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.
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
Entrepreneur - SaaS
JULY 11, 2023
According to the company, the fund aims to enable the startups to reach more than $10 million in annual revenue within five years
SaaS Brief brings together the best content for SaaS professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
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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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
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.
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.
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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 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 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.
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.
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 12, 2023
Dear SaaStr: What’s Your Recommendation for Vacations for a Founder CEO of a Tech Startup? Always take them. When I look back at the many mistakes I made as a 2x founder, both times with some degree of success in the end … and there were so many … one thing I am 100% glad I did was take vacations. And I mean — normal, full vacations. By that, I mean, a full week.
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 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.
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.
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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
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.
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.
Sparktoro
JULY 14, 2023
When Threads launched on July 5, it was easy to get on the hype train. The battle for a Twitter replacement. A place where most of your friends already are. One-click login. Instagram even cleverly added number badges to profiles, indicating what number Threads user they are.
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
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Choosing the right Embedded Payments partner can feel overwhelming. This comprehensive buyer’s guide simplifies the process by breaking down seven key criteria to consider, from platform technology to security and growth potential. Learn how to assess partners that align with your goals, offer personalized support, and drive long-term success. This guide equips software companies with the insights to make confident, informed decisions that enhance customer experience and fuel business growth.
SaaStr
JULY 9, 2023
Each week, we round up our most popular content so you can catch up on anything you may have missed. Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: 5 Interesting Learnings from MongoDB at $1.5 Billion in ARR 50% of YCombinator’s Largest Companies are B2B/SaaS 5 Interesting Learnings from Semrush at $290,000,000 in ARR Dear SaaStr: How Common is it for Cofounders to Have Equal Splits in Terms of Equity?
User Pilot
JULY 13, 2023
The SaaS market is complex and dynamic: product managers who can successfully predict customer needs are a valuable commodity. In this article, we’re going to explore what customer needs are, how you can analyze customer behavior to extrapolate them, and ultimately how you can use your findings to predict the future. Let’s make a start! TL;DR Customer needs are the wants and desires that motivate a customer to use a particular product or service.
Andreessen Horowitz
JULY 13, 2023
Summer’s here, bringing long days, warm nights, and hopefully some downtime to catch up on relaxing reads or learn something new. If you’re looking for something fun, or a bit more business-minded, to read, watch, or listen to, a16z’s Fintech … The post Summer Reading List (July 2023 Fintech Newsletter) appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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