Andreessen Horowitz
OCTOBER 11, 2020
Today’s episode is a conversation about four big trends in the tech world. Any one of these trends would be notable on its own, but we cover all four in this hallway-style chat, as a16z General Partner Chris Dixon talks … The post Tracking the Trends: AI, WebRTC, Crypto, and Full Stack Startups appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
Totango
OCTOBER 15, 2020
As business becomes increasingly digitized and competitive, customer engagement that makes clients feel valued and appreciated becomes more critical. Covid-19 adds another complicating factor—a heightened risk of customer churn across a number of industries. It is clear that companies need to take every opportunity they can to maintain customer loyalty, and today’s technology makes it easier to do so. .
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SaaStr
OCTOBER 10, 2020
Stewart Butterfield threw out an interesting statistic in a recent interview with Fast Company … over 20% of Slack employees have been hired since Covid-19 hit and the shelter order in SF went into place. 20%+ of Slack's employees have been hired since Covid-19 hit. How many by the time we "go back to the office"? 50%? 80%? @stewart.
Tom Tunguz
OCTOBER 10, 2020
Each quarter, a group of analysts, including me, publish analysis on the trends in the venture capital market. There’s a risk to those assessments: the data is incomplete since not all rounds founders close within a quarter are reported in that quarter. I was curious about how much variance exists in the data. This retrospective analysis compares Crunchbase data from April 1, 2020 to data from October 10, 2020 across three dimensions: round counts, investment total, and median round size.
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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.
The Daily Egg
OCTOBER 16, 2020
As a field service provider, daily operations are hectic to say the least. But an excellent field service team functions like a well-oiled machine in which everyone knows what to do, where to go, and when to do it. Their secret? Field service management software. It exists to help streamline, automate, and optimize your business […]. The post Best Field Service Management Software appeared first on The Daily Egg.
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SaaStr
OCTOBER 16, 2020
A few years back, we did an extra “Day 0” AMA session at SaaStr Annual with Christoph Janz of Point 9 Capital and several hundred founders came. One asked what were top moats are in SaaS. At the time, I didn’t have a great answer. A lot of SaaS apps don’t really have moats, I thought. But that’s wrong. Let’s take a look at moats in SaaS: Brand.
Predictable Revenue
OCTOBER 15, 2020
Ari Levine has learned to approach everything from the position of the consumer. Even in B2B enterprises, that buyer is a person and we shouldn't forget that. Let's learn how to be more human in our outreach approach and create quality connections with our target audience. The post Social Selling and Reversing The Hatred of Salespeople appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
FastSpring
OCTOBER 13, 2020
We’ve all heard the saying, “If you love them, let them go.” This may be true in romance, but it’s definitely not true in business. If you love your customers—which I’m sure you do—you want to hold onto them … tight. Yep, we’re talking about customer retention—a business’s ability to keep customers over a period of time. As much as we love new customers, we love repeat customers even more.
Intercom, Inc.
OCTOBER 15, 2020
This week’s guest is no stranger to this podcast in fact, today’s episode will be his third time appearing as a profiled guest with us. Bob is the President & CEO of The Re-Wired Group and serves as a Fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute. As a visual thinker, teacher, and creator, Moesta has worked on and helped launch more than 3,500 new products, services, and businesses across nearly every industry.
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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.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 11, 2020
If someone is looking for another job in Year 1, Even if they don’t take it … You’ve already basically lost them. Do more 1-on-1s Get more 360 feedback Talk more. I know you don’t have time. Make it. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) October 11, 2020. There’s an endless amount written on the internet about hiring “Rockstars” Finding them, not settling, and all that.
Neil Patel
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Disclosure: This content is reader-supported, which means if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission. Marketing campaigns get more complex by the day. Which… is great news for the consumer experience but a nightmare for you as a marketing manager handling thousands of moving parts (and countless employees) on a daily basis. To put it lightly, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes.
FastSpring
OCTOBER 15, 2020
While the holidays may look very different this year, it’s still a great time to boost your sales and increase your brand awareness by following a plan that supports a global campaign for your company. Our guide will provide all the information you need to be successful during the holidays, including: A high-level overview of the 2020 holiday season.
Andreessen Horowitz
OCTOBER 16, 2020
The back-to-school season has been a challenging process for teachers, parents, and students across the country. While some have embraced the freedom of learning at their own pace (in their own space), many have struggled. The pandemic has cast the … The post Edtech’s Answer to Remote Learning Burnout 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
SaaStr
OCTOBER 11, 2020
Q: What are some of the most costly mistakes done by novice investors? My biggest mistakes in SaaS investing actually in the end haven’t been truly costly because, in the end, power laws mean your winners overwhelm your losers if you do it right. A few winners more than make up for the mistakes. The real mistakes are just not getting in more winners.
Neil Patel
OCTOBER 15, 2020
You may have heard keywords are an essential part of any SEO strategy: they are. Without the right keywords on your site, people won’t find you while searching the web. But there’s a lot more to keyword strategy than figuring out what people are searching for. It means choosing the right keywords for your business, determining which ones you’ll be able to rank for, and a whole lot more.
Outseta
OCTOBER 12, 2020
The challenges that I’ve faced as a bootstrapped founder simply aren’t the ones that are commonly talked about By Geoff Roberts · 17 min read The internet is littered with horror stories detailing the many challenges of entrepreneurship. We’ve all read the tales of founders wrestling for years to find product market fit , of co-founders squabbling over equity, of the CEO riddled by anxiety as he drains his infant daughter’s college fund to keep his start-up afloat for another month.
Andreessen Horowitz
OCTOBER 15, 2020
As an industry, we’ve gotten exceptionally good at building large, complex software systems. We’re now starting to see the rise of massive, complex systems built around data – where the primary business value of the system comes from the analysis … The post Emerging Architectures for Modern Data Infrastructure appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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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?
SaaStr
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Q: Why are sales jobs the worst? Here’s why sales is tough: Can’t hide — not for long. At some point, you have to put real points on the board. Everyone will know. But in many other roles, you can sort of skate by if you aren’t too senior. Get a lot of No’s. A lot of them. Most of us can’t take it. Limited career path if don’t move into management. You’ll get a lot better in 2, 3, 5, 8 years.
Neil Patel
OCTOBER 12, 2020
When it comes to digital marketing, knowledge is power. Marketers with industry experience know how to develop a paid social media strategy, which keywords to choose, and how to write magnetic content that converts. To everyone else, these people must seem superhuman! But…I know their secret. The truth is these marketers aren’t lucky or gifted.
Unbounce
OCTOBER 13, 2020
The only thing better than the energy of a live event? The excitement you feel before you go. As an event marketer, your job is to inspire that feeling in potential attendees—and then turn it into action (e.g., ticket sales and registrations). Whether you’re promoting a conference, show, activity, or even a webinar, the rules are the same: if you can create a certain level of antici— wait for it —pation for an upcoming event, you’re golden.
Andreessen Horowitz
OCTOBER 10, 2020
“It’s CRISPR!” This week, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna (also an a16z co-founder, of Scribe Therapeutics ), for the development of the CRISPR/Cas9 method for genome editing — a technology that’s … The post 16 Minutes on the News #43: A Nobel for CRISPR!
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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
OCTOBER 12, 2020
SImple tips to Do Better in Q4 With What You Already Have: – Drive Down Churn – Drive Up NPS – Be More Grateful – Zoom with 10 Customers a Week – Promote Your Star(s) – Less Spam, more ABM – Weekly Webinar – Improve Lead Routing – Improve Lead Scoring – Talk to Every Prospect. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) October 10, 2020.
Neil Patel
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Hashtags for YouTube have evolved over the past several years. It’s now easier for content creators to classify their videos and make them more discoverable, and it’s simpler for viewers to find the content they want. We’re going to explore what hashtags for YouTube are, why you should use them, and how to find the best ones to help your videos appeal to the right audience.
Sales Hacker
OCTOBER 13, 2020
With a cold email, you can either drive hundreds of thousands in pipeline or send your prospects running for the hills. . We have plenty of resources on writing effective cold emails at Sales Hacker. But sometimes the difference between an okay cold email and a great one is specific feedback on what you have. . The teams at Outreach and REGIE created the Cold Email Grader to help you — you guessed it — write better cold emails. .
Andreessen Horowitz
OCTOBER 14, 2020
We’ve already talked a lot about podcasting , both evolution of the industry as well as the form, but where are we going with the future of audio , more broadly? Can we borrow from the present and future of … The post a16z Podcast: The Present Future of Audio — Talk, Music, Video, Interactivity appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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Choosing the right Embedded Payments partner can feel overwhelming. This evaluation scorecard and comprehensive buyer’s guide simplifies the process by breaking down key criteria to consider. Learn how to assess partners that align with your goals, offer personalized support, and drive long-term success. This guide and scorecard equip software companies with the insights to make confident, informed decisions that enhance customer experience and fuel business growth.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 15, 2020
Whether you just scored your Series A or are about to go public, there’s no reason to waste precious capital on tasks that could be automated. Of course, you should be thoughtful about what you choose to automate. No AI solution will understand your brand tone better than your marketing team, and you’d be taking a huge leap of faith if you let bots write your code.
Neil Patel
OCTOBER 16, 2020
QR (Quick Response) codes remain a creative way to drive traffic and connect with your audience. But are they still useful in today’s ultra-digital era? Or have they gone the way of flip phones and pagers? As it turns out, QR codes are still a valuable tool for marketers. In fact, QR usage grew 28% from 2018 to 2019. But, QR codes are not right for every company.
Sales Hacker
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Prospecting in the enterprise environment is just different. Enterprise is generally behind the times and slow to move on new ideas. Their calendars are blocked with 76 meetings. And finding time is tough compared to an SMB executive. On top of that, you have multiple decision makers to be looped in. And to make it worse, everyone and their start-up cousin is calling them, which makes it tremendously difficult to stand out.
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