Predictable Revenue
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Experience and a lot of testing have shown us that it's possible to create emails that people actually resonate with to crush sales quotas. The post Email Templates That People Actually Respond To appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
Chargebee
DECEMBER 7, 2021
What is Account Reconciliation? Account reconciliation is an essential part of accounting, and it’s something that everyone in the financial team has to deal with – from the controller to the accountants.
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Andreessen Horowitz
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Network effects can be found powering almost every major technology company, from messaging apps and workplace collaboration tools, like Slack and Zoom, to marketplaces, like Airbnb and Instacart to even the internet itself. In this podcast, we look at the role of network effects creator-driven social platforms, with Alexis Ohanian, cofounder from Reddit, Paul Davison, Read More.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Has it felt like not just a unicorn-a-day in 2021, but a bit more? No, you weren’t crazy. We minted 46 Unicorns a Month in 2021. That’s 1.5 a day: Ok 2021 isn’t quite over, but the trends are pretty much set. Crunchbase had some interesting slices on the overall markets, as you can see above. You can see that 2021 was just an epic bump from 2020, and it was a step function.
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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.
Tom Tunguz
DECEMBER 6, 2021
At Redpoint, we’ve been spending more time in crypto. The foundational layers of the next wave of technology innovation are built constructed today. In some ways, they parallel their forebears in classical infrastructure. In others, these businesses are completely novel. We met the Mysten Labs team ( Adeniyi Abiodun , Evan Cheng , George Danezis , Sam Blackshear ) and learned about their history developing technology for Facebook’s crypto infrastructure.
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Intercom, Inc.
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Worried about supply chain issues messing with your holiday shopping plans? You’re not alone. Today, we’re unveiling the results of a new study that explores the impact that the global supply chain crisis is having on holiday shoppers and customer support teams. Our Holiday Shopping Experience Report, based on a survey of 1,000 U.S. consumers and 500 customer service workers, found that customer expectations are higher than ever – and these increased pressures have led more than half of st
SaaStr
DECEMBER 8, 2021
So if you haven’t noticed, public SaaS stocks have taken a big tumble recently as the market has gotten nervous about expensive SaaS and Cloud stocks. Cloud companies that saw slowing growth saw the biggest drop, but even leaders with top-tier growth and no deceleration in growth have still taken a hit. The root cause actually isn’t clear.
Neil Patel
DECEMBER 10, 2021
The early days of SEO were like the Wild, Wild West. Blackhat SEO experts were doing everything imaginable to rank their sites on Google. That included keyword stuffing and creating spammy backlinks on a regular basis. Admittedly, for a time, it totally worked. These days, Google’s SERP Algorithm has really cracked down on content quality – and those older SEO hacks have long crumbled to dust.
Andreessen Horowitz
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Innovation in the data center has been constrained by the traditional model of suppliers providing fixed-function chips that limit how much the biggest data center operators can differentiate. But programmable chips have emerged that allow these companies to not only increase performance, but innovate throughout the pipeline, from operating system to networking interface to user.
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.
Sparktoro
DECEMBER 7, 2021
When you find a tool that massively improves your work’s effectiveness and dramatically cuts down on poor decision-making, there are two natural responses: “This is amazing! It’s gonna save me so much heartache.”“WTF?! Why didn’t anyone tell me about this before?” That’s exactly how I felt when I stumbled across the behavioral design field’s Influence Map Framework.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Everyone once in a while a startup just plain executes from Day 1. It doesn’t happen often, and it’s never quite as linear as it looks. But Samara’s incredible growth makes it look that way. Co-founded by the founders of Meraki, acquired by Cisco for $1B+, the founders decided to do networking again, but this time for connecting fleets, vehicles and devices.
Intercom, Inc.
DECEMBER 9, 2021
?. Note: This episode contains notification sounds, ambience, and music. If you would prefer to listen to the episode with just interviews, you can hear an alternative version here. Notification sounds are all around us: Slack’s knock brush pulling you back to work, the WhatsApp ring sharing the latest in this year’s holiday dinner plans, the tumbling whimper of your AirPods when the battery’s running low or just about to die.
Neil Patel
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Sites with great content are the types of things you know when you see them. You don’t even know why you love them. You just do. Creating it can be a different story. It’s easy to get lost in the trappings of a great site and lose focus on what makes it great. No matter what your brand is about and what you’re trying to sell or convert, you can create a site with great content.
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
IT World
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Hiring of IT professionals is at record pace with 197,000 more IT jobs so far this year than at the same time last year, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). There has been growth in the IT job market each of the past eight months, according to IT employment consultancy Janco Associates. "Information-Technology leaders say they are boosting compensation packages and flexible work options to widen the pool of prospective job candidates, as demand surges for tech talent," M.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 5, 2021
#1 most important tactical thing to do for 2022: get those core, missing VPs hired. #1 more important strategic thing to do for 2022: expand your product footprint. No one’s true initial TAM is big enough. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) December 3, 2021. So I know many of your are furiously working on drafting, updating, and tweaking your plans for 2022.
Unbounce
DECEMBER 9, 2021
You can’t start a relationship on the right foot without saying, “Hello!” And as a business or marketer, it’s all about making good first impressions—or else it’ll be “Goodbye!” to you. So when someone new signs up for your mailing list, don’t leave ‘em hangin’—welcome them to the club! And what better way to say hello than to send out a warm, personalized email?
Neil Patel
DECEMBER 8, 2021
FAQ pages may not be the first page you think of when building content for your website. However, if you don’t have one or if the ones you do have aren’t working, now is the time to get them right. Whether you realize it or not, your customers have a lot of questions. If you watch and listen, you may notice the same ones come up frequently.
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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.
IT World
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Potentially more significant than the deeply unethical NSO Group hack or Apple’s new product plans for 2022, Nvidia’s attempt to acquire Arm seems unlikely to succeed, leaving the world’s most important silicon development company in limbo. Who will buy Arm? A very short list of contenders. First, a little background.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Product-led scaling isn’t about growth hacking, and it can be challenging no matter where you’re starting. How do you navigate the product-led maze and set your company up for success? Rachel Wolan, Dropbox GM, shares wisdom from her years of experience in product-led scaling at Talkdesk, LiveRamp, and Dropbox to help you better scale your company. .
Andreessen Horowitz
DECEMBER 9, 2021
The killer app of the internet is networks. The web and email are networks. Social apps like Instagram and Twitter are networks. Marketplaces like Uber and Airbnb are networks. Networks get more valuable with more participants, which is great when they are at scale, but cuts the other way when starting out. This is the. Read More. The post The Web3 Playbook: Using Token Incentives to Bootstrap New Networks appeared first on Future.
Sales Hacker
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Are you struggling to break out and get noticed in business development? B2B buyers are heavily targeted by solution sellers. Enhanced creativity and value-add is required to break through and get noticed. Driving innovation and creativity in business development. I spent the past two years interviewing best-in-class sales team to uncover unique approaches that work.
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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!
IT World
DECEMBER 9, 2021
A Financial Times report seems to argue that Apple has allowed app developers to collect customer data from iPhone users without their permission. This isn’t a new story , but shows that those of us who have denied App Tracking permission may still be tracked, thanks to a loophole. When privacy…isn’t. Apple’s decision to introduce App Tracking Privacy controls generated lots of controversy and considerable pushback from Facebook.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 6, 2021
If you follow the public markets, you can see a lot of top SaaS stocks recently have been hit — hard. Zoom has taken a hit as its growth at $4B+ ARR returns to merely high rates, DocuSign took the hardest hit (falling 42%) as growth declined a bit, and more. But let me share just a little perspective. SaaS and Cloud have been on an incredible tear the last decade, and especially the last 5 years, like we’ve never seen before.
Andreessen Horowitz
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A decade ago, equity compensation — paying employees with company stock — was a perk reserved solely for executives. The practice was largely deployed by companies as a way to optimize retention while keeping their balance sheets clean. Since then, equity compensation has expanded quickly. Within the next 10 years, it’s estimated that public companies.
Intercom, Inc.
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Support managers are consistently keeping track of conversation volume, capacity, and team performance. Reliable, up-to-date information is crucial to keep the team running smoothly and efficiently. . When all of this information is located in different places, it can be difficult to get an overview of what’s going well, what needs attention, and what trends are revealing themselves.
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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.
IT World
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Google's Chrome OS software is in a constant state of evolution. And for the tinkering-lovin' tech nerds among us, that means there's always an opportunity to find and embrace something new — often long before it's officially released and available to the masses. Well, gang, we've got quite the tasty treat to tinker with today. It's a massive update Google's been cookin' up for its Chromebook app launcher for a while now, and it'll bring a significant change not only to how your device looks but
SaaStr
DECEMBER 6, 2021
More and more SaaS companies are going public, but we often don’t get an inside look at what that process is like. As a CEO, how do you know when your company is ready? What comes next? How do you prepare yourself and your companies for growth? Jennifer Tejada, CEO of PagerDuty, discusses the process leading up to IPO in 2019, her main focus for the company in the years since, and the lessons she’s learned along the way.
Neil Patel
DECEMBER 9, 2021
As a marketer, you already know how hard it can be to drive conversions. More often than not, when you ask a user to take an action, they do the exact opposite and abandon the form fill or their shopping cart. If this scenario sounds familiar, you’re not alone. The struggle of conversion plagues many marketers across every industry. While there are many steps and strategies you use to drive conversions, you still might not see the needle move in the right direction.
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