Tom Tunguz
JULY 8, 2023
In There’s No Such Thing as Series A Metrics , Charles Hudson explains that there is no magic milestone to raise a Series A. In this environment, I agree. The $1m ARR figure used to hold in 2018 & early 2019. But the data shows how much the market differs from a few years ago. Series A round size standard deviation has grown by between 4-5x in 4 years.
TechEmpower SaaS
JULY 12, 2023
A Fractional CTO bridges the gap between founders and developers to help keep your tech strategy aligned with your business goals. This helps your startup stay agile and competitive in a fast-paced marketplace.
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User Pilot
JULY 9, 2023
If you’re a UX designer or product manager wondering how to deliver a better product in terms of usability and user experience, this is the article for you. Section by section, we dive into the impact of usability on user experience, analyze the process of developing products with great usability, and explore some best practices in UX design. Let’s get right to it!
SaaStr
JULY 10, 2023
I held off for many years on writing a post on Board Meetings. Why? Because every investor in the world writes lengthy posts on How to Have a Great Board Meeting. How to Have a Great Pre-Board Meeting. How to Have a Great Board Meeting Week. Etc. etc. etc. etc. VCs, once they have been doing it a while, basically become professional Board Members, and they write a lot about that.
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Entrepreneur - SaaS
JULY 11, 2023
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Buffer Resources
JULY 12, 2023
When I started my business, I was far from a content strategy or digital marketing expert. I launched BAUCE Magazine with an English degree and a dream: To create a lifestyle site that would help women from disadvantaged backgrounds attain wealth, build their empires, and look good while doing it. So, I just wrote the kind of content I’d like to read, everything from career development tips to what Beyoncé wore last weekend.
User Pilot
JULY 13, 2023
Are you trying to find out how to measure growth of a company? Growth is the lifeblood of any company, and it is paramount for any SaaS company. Measuring a company’s growth helps you understand how much you progressed and where you stand. It informs you whether your product growth is fine or if you should make tweaks to improve results. In this article, we’ll go through how to measure growth of a company by delving deep into the basics, relevant metrics, and each necessary company g
Sparktoro
JULY 11, 2023
This week, I’m going back to basics. Not because you need a refresher course, but because so many of us are frustrated in the weeds of marketing precisely because we can’t see the strategy forest for the tactical trees. I’ve written before about how too few marketers grasp the difference between strategy and tactics.
Predictable Revenue
JULY 11, 2023
Joel Klettke, from CaseStudyBuddy, joined to explore how you can build case studies effectively to ensure your sales team actually uses them. The post Fueling Sales Enablement with Case Studies with Joel Klettke appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
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SaaStr
JULY 9, 2023
Dear SaaStr: When Bootstrapping a SaaS Product, What Should You Be Aware Of? Just a few observations from bootstrapped SaaS companies I’ve had some involvement with: It probably will take 3–4 years longer to get to $10m ARR or so. I don’t fully have the data to support it, but usually, bootstrapped startups take longer. Atlassian and Qualtrics took longer to get to $10m ARR.
Tom Tunguz
JULY 10, 2023
Large language models enable fracking of documents. Historically, extracting value from unstructured text files has been difficult. But LLMs do this beautifully, pumping value from one of the hardest places to mine. We have a collection of thousands of notes researching startups. We are tinkering with deploying large language models on top of them. Here are some quick observations about our initial experiments : The Future is Constellations of Models.
Buffer Resources
JULY 10, 2023
When I first started my podcast back in 2019, I didn’t plan on it becoming a marketing channel. I had recently quit my job to start my own operations consulting business and was listening to entrepreneurial podcasts trying to learn more. Most of them, though, felt like the curated version of a business owner’s story years later, and I was craving someone to share their experience while they were in the thick of it.
Predictable Revenue
JULY 11, 2023
Joel Klettke, from CaseStudyBuddy, joined to explore how you can build case studies effectively to ensure your sales team actually uses them. The post Fueling Sales Enablement with Case Studies with Joel Klettke appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
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
JULY 9, 2023
So startups are just soooo hard, at least until you hit scale. At least until somewhere between $10m and $30m ARR, depending on the category, competition, and timing. Sooo hard until you can’t be stopped. You’re always almost out of money, or at the edge of slowing growth, or just can’t find that critical VP you need, or build that feature in time.
The SaaS Garage
JULY 12, 2023
consalio erhaelt 1,2 Millionen Euro (view the original article at Startbase Magazin ) Das Düsseldorfer Unternehmen consalio erhaelt eine Finanzierung von 1,2 Millionen Euro, um der steigenden Nachfrage nach effektiver Kostenverwaltung bei Beratungsdienstleistungen gerecht zu werden. Duesseldorf, July 11, 2023 consalio erhält 1,2 Millionen Euro, um steigender Nachfrage nach effektiver Kostenverwaltung bei Beratungsdienstleistungen nachzukommen.
Buffer Resources
JULY 10, 2023
When it comes to social media management tools, choosing the right one for your accounts can be a challenge. In this blog, we're comparing Buffer and Tailwind, two popular platforms, to help you make an informed decision based on their key differences. To kick off, here are seven key differences between the two products that all potential users should be aware of 👇 Seven key differences 1.
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SaaStr
JULY 8, 2023
We’ve closed over $50,000,000 of sponsorships to SaaStr events but it took me a while to totally understand why they perform — and when they perform. And a lot of folks who have been doing this a while will talk about how, for example, they now just do side events at Dreamforce, rather than participate in the event itself. Fair enough — and we’ll talk about why that’s good, too first.
IT World
JULY 12, 2023
The iPhone 15 will be here in a couple of months, but at this point there's not a lot of excitement or buzz around its arrival. You might think Apple would be concerned. But it likely doesn't have anything to worry about Recent Canalys data gives the iPhone around 21% of market share as of Q1 2023 — just one percentile behind Samsung. In May, data from Counterpoint gave Apple its highest ever share of the smartphone business, even though sales had declined a little.
Buffer Resources
JULY 13, 2023
The LinkedIn team , referred to as “unlikely champions of creativity” by the Creative Review , have turned their focus to creators in recent years. Features like Creator Mode and LinkedIn Top Voices have made the platform a destination for many looking to grow their personal and business brands. Creators like Justin Welsh have seen massive success by focusing on LinkedIn, gaining audiences in the hundreds of thousands.
Agile Payments
JULY 13, 2023
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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
JULY 10, 2023
Dear SaaStr: Should I exercise my stock company stock options if they are $7 underwater? Stock options can be really unfair to employees by their nature. Almost no one has the facts to actually know what to do what them. And fewer still even have the financial background to know what to do with the facts even if they have them. I don’t even know what to do with stock options I have myself from many companies.
IT World
JULY 12, 2023
Microsoft clawed its way back from oblivion by betting big on the cloud rather than focusing on its then-cash cow, Windows. Not only has the company become a big provider of cloud services to enterprises, but it’s also converted as many of its products as possible to the cloud. Just consider what Microsoft did with Office. Years ago, consumers or enterprises bought a client version of Office for a one-time payment, and then used it as long as they wanted without having to pay again.
User Pilot
JULY 14, 2023
What’s a dark launch and does it benefit product managers ? These are exactly the questions the article deals with, so let’s get right to it, shall we? TL;DR A dark launch involves releasing the feature to a small percentage of users before everybody else. It’s done to validate feature ideas , test their real-world performance and reduce the risk involved in launching a potentially subpar product to all users at once.
Buffer Resources
JULY 11, 2023
Five months after launching was the first time my creator startup hit four-figures in earnings. This was all achieved while also running the operations for my family's traditional business as my nine-to-five. Deciding to launch this endeavor was a multi-year process of procrastination, fear, and doubt. The odds were stacked against me as I lacked time or funds.
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SaaStr
JULY 14, 2023
Many people at this year’s SaaStr Europa wondered about the future of customer success, motivation during hard times, and how to grow in this new era of efficiency. SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin sat down with the audience for an Ask Me Anything session to answer some of the most pressing questions from the audience. If you missed part 1, catch that here.
IT World
JULY 10, 2023
Sterlite Technologies. (STL), a global fiber optics provider, has been increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to automate the company's employee recruitment and hiring, conduct staff pulse checks, and gamify worker rewards. The India-based company employs about 8,000 people across the US, China, Europe, India, and the Middle East. Since rolling out its first AI-based applications three or so years ago, Chief Human Resources Officer Anjali Byce has continued to experiment with new uses f
User Pilot
JULY 9, 2023
How do you evaluate product usability to guide the product design process? If you’re after the answer to this question, you’re in the right place, because that’s exactly what the article explores. Ready to dive in? TL;DR Product usability describes how easily customers can use a product to achieve their goals. User experience covers all customer interactions with the brand and focuses on aspects like customer satisfaction, enjoyment, and perception of the product value.
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