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CEO, Leadership

Fail Fast, Change Faster: How Hyper-Adaptive Leadership Turns Setbacks into Success

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Managing a technology company to meet investor expectations has never been more challenging. In this environment, conventional leadership models prioritizing stability and long-term planning over flexibility and rapid response are rapidly becoming obsolete. The SaaS leaders poised to excel in the coming decade will be those who adopt Hyper-Adaptive Leadership. This leadership style goes beyond merely keeping up with change; it focuses on anticipating, catalyzing, and harnessing change to de-risk market challenges and achieve value and growth.

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CEO, All, Leadership

From Service to SaaS: The Case for Hiring Former Military Officers in Tech

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Hiring former military officers in tech can give your company an edge. Junior Military Officers possess exceptional leadership, adaptability, and critical thinking skills, making them valuable in guiding teams and managing projects. By prioritizing attitude over technical skills and integrating JMOs into leadership roles, companies can leverage their exceptional capabilities for sustained business success. Learn how to attract and hire JMOs by reading the full article.

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CCO, CEO, Customer Loyalty, Customer Success

Transforming Professional Services to Accelerate Customer-Led Growth

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In our post “Customer-Led Growth and Product-Led Growth: Friends or Foes?” we discuss how the emergence of Customer-Led Growth (CLG) as a leading strategy to fuel sustainable growth requires closely evaluating traditional roles and functions across the company. Some pundits believe that Professional Services (PS) no longer has a role in growth-oriented SaaS businesses since

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All, CEO, Leadership, Operational Excellence

The Role of Strategy in Business Planning: Creating Value and Vision for the Future

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Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. Sun Tzu, The Art of War Most of us start a new year with some form of a plan with defined and measurable objectives that cover a fiscal period that aligns with a budget – a Business Plan.

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All, CEO, Leadership, Operational Excellence

From Founder to Future: Navigating the Transition with a Growth Mindset

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The concept of a founder’s mentality, while crucial in the early stages of a company for driving growth and innovation, can indeed present barriers to fostering a growth mindset as the organization scales. This article addresses how investors and new leaders in founder-led companies can get sustained benefit from a founder’s mentality while establishing the necessary (growth mindset) culture to achieve sustained growth.

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Customer Led Growth (CLG) and Product Led Growth (PLG): Friends or Foes?
CEO, CCO, CMO, CRO, Market Leadership, Market Strategy

Customer Led Growth (CLG) and Product Led Growth (PLG): Friends or Foes?

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Businesses widely adopt Product Led Growth and its variant, Product Led Sales; meanwhile, Customer Led Growth is gaining traction for sustainable, profitable expansion through superior customer experiences.

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CEO, CCO, CTO, Customer Loyalty, Customer Success, Generative AI

The Future of Customer Retention: Leveraging AI for Predictive Churn Analytics

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Companies use advanced technologies like NLP and LLMs to enhance Customer Health Index systems, aiming for accurate churn prediction. However, current capabilities are limited and an incremental adoption of AI and NLP is recommended for B2B SaaS churn reduction.

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CEO, CTO, Generative AI, Product, Product Management, World-Class 
Product

Technical Debt and the Impact on SaaS Growth

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A recent article in the Wall Street Journal warned of the impact of technical debt in deployed software’s impact on the US economy.  The article posits that technical debt, accumulating from outdated systems and quick fixes, poses significant security risks and stifles innovation.  An estimate suggests the cost to address technical debt in the US

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CEO, CFO, CTO, Product, Product Management, World-Class 
Product

How to Optimize SaaS Software Development Spend

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In the new world of PEG (Profitable Efficient Growth) operators must ensure investment in product development is tuned to Optimize SaaS R&D Spend and maximize the contribution to the company’s strategic objectives. Investing in R&D is critical for fueling innovation and accelerating growth at SaaS companies. However, determining just the right level of R&D spending

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