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Dear SaaStr: What “Quotas” Should My VP of Customer Success and VP of Product Have?
Dear SaaStr: What “Quotas” Should My VP of Customer Success and VP of Product Have? For a VP of Customer Success (VPCS), their “quota” or ownership should revolve around two key metrics:Net Revenue Retention (NRR)andGross Retention Rate (GRR). NRR is the North Star metric for customer success—it measures how much revenue you’re retaining and expanding... Continue Reading
Published on: March 23, 2025 | Source:
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The open-source AI debate: Why selective transparency poses a serious risk
It is misleading to call AI open source when no one can look at, experiment with and understand each element that went into creating it.
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:Minecraft adds two new game drops and more movie details
Minecraft announced details for the next two game drops, Spring to Life and the next vanilla game drop, called Vibrant Visuals.
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:A Simple Commitment Test For You And Your Co-Founders (Updated)
As we’ve talked about before, the great thing about SaaS is it compounds. Once you have something, it builds on itself. But it takes time. It takes 7-10 years to build something real. And probably 20 years to build something for the ages in SaaS. If all founders started off with 10-year vesting, I suspect... Continue Reading
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:Ben Chestnut, Founder of Mailchimp: “I Knew I’d Be Irrelevant As Soon As I Sold”
So we’re so grateful Ben Chestnut founder of Mailchimp did several great deep dives with us over the years, and a truly great one just after Intuit’s stunning $12 Billion+ acquisition of Mailchimp here: Ben’s kept a low profile since but he joined Kleiner’s Grit podcast the other day and talk about what selling is... Continue Reading
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:The 20 hottest open source startups of 2024
A new report showcases the 20 top-trending open source startups around the world, more than half of which are closely aligned with AI. The report is the handiwork of European venture capital firm Runa Capital, which has operated the Runa Open Source Startup (ROSS) Index since 2020. The Index serves quarterly updates on the fastest-growing […]
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:Pino - Fact Checker
Fact check highlighted text on the internet with AI Discussion | Link
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:The Five Keys to Building a Successful Startup in 2025: From Pre-Seed to Series A and Beyond with M13 Capital
Quick Take: Building a successful startup isn’t about luck – it’s about methodically executing on five key areas that separate the 35% of companies that make it past Series A from the 65% that don’t. Here’s the playbook from someone who’s done it three times. A Note from SaaStr When Carl Alamar shared these insights... Continue Reading
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:Dear SaaStr: How Do I Show Investors I Have Traction?
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Show Investors I Have Traction? To show traction to investors, you need to focus on metrics and proof points that demonstrate growth, efficiency, and scalability. Here’s how to do it effectively: Revenue Growth: Investors want to see consistent growth in ARR or MRR. For early-stage SaaS, doubling or tripling year-over-year... Continue Reading
Published on: March 22, 2025 | Source:Less is more: UC Berkeley and Google unlock LLM potential through simple sampling
With multiple sampling and self-verification, Gemini 1.5 Pro can outperform o1-preview in reasoning tasks.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Anduril might build a weapons factory in the UK
Anduril might build a factory in the U.K. as it expands beyond U.S. defense contracts.
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Comp AI
The open source Vanta & Drata alternative Discussion | Link
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Carta: Smaller VC Fund Returns Have Fallen -30% or More. Will AI Boost Them Back?
So Carta has its latest data out on VC “Emerging Managers” or folks managing $10m-$100m. And what is shows is smaller VC funds from 2017-2020 are seeing their returns decline dramatically over the past 24 months. New “emerging managers” were a hot category in the boom times of 2020-2021, but a pretty tough one to... Continue Reading
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:The "think" tool from Claude
Enabling Claude to stop and think Discussion | Link
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Startups Weekly: Wiz’s bet paid off in an M&A-rich week
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. It’s rare to report on an 11-figure startup acquisition, let alone multiple high-value deals in a single week. And there are more subtle signs that things are […]
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Monica Harrington was the hidden figure of Valve in its critical early years | The DeanBeat
It’s funny how people slip out of history. The story of Valve’s formation in its critical early years and how it made the original Half-Life is an inspiring one. I was one of the people who attempted to capture the story of the storytelling shooter game, but my relatively short story in 1998 for the[…]
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Want to build a cyber incident response plan? Here’s how
Whether you have cause to deploy it or not, every business should have a cybersecurity strategy ready to go. Read more: Want to build a cyber incident response plan? Here’s how
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Why greater strides in AI and data literacy are needed
BearingPoint’s Ellie Fitzpatrick discusses the growing importance of data and AI literacy in order to best leverage its benefits. Read more: Why greater strides in AI and data literacy are needed
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Factorial snaps up $120M, call for EU sovereign infrastructure fund, and startup-friendly Latvia
This week we tracked more than 75 tech funding deals worth over 865 million, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top f...
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:AI Voices by Asyncflow v1.0
Premium AI voice quality without the premium price tag. Discussion | Link
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Wayve CEO shares his key ingredients for scaling autonomous driving tech
Wayve co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall sees promise in bringing his autonomous vehicle startup’s tech to market. That is, if Wayve sticks to its strategy of ensuring its automated driving software is cheap to run, hardware agnostic, and can be applied to advanced driver-assistance systems, robotaxis, and even robotics. The strategy, which Kendall laid out […]
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Five alternative European tech clusters that are leading the way
Across Ireland there are more than 3,000 so-called holy wells sites aligned with pagan and early Christian beliefs that these sites were thought to miraculous powers. While the spread of alternative t...
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Inside the Google-Wiz acquisition and the deal’s biggest winners
It was on, then off, and welp, now it’s on again — and this time for a lot more money. Yep, the Equity podcast dug into Google’s $32 billion acquisition of cloud security startup Wiz. There was a lot to unpack: the why, the how, what it means. And of course, there was the “who […]
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:85% of Business App Trials Start on Day 0. Don’t Waste Your Shot. The Latest Data from 75,000 Apps and RevenueCat
So RevenueCat has its latest “Sate of Subscription Apps 2025” report out and there is a ton of great stuff in here. I’m fortune that SaaStr Fund was the first investor in RevenueCat in 2018 and today it’s grown into the #1 tool to manage mobile subscriptions, powering 40% of all mobile subscription apps, and... Continue Reading
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Mater CISO: People an ‘extra defence’ against cyberthreats
Ransomware and business email compromises are the two most common cybersecurity threats the healthcare sector faces. Read more: Mater CISO: People an ‘extra defence’ against cyberthreats
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Elda Entertainment will publish Overseer Games’ Kaiserpunk on March 21
Elda Entertainment and Overseer Games announced that Kaiserpunk, a grand city building and world conquest game, is marching toward a launch on March 21. Elda Entertainment is a brand-new publisher with a vision to deliver the best management games, and it’s teamed up with Zagreb, Croatia-based Overseer Games on the project. Blending production-focused city building[…]
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Elbow Beach launches new Climate Impact Fund with £63M
Elbow Beach, one of the UK’s most active specialist climate impact seed investors, has achieved the first close of its second fund at 63M. 50M was supplied by the British Business Bank through its E...
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:4 crucial STEM skills for a career in cybersecurity
For all of the future cyber professionals out there, what are the STEM skills that will make you stick out in a competitive space? Read more: 4 crucial STEM skills for a career in cybersecurity
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Project Europe at the Tech.eu Summit: Changing the Game for Founders
The Tech.eu Summit London 2025 is just around the corner and will take place on 25-26 March at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre. The event is set to host a landmark discussion on the future of European e...
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Cork’s Lia Eyecare reaches global medtech challenge final
The start-up is eligible to win a share of $100,000 in financial support and more than $200,000 in vital services to develop their product. Read more: Cork’s Lia Eyecare reaches global medtech challenge final
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:In My Pocket
Your secure personal vault for everything that matters Discussion | Link
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Bilbao Slush’D 2025: Where the future of innovation is built [Sponsored]
In the world of entrepreneurship, there are those who wait for change to happen and those who make it a reality. With the national debut of Slush Helsinki in Spain, Bilbao Slush’D 2025 has made it cle...
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:German AI startup Langdock mulls US move
A German AI startup backed by General Catalyst is considering opening a US office, its first overseas office.Founded in 2023, Langdock has an office in Berlin but its executives are spending a conside...
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Data centre firm Evroc raises €50m to fund European tech independence
The start-up aims to ‘fuel the growth of Europe’s sovereign hyperscale cloud and AI infrastructure’. Read more: Data centre firm Evroc raises 50m to fund European tech independence
Published on: March 21, 2025 | Source:Dear SaaStr: Have You, As a CEO, Ever Stood Up for Your Employee Against a Customer?
Dear SaaStr: Have You, As a CEO, Ever Stood Up for Your Employee Against a Customer? Yes — and I regret it. Yeah ago, the largest software company in the world agreed to be our largest customer. It was a huge victory. But then our top sales rep the next day … the next day!... Continue Reading
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