts, and also a little bit refreshed and re
Andreessen Horowitz
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
In a downturn, sales teams that are accustomed to hitting quotas from inbound sources may suddenly find significant gaps in coverage as budgets tighten, projects are cut or postponed, and sales cycles lengthen. Indeed, elongated sales cycles have emerged as … The post Pipeline Cures All appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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.
Tom Tunguz
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
On November 29th at 9am Pacific Time, Office Hours will host Fredrik Haga , founder & CEO of Dune. Dune is the authoritative source of web3 data. For information on Decentralized Exchange activity , lending volumes , or even the current FTX account balances. I used Dune to make the State of Web3 Presentation. During this Office Hours, Fredrik & I will talk about. the importance of data in a decentralized world. the impact of the three major collapses this year : FTX, Luna, & ThreeArr
The Daily Egg
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
At the risk of stating the obvious, ecommerce is competitive. Online shopping has been popular for decades, but it has exploded over. The post What Is Ecommerce Branding All About? The Complete Guide appeared first on The Daily Egg.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
“So we're seeing some slowdown in certain sectors and, frankly, acceleration in others, things like low-code, no-code environments, productivity, cybersecurity to protect the enterprise …. So am I seeing a broad slowdown across our platform? No. Are we seeing some pockets? Yes.”. — Jason Be Kind Lemkin ? (@jasonlk) November 8, 2022. So those of us who know Vista Equity Partners (and many of you may not) think of it as one of the largest Private Equity firms buying SaaS companies.
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