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HubSpot Co-Founder and Chairman Brian Halligan on SaaS Markets, Board Meetings, and AI’s Impact

SaaStr

AI in B2B SaaS: The Incumbent Advantage On the AI revolution in B2B software, it’s the age-old ‘startups are innovating and racing to get distribution, and the bigger companies have distribution and are racing to innovate.’ ’ The twist this time is the data is very hard for startups to acquire or accumulate.

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Scaling 6 Products to $100M+ ARR Each: Samsara’s CPO Kiren Sekar on Multi-Product Growth

SaaStr

Cross-Vertical Market Expansion Creates Unexpected Innovation Synergies While many startups laser-focus on dominating a single vertical, Sekar’s experience at both Meraki and Samsara showed that deliberate cross-vertical expansion creates powerful network effects of innovation.

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Thoughts on innovation

Intercom, Inc.

We recently had an internal discussion about innovation. Like any company, we want to create new and better products that solve important customer problems – but how do our values of moving fast and starting small foster a culture of innovation? Innovation means doing new, different, and better. Below is my answer for our team.

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You Could Win $500K – $5M in Funding. Announcing the SaaStr and Mayfield AI Demo Stage and Pitch Competition at SaaStr Annual

SaaStr

The winner(s) will receive funding from the Mayfield AI Garage, who are at the forefront of investing in cutting-edge tools at the intersection of SaaS and AI. Selected founders will demo their innovation to leading SaaS CEOs, founders, and investors at SaaStr Annual (May 13-15, SF Bay Area ). Win $500k – up to $5M in funding.

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3 Ways Innovators Can Capitalize on Embedded Payments

So let's take a closer look at where forward-thinking FIs are investing their resources to stay in the game. They risk losing a source of stable, low-cost deposits and non-interest revenue market share, but don’t be fooled. FIs still have crucial roles to play.

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Why Product Innovation Slows After the Series A

Tom Tunguz

And then, right then, product innovation decelerates to zero. Every innovation requires a Herculean effort to achieve. Without someone driving the product roadmap, product innovation decelerates. Few companies have invested the effort during the crusade for product market fit to develop a robust testing suite.

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The Real Question for Outcome-Based Pricing Is If It Will Stick

SaaStr

I have one investment at SaaStr Fund where an outcome-based deal is crossing $1m a year. Most of us should innovate on product, not on pricing. Maybe some day, closing that customer. Look Im not saying its not interesting and great if the customers want to pay this way. But Im not sure it changes the game as much as folks think.

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Digital Adoption Platform Fundamentals: The Key To Product Innovation And Elevated CX

Speaker: Pulkit Agrawal

DAPs are no-code solutions that integrate seamlessly with various technologies, and by fostering user adoption, these platforms help organizations maximize the potential of their tech investments.

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7 Essential Criteria for Choosing the Right Payments Partner

Speaker: Brad Pinneke, VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms

In this webinar, Brad Pinneke, Vice President of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, will dive into the 7 must-have criteria for evaluating payments partners, helping you maximize both efficiency and the long-term value of your investment.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.