SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The event is strategically designed to facilitate 1000s of meaningful connections through 1000+ on-site “Who Do You Want To Meet” dedicated 1-on-1s for B2B founders and execs (no service providers, sorry!) The event attracts investors ranging from seed-stage to growth equity, making it relevant regardless of your funding stage.

Sales Recruiting 187

Sales Recruiting Scale CTO Hire Sales Hiring 187

SaaStr

DECEMBER 15, 2023

For the first time ever in 2024, SaaStr is hosting its first Demo Day – a completely live, digital event that will bring the global SaaStr community together with the brightest innovators in SaaS for the inaugural Demo Day on Tuesday, January 30th. We have limited space for a handful of Gold sponsors to host 15-minute demos.

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Scale Interviewing Trends Innovation 300

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 26, 2024

Consider discussing industry trends, offering career advice, or sharing lessons learned from your own journey. You could share your thoughts on current events and ask others to weigh in. Here's our guide to finding trending sounds on TikTok and trending audio on Instagram that you can leverage here.

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Social Media Trends Branding Engagement 115

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

For example, the software might have a base platform fee of $25,000 because it includes the first 150k events for free. Each marginal event costs $0.15. Looking at current AI pricing trends in SaaS, there’s significant variance. Customers who switch to a three-part tariff increased their usage by 15.1%

SaaS Payments 283

SaaS Payments Pricing Strategy Scale 283

SaaStr

MAY 21, 2025

Their artificial intelligence platform (AIP) is driving significant commercial demand, with companies like Wendy’s and Heineken showcasing dramatic efficiency improvements at their AIPCon event. This vertical focus aligns with broader trends in re-industrialization and supply chain resilience.

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Artificial Intelligence Government AI Benchmarks 154

Tom Tunguz

MARCH 11, 2020

What could happen to the fundraising market in the coronavirus era where organizers cancel events, the financial markets suffer from a bear market, and there is a lot of uncertainty? The most recent event to use as an analogy is the 2008 financial crisis. Let’s break down the trends by series.

Marketing 359

Marketing Startup Investment Trends 359

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 28, 2025

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. This additional facility may be costly and may not be operational in a timely manner in the event our primary data center facility is not operating properly or is no longer available to us.” Follow along to stay up to date!

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Cloud AI Scale Scaling 299

ChurnZero

JANUARY 6, 2025

” So what 2025 customer success trends can we anticipate? Trend 1: Customer teams strengthen their revenue focus. Trend 2: AI and automation become transformative. Trend 3: Customer teams double down on outcomes and value. Trend 4: Digitally enhanced human relationships continue to evolve. Were here to help.

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Trends Customer Success Scale SaaS 52

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 7, 2024

For example, watch brand Breda Studio would benefit from searching hashtags like #watchtok or #womenswatches to find relevant TikTok creators​ Explore influencer directories : Platforms like Instagram and TikTok have directories where you can start your search and find popular and trending influencers in various niches.

Social Media 111

Social Media Compensation Technical Review Branding 111

Tom Tunguz

MAY 27, 2020

Earlier this week, I wrote Californian Dreaming - Is Silicon Valley Still the Best Place to Start a Company , where I analyzed the IPO and M&A trends of venture-backed companies by state. Those metrics are lagging indicators of startup distribution. How will the distribution change with time?

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Startup Trends Metrics Data 312

User Pilot

MAY 27, 2025

What to track: Core in-app user behavior events Not all user interactions are equally useful. So, for valuable insights, you need to track events that uncover user engagement, intent, and friction. Map key events in the user journey Mapping key events means identifying and tracking the specific in-app user actions that matter.

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Mobile Retention Payment Features Onboarding 96

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 17, 2021

But let me explain: music streaming includes companies empowering musicians to hold live digital events supplanting the coliseum experience with high definition video and audio at home. The automation of QA is a secular trend that perhaps accelerated with more software engineers working from home.

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Startup Software Engineering Finance Engineering 362

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 16, 2020

During the presentation, we will cover customer success trends and how they impact early stage B2B SaaS companies, share our point of view on how early-stage customer success drives growth, and provide a “game plan” that focuses on the key things to get right from the get-go. This Office Hours will be a virtual event.

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Cloud B2B Trends Customer Success 306

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 6, 2024

This included media outreach, event planning, and reputation management to help my clients gain online visibility and attract new and repeat clientele. What life events or experiences sparked this idea? Early in my career, the idea of “thought leadership” wasn’t on my radar. What problems were you trying to solve?

Social Media 115

Social Media Business Leadership Sales Hiring 115

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

If you’ve been to any recent SaaStr Annuals, you’ll know that one staple of the event is Byron Deeter of Bessemer Venture Partners launching the latest edition of Bessemer’s State of the Cloud — live.

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Technical Review Cloud Software Review Technology 350

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Basically, it captures what users do—like rage clicks, page loads, and transitions—and ties those actions to the events you’re tracking. Here’s how it works once you install it: Mixpanel records user actions as part of your event-based data setup (it’s not an actual screen recording). Automatic bug reporting (which Mixpanel lacks).

Software Review 105

Software Review Enterprise Pricing compliance 105

SaaStr

MARCH 11, 2022

US ecommerce penetration is back to its pre-covid trend line. Yes, some categories like digital events experienced a one-off benefit they may never see again. But in any event, these 2 different Conclusions from the above chart and data are driving different VC behaviors. But those days are behind us, for most of us.

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Scale SaaS Cloud Pricing 327

Buffer Resources

JULY 23, 2024

Many topics can make a press release compelling to journalists or potential partners, such as:  Tying it to current events Our first press release came out in advance of Women’s History Month.   And that’s it! A paragraph or two is enough to pique interest and make publications want to reach out to you to learn more.

Marketing 108

Marketing Branding ChatGPT AI 108

Buffer Resources

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Freshii shares photos of its meals along with a link for customers to make an order Whether you're using your website to promote an event or an external tool such as Facebook Events or Google Events to keep track of RSVPs, be sure to add a link sticker to your Instagram Stories so your fans know exactly where to sign up.

Social Media 115

Social Media Branding Engagement Trends 115

SaaStr

JANUARY 20, 2023

It’s here! The full agenda has just launched for SaaStr APAC 2023! We’ll have dozens and dozens of workshops, braindates, and much more!

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AWS Cloud Trends Startup 293

SaaStr

MAY 17, 2021

SaaStr Enterprise is a flagship SaaStr digital event on May 26 + 27 where the top executives and leaders driving innovation in the Cloud share their playbooks on scaling your business to market and sell to the enterprise. 500 CXOs exploring emerging trends and cloud innovation. 1000 CEOs ($20m+ ARR) CEOs and investors. APPLY HERE.

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Enterprise CTO Cloud Innovation 270

SaaStr

DECEMBER 21, 2020

We’ll be back to events, including the SaaStr Annual 2021 IRL. That trend was pulled forward a full decade by Covid. At some point in 2021, we’ll be on the other side of this. We’ll be eating indoors again. And we’ll be back, in many cases, to the office. For many of us, it will be a different office.

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Trends 273

User Pilot

AUGUST 21, 2024

If you want to get the data you need without having to collect it first, Heap tracking features can capture in-app events automatically and make retroactive analysis a breeze. Let’s explore: The types of events Heap can track and how to set them up. Change events : Changes in the values of inputs, text, and element selection.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Scale 101

SaaStr

APRIL 7, 2023

Current events and trends Sometimes your product is so boring that you need an extra boost from current events and trends. People might not pull out the pitchforks, but if something starts to spread, people will jump on it because the trend and current event make them too curious not to.

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Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Entrepreneurship 260

SaaStr

AUGUST 10, 2020

At the recent SaaStr:Enterprise event , almost 100,000 of you across all social media tuned into to hear 20+ enterprise Cloud leaders sharing what they’re hearing, seeing … and doing differently. To me, perhaps the most interesting discussion was the one I had with Aaron Levie, CEO of Box. Because Box is broad and horizontal.

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Software Social Media Cloud Enterprise 318

SaaStr

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In any event, three suggestions to the founders, the VPs of Sales and Success, the CROs, and more out there. . As Brett Queener, ex-COO of SmartRecruits and ex-Salesforce, notes above, this has become a trend. And we both, and many others, think it’s a bad trend to report to a VP of Sales or even a “CRO” Why?

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Customer Success AWS Systems Review Software Review 324

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

At SaaStr, our partners are an integral part of our events. In February 2023, we’re heading to Singapore for our first APAC event and we wanted to give a special shout-out to some of the companies that will be there with us! We’ll see 1,000+ of the best SaaS founders, execs, and VCs February 22-23 at SaaStr APAC 2023 !

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Cloud spend optimization AWS Scale compliance 260

Buffer Resources

APRIL 18, 2024

These influences give rise to a wave of new graphic design trends, revolutionizing how we conceive, craft, and engage with art. Many of these graphic design trends infiltrate the realms of business and marketing. Embracing the latest graphic design trends. This graphic design trend is best for Instagram stories and X covers.

Social Media 128

Social Media Branding Trends Innovation 128

User Pilot

DECEMBER 30, 2024

From interactive walkthroughs and in-app surveys to user segmentation and event-based triggering, Userpilot offers everything you need to drive product adoption. That, in turn, ensures access to historical event data and eliminates the need for manual event tracking. Themes in UserGuiding.

Software Review 105

Software Review AI Search Pricing Onboarding 105

Buffer Resources

JULY 18, 2024

  Google Trends See the relative search popularity of topics Limitations:  None Google Trends shows the popular search terms over time, which is useful for uncovering seasonal variations in search popularity. Works for desktop and mobile. Check for truncation issues and fix them instantly. Alternatives:  SEOlyzer 22. 

Technical Review 121

Technical Review Software Review Mobile Engineering 121

SaaStr

JANUARY 13, 2023

We’ve had Fractional CFOs for a very long time, and perhaps they inspired the trend. In any event — you’ve been warned. . — Cynthia Hollen / Omnitail … OnMyWay Commerce (@cynthiahollen) January 9, 2023. So the market is flooded with folks that are now “Fractional CROs” and “Fractional CMOs”. Image from here.

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Sales Hiring Venture Capital Scale Finance 326

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2022

I like a “traditional” 50/50/25 plan, but in any event was curious what others were doing in practice. #12. Otherwise, you won’t see the different trends. 85% of you attend the top industry events, and 39% get a booth. In any event, most of you show up in any event. But almost 40% of you do it.

Sales Hiring 339

Sales Hiring Pricing Scale Interviewing 339

SaaStr

APRIL 28, 2025

This will accelerate the PLG (Product-Led Growth) trend even for complex enterprise software. Product Will Need to Be More Self-Serve As AI handles more of the sales and onboarding process, there will be increased pressure to make products truly self-deployable.

AI 240

AI Underperforming Technical Team Sales Technical Review 240

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Plus, an analysis of the top 75 trending sales AI tools. Reflection across go-to-market trends, but also on the investment front (not to mention community !). That’s why HG Insights created The Next Generation of Sales AI report — to calm the FOMO and help you bring AI to your GTM teams. Read the free and ungated report.

Investment 111

Investment Technical Review Development Team Review Scale 111

SaaStr

MARCH 16, 2024

General Trend to Concentrating Economics In Those Who Stay This is more a related point, but there is a quiet trend to sharing more economics with those at the company vs. those who have left. This truly is common. CEOs and board members may not see this as fair, and it often doesn’t feel fair to current folks. #4.

Systems Review 288

Systems Review Startup Trends Pricing 288

SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2022

Otherwise, you won’t see the different trends. 85% of you attend the top industry events, and 39% get a booth. In any event, most of you show up in any event. Events are an unusual thing, but the top one have one thing in common: your buyers and customers go to them. #28. But almost 40% of you do it.

Sales Hiring 281

Sales Hiring Interviewing Revenue Sales 281

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

As digital business and collaboration models have been permanently accelerated by the events of 2020, our panel of SaaS experts discusses who’s buying in the Enterprise, and how to drive conversions across multiple business functions. How has Enterprise buyers’ decision-making process changed? .

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Enterprise Technical Review Leadership Trends 252