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Why The Era of Efficient Growth is Now: The 2023 VC State of the Market with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin (Podcast +Video)

SaaStr

In the ever-evolving landscape of SaaS, Venture Capital, Bootstrapping, and Valuations – understanding market trends and investment patterns is critical. We’ll explain Jason’s take on the recent market fluctuations, highlighting major deals that shaped investment patterns and their effects on valuation trends.

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How to Use Generative AI and LLMs to Improve Search

TechEmpower SaaS

With Generative AI and LLMs, new avenues for improving operational efficiency and user satisfaction are emerging every day. It gives stakeholders an opportunity to assess the benefits and challenges before making additional investment on iterative improvements. A PoC is a pragmatic step to evaluate the feasibility and results.

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Top 5 Tips for Managing a Sales Team in a Economic Slowdown with Nicole Arboleda, Sales Leader, Platform Partnerships at Stripe (Video)

SaaStr

It’s communicating empathy and value, and shifting the messaging you’re delivering to your customers, investing in customer relationships. So when doubling revenue and growth becomes more uncertain, they’ll be focused on their bottom line on cost savings and operational efficiency.

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How to Get 10x Your Operational Efficiency with IT Automation

BetterCloud

This post is an excerpt from our guide: “ 10x Your IT Operational Efficiency: A CIO’s Guide to IT Automation.”. CIOs are being asked to accelerate time to value on these new investments, which include SaaS and other cloud-based services. Lately, it seems like the only constant for IT is change. Download the Guide.

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Where AI Really Matters in Vertical SaaS With CEOs of Owner, Alloy Automation, and DoNotPay

SaaStr

Their platform helps restaurant owners, who typically earn less than $50,000 annually in profit, create professional online presences without significant investment in time or resources. Restaurant Industry Solutions Owner.com has developed an AI website generator that implements industry best practices automatically.

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What It’s Like Running a Profitable $400M Public SaaS Company with Vimeo CEO Adam Gross 

SaaStr

How do you invest in the positive attributes of the community while protecting that special connection with people? His focus is not on operational efficiency but on operational proficiency. That’s the skill, especially on the GTM side, that you should invest in early. This is part of the playbook.

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The Top 5 Scale-Up Mistakes for Startups with Dave Kellogg, Balderton Capital Executive-In-Residence (Pod 574 + Video)

SaaStr

As your business grows, stakeholders and your investment team will want to generate ideas to help you succeed. Continue prioritizing operational efficiency. . Make sure you build a team with a mix of veterans and up-and-comers that can help continue to push the ship forward. Mistake #3: Losing focus.

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