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You've gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run
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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
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...
eth2 quick update no. 21
Minimum ETH threshold hit ; genesis on December 1st, 12pm UTC Get your nodes running! and monitor updates through genesis ...
Issue 484
Happy Thanksgiving, or Happy Thursday!
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
eth2 quick update no. 20
tl;dr Staking community grants v1.0 eth2 testnets -- Toledo and Pyrmont Mainnet deposits to 0x00000000219ab540356cBB839Cbe05303d7705Fa...
Issue 482
We got a glimpse of the future, and it was full of M.
Issue 481
What's that hiding just the other side of the weekend? Is it Apple's first Apple Silicon machines? I hope so!
eth2 quick update no. 19
Contract deployment Genesis deposits Bootstrap consensus tl;dr v1.0 specs released ...
Issue 480
What's the best business model for your app?
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.
Issue 479
A demo of your app, on a web page? It's kinda possible with iOS 14.
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...
Issue 478
Will Apple be forced to allow sideloading? Would that be a good thing? Do you know Betteridge's law of headlines?
Issue 477
What's in store for next Tuesday? More things that we probably don't need, but will buy anyway!
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.
Issue 476
How does it feel to have the number one app on the App Store?
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!...
Issue 475
Should you implement the new API hotness? Or feature requests from customers? Choices are hardβ¦
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 ...
Issue 474
When will we see a public release for iOS 14? What? Really? It was two days ago? No one told me!
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
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 ...
Issue 473
Should you trust "Sign in with Apple", the answer isn't really related to this week's situation...
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...
Issue 472
Guess what we're talking about again this week? Yes, it's App Store guidelines again!
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...
Issue 471
Is the answer to allow side-loading and multiple store apps? Is this an example of Betteridge's law of headlines?
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...