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Sophie Alcorn
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Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.
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Landing pages are one of the first places startups go to run experiments and refine their messaging, but if you aren’t constantly iterating, you’re leaving money on the table
In his latest column, growth marketing expert Jonathan Martinez identifies multiple conversion rate optimization (CRO) experiments and explains how “to streamline...
Naveen Zutshi
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Naveen Zutshi is the chief information officer of Databricks. Previously, he was the chief information officer of Palo Alto Networks.
As budgets tighten, leaders are feeling the pressure to temper spending, and tech teams are no exception. Many companies invested heavily in the cloud during the pandemic...
Adam Kovacevich
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Adam Kovacevich is the CEO and founder of a center-left tech industry coalition called Chamber of Progress and has worked at the intersection of tech and politics for 20 years, leading public policy at Google and Lime and serving as a Democratic Hill aide.
When the Biden...
How many paying customers do you have, and how long are they locked in?
Annual recurring revenue (ARR) has always been a key metric, but with valuations down across the board and new money too tight to mention, it’s now a lodestar — especially for self-funded startups.
Hotjar CEO Mohannad...
Sophie Alcorn
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Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.
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Mohannad Ali is the CEO of Hotjar, which provides product experience insights software to small and medium-sized businesses.
Building a profitable business during a period of economic uncertainty is nothing short of intimidating. But contrary to popular belief, it’s not impossible. Bootstrapping a startup is one of the...
Christian Owens
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Christian Owens is executive chairman and co-founder of Paddle, a payments infrastructure provider for SaaS businesses.
Following the valuation collapse of the last 12 months, the phrase “efficient growth” is reverberating around SaaS boardrooms worldwide. Every software leader is seeking to boost revenues, cut costs, and demonstrate a...
Boris Dus is co-founder and CEO of Gainy, an investment app.
After the recent failures of financial institutions like FTX and Silicon Valley Bank, regulators have been blamed for poor examination processes and enforcement regarding the regulations financial organizations in the U.S. must follow. However, our experience with the...
In professional sports, player-coaches can be extraordinarily effective: Celtics center Bill Russell won two NBA championships between 1966 and 1969.
A recent study suggests that this principle also applies to venture capital. “Recent data from AngelList, pulled for Flex Capital, shows that the founder-led funds raised through its platform...
