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Extra Crunch roundup: 500 Startups’ demo day, smart SaaS pricing and much more

TechCrunch

The opportunity that the company sees has really forced us to reallocate resources and strategy,” said Brown. 4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising. 4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising. Subscription-based pricing is dead: Smart SaaS companies are shifting to usage-based models.

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Product Launches Become the Operating Cadence of a Startup

Tomasz Tunguz

Launch day requires collaboration across teams. Success requires massive cross-functional collaboration. One well known SaaS unicorn focused itself on monthly product launches. The company sustained this cadence for two years. The benefits of such a strategy were many. PR readies articles and interviews.

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Five, count ’em, five reasons you need to be at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

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Network, connect and collaborate You simply won’t find a better time or place to expand your network, with the right people, than at Disrupt. More than 10,000 attendees gather, looking for ways to learn, connect, collaborate and build. AI Stage Fintech Stage Hardware Stage SaaS Stage Security Stage Space Stage Sustainability Stage 3.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: PLG handbook, hiring early-stage sales teams, abolishing pro-rata

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She shared her prerequisites for making product-led efforts more successful and sustainable with TechCrunch+. Her advice skips straight past basic best practices to explain alignment and partnership strategies, recommendations for nurturing community, and other PLG tactics.

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Source makes greenhouses smarter to secure the future of food supply

TechCrunch

The funding will be used to accelerate product development and expand commercial collaborations. and on the indoor climate around the plants to maximize sustainability and production. The company is running on a SaaS model, charging growers on a sliding scale depending on the amount of space they are using for growing.

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Unmuted founder Max van den Ingh on success beyond the metrics

TechCrunch

This process-based service model is, in our opinion, the only way to grow a business in a sustainable way. Typically we focus on what we call “innovative companies” — whether that’s because they have a SaaS offering or they’re an innovator within a traditional industry doesn’t really matter. But this wasn’t the goal at all.

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Reveal raises $50M to espouse the benefits of partner ecosystems

TechCrunch

Research by BCG found that fewer than 15% were sustainable in the long run. But in 2020, the startup began to broaden its product strategy, targeting marketers seeking to create and convert sales leads. Perhaps as a result, business ecosystems — while profitable — have a high failure rate. ”