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How Long It Roughly Takes to Close a Deal in SaaS. And Why.
Dear SaaStr: How long does it usually take to close a deal in SaaS? Ok, hereβs a really rough set of timelines to how long it takes to close an Opportunity in SaaS: So: A $5k deal, or say $499 a month, can often be closed in a call or two. Certainly the buying decision... Continue Reading
Published on: November 30, 2020 | Source:
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The Burden of Proof(s): Code Merkleization
A note about the Stateless Ethereum initiative: Research activity has (understandably) slowed in the second half of 2020 as all contributors have adjusted to life on the weird timeline. But as the ecosystem moves incrementally closer to Serenity and the Eth1/Eth2 merge, Stateless Ethereum work will become increasingly relevant and...
Published on: November 30, 2020 | Source:Issue 484
Happy Thanksgiving, or Happy Thursday!
Published on: November 27, 2020 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 21
Minimum ETH threshold hit ; genesis on December 1st, 12pm UTC Get your nodes running! and monitor updates through genesis ...
Published on: November 27, 2020 | Source:EthereumJS VM v5 Release
While everyone is staring in amazement on December 1st, 12pm UTC anticipating the Eth 2.0 Beaconchain genesis, within the JavaScript team we quietly prepared our own little genesis release in the shadows. Being very much around the good ol' Eth 1.0 chain we are nevertheless very much excited on this...
Published on: November 26, 2020 | Source:Allocation Update: Q3 2020
It's quarterly update time again! The big news is is the Q3 grantees, of course, but we always like to share what else the ESP team has been up to. A few things we've knocked out lately: Added a Guide to ESP on our website. Here you'll find details...
Published on: November 25, 2020 | Source:Issue 483
Was there any big App Store news this week? Only a reduction in Apple's revenue share percentage for companies who's apps earn less than $1m/year.
Published on: November 20, 2020 | Source:Grantee Roundup: November 2020
It's always fun to hear about new grants as they're awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we'll check in on projects that are well underway - or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent milestones and achievements by grantees! Where...
Published on: November 18, 2020 | Source:Medalla data challenge results
The EF is excited to announce the results of the Medalla data challenge, a data hackathon focused on the Medalla testnet The prompt was open-ended: we asked for data tools, visualizations, and analyses of testnet data; in short, anything that would help the community make sense of all...
Published on: November 17, 2020 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 20
tl;dr Staking community grants v1.0 eth2 testnets -- Toledo and Pyrmont Mainnet deposits to 0x00000000219ab540356cBB839Cbe05303d7705Fa...
Published on: November 13, 2020 | Source:Issue 482
We got a glimpse of the future, and it was full of M.
Published on: November 13, 2020 | Source:Issue 481
What's that hiding just the other side of the weekend? Is it Apple's first Apple Silicon machines? I hope so!
Published on: November 06, 2020 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 19
Contract deployment Genesis deposits Bootstrap consensus tl;dr v1.0 specs released ...
Published on: November 04, 2020 | Source:Issue 480
What's the best business model for your app?
Published on: October 30, 2020 | Source:The Witcher 4 - everything we know so far about Polaris
The Witcher 4 release date has yet to be revealed, but it is being worked on. Here's what we know so far.
Published on: October 29, 2020 | Source:Issue 479
A demo of your app, on a web page? It's kinda possible with iOS 14.
Published on: October 23, 2020 | Source:Introducing the new ethereum.org developer portal
Hey Ethereum community! We last spoke August 5 β how you been? We're here to talk about something fresh we've shipped. Maybe you've already noticed, but we've got a new Developers section. For a long time, this content was a wall of link...
Published on: October 22, 2020 | Source:Issue 478
Will Apple be forced to allow sideloading? Would that be a good thing? Do you know Betteridge's law of headlines?
Published on: October 16, 2020 | Source:Issue 477
What's in store for next Tuesday? More things that we probably don't need, but will buy anyway!
Published on: October 09, 2020 | Source:Apple TV Plus: how to sign up, price, TV shows, movies, devices, and more
Here's what you need to know about Apple TV Plus, which was recently crowned TechRadar's Streaming Service of the Year for 2024.
Published on: October 08, 2020 | Source:Issue 476
How does it feel to have the number one app on the App Store?
Published on: October 02, 2020 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 18
Oh you, Spadina, Finally, finality Hello and farewell tl;dr A quick Spadina postmortem New testnet: Zinken. Launchpad is live; Genesis deposits due in one week!...
Published on: October 01, 2020 | Source:Issue 475
Should you implement the new API hotness? Or feature requests from customers? Choices are hardβ¦
Published on: September 25, 2020 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 17
Last chance to practice genesis before mainnet tl;dr Spadina Launchpad is live. Spadina genesis in 7 days! Deposit CLI audit completed by Trail of Bits EIP 2982: Serenity Phase 0 released ...
Published on: September 22, 2020 | Source:Issue 474
When will we see a public release for iOS 14? What? Really? It was two days ago? No one told me!
Published on: September 18, 2020 | Source:That Super-Successful VP of Sales. Great? Or Just Lucky?
I get sent this resume to review all the time. Director+ of Sales at Slack / Zoom / Mongo / Datadog / Qualtrics Your Brand Name SaaS Company. Took Hot Start-Up from $0 to $50m as VPS from Day 0. Was there βearlyβ through IPO and did amazing things. That all sounds impressive, for sure.But... Continue Reading
Published on: September 17, 2020 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 16
Canβt travel these days Miss the people, not the planes Spadina, not Spain tl;dr Spadina (deposit and genesis dress rehearsal) testnet coming up Medalla Data Challenge in progress RFP for audit of blst super fast BLS12-381 signature library ...
Published on: September 14, 2020 | Source:Issue 473
Should you trust "Sign in with Apple", the answer isn't really related to this week's situation...
Published on: September 11, 2020 | Source:Q2 Allocation Update
Hello again! Weβre back to share the grants that went out over the second quarter of 2020 - but first, some ESP updates from the last few months: We're writing about grants today, but grants are not the only kind of support ESP can offer! We recently published a...
Published on: September 08, 2020 | Source:Issue 472
Guess what we're talking about again this week? Yes, it's App Store guidelines again!
Published on: September 04, 2020 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 15
Farmer minds his crops An optimistic outlook The fields are aflame tl;dr Medalla chugging along smoothly Client diversity is a must eth1+eth2 (Phase 1.5 aka The Merge) end-to-end demo Testing and audits continue as we approach Phase 0 launch...
Published on: September 01, 2020 | Source:Issue 471
Is the answer to allow side-loading and multiple store apps? Is this an example of Betteridge's law of headlines?
Published on: August 28, 2020 | Source:The Stateless Tech Tree: reGenesis Edition
This week we're revising the Tech Tree to reflect some new major milestones to Ethereum 1.x R&D that are not quite a complete realization of Stateless Ethereum, but much more reasonably attainable in the mid-term. The most significant addition to the tech tree is Alexey's reGenesis proposal. This is far...
Published on: August 25, 2020 | Source:Validated, staking on eth2: #5 - Why client diversity matters
\*Disclaimer: None of this is meant as a slight against any client in particular. There is a high likelihood that each client and possibly even the specification has its own oversights and bugs. Eth2 is a complicated protocol, and the people implementing it are only human. The point of this...
Published on: August 21, 2020 | Source: