SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

So to raise seed and post-seed money from VCs, you need to show traction. What’s that? Roughly: Before $1m ARR, growing 10%-15% a month Around $1m ARR, growing 8%-10% a month or so Around $10m ARR, ideally doubling Etc. Being on track to Triple Triple Double Double after $1m ARR , and growing faster earlier than that. No, It’s Not Any Harder to Get Funded Today.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Marketing technology budgets have declined by 18% over the past six years, with Gartner reporting a radical reprioritization of resources this year. Martech budgets experienced the steepest cuts , reflecting a shift in control from CMOs to other enterprise leaders like IT and CFOs. This highlights a deeper issue: a lack of trust in martech’s value. While IT and marketing departments have long implemented martech solutions with high expectations, proving their transformative impact remains challe

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Salesforce

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Marketing Cloud Account Engagement has come a long way in the last year. At Connections ’24 we announced that customers in the AMER region could access many of the features we were building out in Marketing Cloud Growth and Advanced Editions. This included Agentforce Campaigns , sending multichannel journeys with email and SMS, and advanced personalization features like Cross-Object Merge fields.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Last week, a marketing director messaged me about her team’s holiday gift exchange: “Half my team is remote, half is in office and all of them deserve something special.” It got me thinking about how our industry’s gift-giving needs have evolved along with our working arrangements. As marketing professionals, we’re expected to stay ahead of trends and keep our finger on the pulse of what’s next.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

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Martech

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

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