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4 Tips to Become a More Effective Manager Productive and trusting relationships between managers and employees is key to the success of your software company. Insufficient management or negative manager-employee relationships can lead to a loss of motivation,...

Everything You Need to Know about Net Promoter Scores The Net Promoter Score (NPS) is an important metric that you should be monitoring and iterating upon at your B2B software company. In basic terms, the higher your NPS, the better off you are. A high NPS means a...

Book Review: Made to Stick Whether it is for school, work, or just everyday interaction, communicating ideas effectively is one of the most crucial skills one can learn: especially in an age of hyper-connection. When ideas fail to be communicated properly, it leads to...

Improving Your Employee Retention Employee retention is an important focus that often gets lost in the bustle of running your own company. However, just as metrics like customer retention are important, so too is employee retention. Employee Benefit News found that...

Effective Meeting Strategies How many times have you sat in a meeting and realized it could have been an email? Or, worse, how often have you come out of a meeting realizing there were a dozen things left to cover, and you’re leaving with more questions than answers?...

5 Books Every SaaS Founder Should Read We know how busy tech founders are. Between talking with investors, keeping employees happy and productive, and, you know, actually running your company, it can be hard to find time to read. However, founders should know they...

When is Venture Debt Right for Me? Venture debt can be an efficient and useful way to accelerate your company’s growth, but it may not always be right for every founder. In our experience, there are a handful of use cases that work best with revenue-based financing....

4 Tips on Bootstrapping Your Company When first starting your company, there aren’t many funding options available to you. You’re way too early for banks, and angel investors typically want to see at least an MVP before making a decision. If you’re able to get a...

Defining Your Ideal Customer Profile Many software companies fall into the trap of targeting too broad of a customer base. While it may be true that your product is a good fit for a variety of customers, it’s important to begin with a very specific target. Once you’ve...