15 Experts on the Art of JavaScript ProgrammingFusionCharts
This document summarizes tips from 15 JavaScript experts on best practices for learning and developing with JavaScript. Some key tips included learning from other languages and principles, producing code that solves problems, embracing interests outside programming, thoroughly learning basic concepts like objects and functions, understanding design patterns, and learning to debug and be a good collaborator early on. Later tips emphasized embracing functional programming concepts, knowing when to compromise versus stand firm, and having empathy for users.
Redesigning a large B2B website - The FusionCharts revamping storyFusionCharts
A detailed look at everything that went behind the redesign of the FusionCharts website - objectives, tech stack and server hardware, information architecture, front-end decisions to make it responsive, design tradeoffs, SEO, and analytics. The decisions we made, the process we followed, the learnings we had and the final results.
Evolving tastes and preferences of the user along with developments in mobile and web technologies is determining the look and feel of the modern day dashboards. Here are the 10 trends in dashboard design...
The Gauge & Widget Advantage for your DashboardFusionCharts
Learn how widgets and gauges including the speedometer chart, bulb gauge, sparklines and bullet graphs help you monitor your key metrics in business dashboards — current sales vs target, average order value, current stock levels and more. Also learn usability tips right from color selection to how to add more context to the widgets in this presentation.
Data Visualization for Business - Pallav NadhaniFusionCharts
The document discusses data visualization for business purposes. It notes that data visualization combines art, science, math and technology to visually display measurable quantities using tools like points, lines, curves and color to understand, substantiate hypotheses and discover from data. The document outlines different types of visualizations and provides tips for effective business data visualization like knowing your audience, choosing the right type of visualization, and exploring ways to enhance it. It stresses tailoring visualizations to the goals, roles and needs of different business departments and positions.
FusionCharts Suite XT Product BrochureFusionCharts
Product Brochure: FusionCharts Suite XT - The industry's leading data visualization solution that powers over a billion charts per month and endorsed by over 21,000 customers and 450,000 developers in 118 countries.
Pallav Nadhani, founder and CTO of InfoSoft Global, discusses the journey of his company's flagship product FusionCharts, a Flash charting component. He started developing the product as a teenager to earn money writing technical articles. Over 15 years, FusionCharts has grown from a one-person operation to a company with 12 products, 30 employees, and over 250,000 users worldwide. Nadhani shares lessons he has learned over the years about addressing pain points, marketing effectively on a small budget, pricing strategies, and adapting to remain competitive.
Data visualization & reporting in Microsoft SharePoint ServerFusionCharts
FusionCharts for SharePoint is a data visualization component that allows users to create interactive charts and dashboards on Microsoft SharePoint without any coding. It connects to various data sources like SharePoint lists, SQL databases, Excel files and retrieves data which can then be visualized through over 50 different chart types. The tool provides extensive customization options for formatting, styling and enhancing charts with features like tooltips, drilldown, exporting etc. Interested users can request a beta version to test the tool's capabilities on their SharePoint installation.
15 Experts on the Art of JavaScript ProgrammingFusionCharts
This document summarizes tips from 15 JavaScript experts on best practices for learning and developing with JavaScript. Some key tips included learning from other languages and principles, producing code that solves problems, embracing interests outside programming, thoroughly learning basic concepts like objects and functions, understanding design patterns, and learning to debug and be a good collaborator early on. Later tips emphasized embracing functional programming concepts, knowing when to compromise versus stand firm, and having empathy for users.
Redesigning a large B2B website - The FusionCharts revamping storyFusionCharts
A detailed look at everything that went behind the redesign of the FusionCharts website - objectives, tech stack and server hardware, information architecture, front-end decisions to make it responsive, design tradeoffs, SEO, and analytics. The decisions we made, the process we followed, the learnings we had and the final results.
Evolving tastes and preferences of the user along with developments in mobile and web technologies is determining the look and feel of the modern day dashboards. Here are the 10 trends in dashboard design...
The Gauge & Widget Advantage for your DashboardFusionCharts
Learn how widgets and gauges including the speedometer chart, bulb gauge, sparklines and bullet graphs help you monitor your key metrics in business dashboards — current sales vs target, average order value, current stock levels and more. Also learn usability tips right from color selection to how to add more context to the widgets in this presentation.
Data Visualization for Business - Pallav NadhaniFusionCharts
The document discusses data visualization for business purposes. It notes that data visualization combines art, science, math and technology to visually display measurable quantities using tools like points, lines, curves and color to understand, substantiate hypotheses and discover from data. The document outlines different types of visualizations and provides tips for effective business data visualization like knowing your audience, choosing the right type of visualization, and exploring ways to enhance it. It stresses tailoring visualizations to the goals, roles and needs of different business departments and positions.
FusionCharts Suite XT Product BrochureFusionCharts
Product Brochure: FusionCharts Suite XT - The industry's leading data visualization solution that powers over a billion charts per month and endorsed by over 21,000 customers and 450,000 developers in 118 countries.
Pallav Nadhani, founder and CTO of InfoSoft Global, discusses the journey of his company's flagship product FusionCharts, a Flash charting component. He started developing the product as a teenager to earn money writing technical articles. Over 15 years, FusionCharts has grown from a one-person operation to a company with 12 products, 30 employees, and over 250,000 users worldwide. Nadhani shares lessons he has learned over the years about addressing pain points, marketing effectively on a small budget, pricing strategies, and adapting to remain competitive.
Data visualization & reporting in Microsoft SharePoint ServerFusionCharts
FusionCharts for SharePoint is a data visualization component that allows users to create interactive charts and dashboards on Microsoft SharePoint without any coding. It connects to various data sources like SharePoint lists, SQL databases, Excel files and retrieves data which can then be visualized through over 50 different chart types. The tool provides extensive customization options for formatting, styling and enhancing charts with features like tooltips, drilldown, exporting etc. Interested users can request a beta version to test the tool's capabilities on their SharePoint installation.
2024 State of Marketing Report – by HubspotMarius Sescu
https://www.hubspot.com/state-of-marketing
· Scaling relationships and proving ROI
· Social media is the place for search, sales, and service
· Authentic influencer partnerships fuel brand growth
· The strongest connections happen via call, click, chat, and camera.
· Time saved with AI leads to more creative work
· Seeking: A single source of truth
· TLDR; Get on social, try AI, and align your systems.
· More human marketing, powered by robots
ChatGPT is a revolutionary addition to the world since its introduction in 2022. A big shift in the sector of information gathering and processing happened because of this chatbot. What is the story of ChatGPT? How is the bot responding to prompts and generating contents? Swipe through these slides prepared by Expeed Software, a web development company regarding the development and technical intricacies of ChatGPT!
Product Design Trends in 2024 | Teenage EngineeringsPixeldarts
The realm of product design is a constantly changing environment where technology and style intersect. Every year introduces fresh challenges and exciting trends that mold the future of this captivating art form. In this piece, we delve into the significant trends set to influence the look and functionality of product design in the year 2024.
How Race, Age and Gender Shape Attitudes Towards Mental HealthThinkNow
Mental health has been in the news quite a bit lately. Dozens of U.S. states are currently suing Meta for contributing to the youth mental health crisis by inserting addictive features into their products, while the U.S. Surgeon General is touring the nation to bring awareness to the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation. The country has endured periods of low national morale, such as in the 1970s when high inflation and the energy crisis worsened public sentiment following the Vietnam War. The current mood, however, feels different. Gallup recently reported that national mental health is at an all-time low, with few bright spots to lift spirits.
To better understand how Americans are feeling and their attitudes towards mental health in general, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey of 1,500 respondents and found some interesting differences among ethnic, age and gender groups.
Technology
For example, 52% agree that technology and social media have a negative impact on mental health, but when broken out by race, 61% of Whites felt technology had a negative effect, and only 48% of Hispanics thought it did.
While technology has helped us keep in touch with friends and family in faraway places, it appears to have degraded our ability to connect in person. Staying connected online is a double-edged sword since the same news feed that brings us pictures of the grandkids and fluffy kittens also feeds us news about the wars in Israel and Ukraine, the dysfunction in Washington, the latest mass shooting and the climate crisis.
Hispanics may have a built-in defense against the isolation technology breeds, owing to their large, multigenerational households, strong social support systems, and tendency to use social media to stay connected with relatives abroad.
Age and Gender
When asked how individuals rate their mental health, men rate it higher than women by 11 percentage points, and Baby Boomers rank it highest at 83%, saying it’s good or excellent vs. 57% of Gen Z saying the same.
Gen Z spends the most amount of time on social media, so the notion that social media negatively affects mental health appears to be correlated. Unfortunately, Gen Z is also the generation that’s least comfortable discussing mental health concerns with healthcare professionals. Only 40% of them state they’re comfortable discussing their issues with a professional compared to 60% of Millennials and 65% of Boomers.
Race Affects Attitudes
As seen in previous research conducted by ThinkNow, Asian Americans lag other groups when it comes to awareness of mental health issues. Twenty-four percent of Asian Americans believe that having a mental health issue is a sign of weakness compared to the 16% average for all groups. Asians are also considerably less likely to be aware of mental health services in their communities (42% vs. 55%) and most likely to seek out information on social media (51% vs. 35%).
AI Trends in Creative Operations 2024 by Artwork Flow.pdfmarketingartwork
Creative operations teams expect increased AI use in 2024. Currently, over half of tasks are not AI-enabled, but this is expected to decrease in the coming year. ChatGPT is the most popular AI tool currently. Business leaders are more actively exploring AI benefits than individual contributors. Most respondents do not believe AI will impact workforce size in 2024. However, some inhibitions still exist around AI accuracy and lack of understanding. Creatives primarily want to use AI to save time on mundane tasks and boost productivity.
Organizational culture includes values, norms, systems, symbols, language, assumptions, beliefs, and habits that influence employee behaviors and how people interpret those behaviors. It is important because culture can help or hinder a company's success. Some key aspects of Netflix's culture that help it achieve results include hiring smartly so every position has stars, focusing on attitude over just aptitude, and having a strict policy against peacocks, whiners, and jerks.
PEPSICO Presentation to CAGNY Conference Feb 2024Neil Kimberley
PepsiCo provided a safe harbor statement noting that any forward-looking statements are based on currently available information and are subject to risks and uncertainties. It also provided information on non-GAAP measures and directing readers to its website for disclosure and reconciliation. The document then discussed PepsiCo's business overview, including that it is a global beverage and convenient food company with iconic brands, $91 billion in net revenue in 2023, and nearly $14 billion in core operating profit. It operates through a divisional structure with a focus on local consumers.
Content Methodology: A Best Practices Report (Webinar)contently
This document provides an overview of content methodology best practices. It defines content methodology as establishing objectives, KPIs, and a culture of continuous learning and iteration. An effective methodology focuses on connecting with audiences, creating optimal content, and optimizing processes. It also discusses why a methodology is needed due to the competitive landscape, proliferation of channels, and opportunities for improvement. Components of an effective methodology include defining objectives and KPIs, audience analysis, identifying opportunities, and evaluating resources. The document concludes with recommendations around creating a content plan, testing and optimizing content over 90 days.
How to Prepare For a Successful Job Search for 2024Albert Qian
The document provides guidance on preparing a job search for 2024. It discusses the state of the job market, focusing on growth in AI and healthcare but also continued layoffs. It recommends figuring out what you want to do by researching interests and skills, then conducting informational interviews. The job search should involve building a personal brand on LinkedIn, actively applying to jobs, tailoring resumes and interviews, maintaining job hunting as a habit, and continuing self-improvement. Once hired, the document advises setting new goals and keeping skills and networking active in case of future opportunities.
A report by thenetworkone and Kurio.
The contributing experts and agencies are (in an alphabetical order): Sylwia Rytel, Social Media Supervisor, 180heartbeats + JUNG v MATT (PL), Sharlene Jenner, Vice President - Director of Engagement Strategy, Abelson Taylor (USA), Alex Casanovas, Digital Director, Atrevia (ES), Dora Beilin, Senior Social Strategist, Barrett Hoffher (USA), Min Seo, Campaign Director, Brand New Agency (KR), Deshé M. Gully, Associate Strategist, Day One Agency (USA), Francesca Trevisan, Strategist, Different (IT), Trevor Crossman, CX and Digital Transformation Director; Olivia Hussey, Strategic Planner; Simi Srinarula, Social Media Manager, The Hallway (AUS), James Hebbert, Managing Director, Hylink (CN / UK), Mundy Álvarez, Planning Director; Pedro Rojas, Social Media Manager; Pancho González, CCO, Inbrax (CH), Oana Oprea, Head of Digital Planning, Jam Session Agency (RO), Amy Bottrill, Social Account Director, Launch (UK), Gaby Arriaga, Founder, Leonardo1452 (MX), Shantesh S Row, Creative Director, Liwa (UAE), Rajesh Mehta, Chief Strategy Officer; Dhruv Gaur, Digital Planning Lead; Leonie Mergulhao, Account Supervisor - Social Media & PR, Medulla (IN), Aurelija Plioplytė, Head of Digital & Social, Not Perfect (LI), Daiana Khaidargaliyeva, Account Manager, Osaka Labs (UK / USA), Stefanie Söhnchen, Vice President Digital, PIABO Communications (DE), Elisabeth Winiartati, Managing Consultant, Head of Global Integrated Communications; Lydia Aprina, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Nita Prabowo, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Okhi, Web Developer, PNTR Group (ID), Kei Obusan, Insights Director; Daffi Ranandi, Insights Manager, Radarr (SG), Gautam Reghunath, Co-founder & CEO, Talented (IN), Donagh Humphreys, Head of Social and Digital Innovation, THINKHOUSE (IRE), Sarah Yim, Strategy Director, Zulu Alpha Kilo (CA).
Trends In Paid Search: Navigating The Digital Landscape In 2024Search Engine Journal
The search marketing landscape is evolving rapidly with new technologies, and professionals, like you, rely on innovative paid search strategies to meet changing demands.
It’s important that you’re ready to implement new strategies in 2024.
Check this out and learn the top trends in paid search advertising that are expected to gain traction, so you can drive higher ROI more efficiently in 2024.
You’ll learn:
- The latest trends in AI and automation, and what this means for an evolving paid search ecosystem.
- New developments in privacy and data regulation.
- Emerging ad formats that are expected to make an impact next year.
Watch Sreekant Lanka from iQuanti and Irina Klein from OneMain Financial as they dive into the future of paid search and explore the trends, strategies, and technologies that will shape the search marketing landscape.
If you’re looking to assess your paid search strategy and design an industry-aligned plan for 2024, then this webinar is for you.
5 Public speaking tips from TED - Visualized summarySpeakerHub
From their humble beginnings in 1984, TED has grown into the world’s most powerful amplifier for speakers and thought-leaders to share their ideas. They have over 2,400 filmed talks (not including the 30,000+ TEDx videos) freely available online, and have hosted over 17,500 events around the world.
With over one billion views in a year, it’s no wonder that so many speakers are looking to TED for ideas on how to share their message more effectively.
The article “5 Public-Speaking Tips TED Gives Its Speakers”, by Carmine Gallo for Forbes, gives speakers five practical ways to connect with their audience, and effectively share their ideas on stage.
Whether you are gearing up to get on a TED stage yourself, or just want to master the skills that so many of their speakers possess, these tips and quotes from Chris Anderson, the TED Talks Curator, will encourage you to make the most impactful impression on your audience.
See the full article and more summaries like this on SpeakerHub here: https://speakerhub.com/blog/5-presentation-tips-ted-gives-its-speakers
See the original article on Forbes here:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=http://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2016/05/06/5-public-speaking-tips-ted-gives-its-speakers/&refURL=&referrer=#5c07a8221d9b
ChatGPT and the Future of Work - Clark Boyd Clark Boyd
Everyone is in agreement that ChatGPT (and other generative AI tools) will shape the future of work. Yet there is little consensus on exactly how, when, and to what extent this technology will change our world.
Businesses that extract maximum value from ChatGPT will use it as a collaborative tool for everything from brainstorming to technical maintenance.
For individuals, now is the time to pinpoint the skills the future professional will need to thrive in the AI age.
Check out this presentation to understand what ChatGPT is, how it will shape the future of work, and how you can prepare to take advantage.
The document provides career advice for getting into the tech field, including:
- Doing projects and internships in college to build a portfolio.
- Learning about different roles and technologies through industry research.
- Contributing to open source projects to build experience and network.
- Developing a personal brand through a website and social media presence.
- Networking through events, communities, and finding a mentor.
- Practicing interviews through mock interviews and whiteboarding coding questions.
Google's Just Not That Into You: Understanding Core Updates & Search IntentLily Ray
1. Core updates from Google periodically change how its algorithms assess and rank websites and pages. This can impact rankings through shifts in user intent, site quality issues being caught up to, world events influencing queries, and overhauls to search like the E-A-T framework.
2. There are many possible user intents beyond just transactional, navigational and informational. Identifying intent shifts is important during core updates. Sites may need to optimize for new intents through different content types and sections.
3. Responding effectively to core updates requires analyzing "before and after" data to understand changes, identifying new intents or page types, and ensuring content matches appropriate intents across video, images, knowledge graphs and more.
A brief introduction to DataScience with explaining of the concepts, algorithms, machine learning, supervised and unsupervised learning, clustering, statistics, data preprocessing, real-world applications etc.
It's part of a Data Science Corner Campaign where I will be discussing the fundamentals of DataScience, AIML, Statistics etc.
Time Management & Productivity - Best PracticesVit Horky
Here's my presentation on by proven best practices how to manage your work time effectively and how to improve your productivity. It includes practical tips and how to use tools such as Slack, Google Apps, Hubspot, Google Calendar, Gmail and others.
The six step guide to practical project managementMindGenius
The six step guide to practical project management
If you think managing projects is too difficult, think again.
We’ve stripped back project management processes to the
basics – to make it quicker and easier, without sacrificing
the vital ingredients for success.
“If you’re looking for some real-world guidance, then The Six Step Guide to Practical Project Management will help.”
Dr Andrew Makar, Tactical Project Management
2024 State of Marketing Report – by HubspotMarius Sescu
https://www.hubspot.com/state-of-marketing
· Scaling relationships and proving ROI
· Social media is the place for search, sales, and service
· Authentic influencer partnerships fuel brand growth
· The strongest connections happen via call, click, chat, and camera.
· Time saved with AI leads to more creative work
· Seeking: A single source of truth
· TLDR; Get on social, try AI, and align your systems.
· More human marketing, powered by robots
ChatGPT is a revolutionary addition to the world since its introduction in 2022. A big shift in the sector of information gathering and processing happened because of this chatbot. What is the story of ChatGPT? How is the bot responding to prompts and generating contents? Swipe through these slides prepared by Expeed Software, a web development company regarding the development and technical intricacies of ChatGPT!
Product Design Trends in 2024 | Teenage EngineeringsPixeldarts
The realm of product design is a constantly changing environment where technology and style intersect. Every year introduces fresh challenges and exciting trends that mold the future of this captivating art form. In this piece, we delve into the significant trends set to influence the look and functionality of product design in the year 2024.
How Race, Age and Gender Shape Attitudes Towards Mental HealthThinkNow
Mental health has been in the news quite a bit lately. Dozens of U.S. states are currently suing Meta for contributing to the youth mental health crisis by inserting addictive features into their products, while the U.S. Surgeon General is touring the nation to bring awareness to the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation. The country has endured periods of low national morale, such as in the 1970s when high inflation and the energy crisis worsened public sentiment following the Vietnam War. The current mood, however, feels different. Gallup recently reported that national mental health is at an all-time low, with few bright spots to lift spirits.
To better understand how Americans are feeling and their attitudes towards mental health in general, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey of 1,500 respondents and found some interesting differences among ethnic, age and gender groups.
Technology
For example, 52% agree that technology and social media have a negative impact on mental health, but when broken out by race, 61% of Whites felt technology had a negative effect, and only 48% of Hispanics thought it did.
While technology has helped us keep in touch with friends and family in faraway places, it appears to have degraded our ability to connect in person. Staying connected online is a double-edged sword since the same news feed that brings us pictures of the grandkids and fluffy kittens also feeds us news about the wars in Israel and Ukraine, the dysfunction in Washington, the latest mass shooting and the climate crisis.
Hispanics may have a built-in defense against the isolation technology breeds, owing to their large, multigenerational households, strong social support systems, and tendency to use social media to stay connected with relatives abroad.
Age and Gender
When asked how individuals rate their mental health, men rate it higher than women by 11 percentage points, and Baby Boomers rank it highest at 83%, saying it’s good or excellent vs. 57% of Gen Z saying the same.
Gen Z spends the most amount of time on social media, so the notion that social media negatively affects mental health appears to be correlated. Unfortunately, Gen Z is also the generation that’s least comfortable discussing mental health concerns with healthcare professionals. Only 40% of them state they’re comfortable discussing their issues with a professional compared to 60% of Millennials and 65% of Boomers.
Race Affects Attitudes
As seen in previous research conducted by ThinkNow, Asian Americans lag other groups when it comes to awareness of mental health issues. Twenty-four percent of Asian Americans believe that having a mental health issue is a sign of weakness compared to the 16% average for all groups. Asians are also considerably less likely to be aware of mental health services in their communities (42% vs. 55%) and most likely to seek out information on social media (51% vs. 35%).
AI Trends in Creative Operations 2024 by Artwork Flow.pdfmarketingartwork
Creative operations teams expect increased AI use in 2024. Currently, over half of tasks are not AI-enabled, but this is expected to decrease in the coming year. ChatGPT is the most popular AI tool currently. Business leaders are more actively exploring AI benefits than individual contributors. Most respondents do not believe AI will impact workforce size in 2024. However, some inhibitions still exist around AI accuracy and lack of understanding. Creatives primarily want to use AI to save time on mundane tasks and boost productivity.
Organizational culture includes values, norms, systems, symbols, language, assumptions, beliefs, and habits that influence employee behaviors and how people interpret those behaviors. It is important because culture can help or hinder a company's success. Some key aspects of Netflix's culture that help it achieve results include hiring smartly so every position has stars, focusing on attitude over just aptitude, and having a strict policy against peacocks, whiners, and jerks.
PEPSICO Presentation to CAGNY Conference Feb 2024Neil Kimberley
PepsiCo provided a safe harbor statement noting that any forward-looking statements are based on currently available information and are subject to risks and uncertainties. It also provided information on non-GAAP measures and directing readers to its website for disclosure and reconciliation. The document then discussed PepsiCo's business overview, including that it is a global beverage and convenient food company with iconic brands, $91 billion in net revenue in 2023, and nearly $14 billion in core operating profit. It operates through a divisional structure with a focus on local consumers.
Content Methodology: A Best Practices Report (Webinar)contently
This document provides an overview of content methodology best practices. It defines content methodology as establishing objectives, KPIs, and a culture of continuous learning and iteration. An effective methodology focuses on connecting with audiences, creating optimal content, and optimizing processes. It also discusses why a methodology is needed due to the competitive landscape, proliferation of channels, and opportunities for improvement. Components of an effective methodology include defining objectives and KPIs, audience analysis, identifying opportunities, and evaluating resources. The document concludes with recommendations around creating a content plan, testing and optimizing content over 90 days.
How to Prepare For a Successful Job Search for 2024Albert Qian
The document provides guidance on preparing a job search for 2024. It discusses the state of the job market, focusing on growth in AI and healthcare but also continued layoffs. It recommends figuring out what you want to do by researching interests and skills, then conducting informational interviews. The job search should involve building a personal brand on LinkedIn, actively applying to jobs, tailoring resumes and interviews, maintaining job hunting as a habit, and continuing self-improvement. Once hired, the document advises setting new goals and keeping skills and networking active in case of future opportunities.
A report by thenetworkone and Kurio.
The contributing experts and agencies are (in an alphabetical order): Sylwia Rytel, Social Media Supervisor, 180heartbeats + JUNG v MATT (PL), Sharlene Jenner, Vice President - Director of Engagement Strategy, Abelson Taylor (USA), Alex Casanovas, Digital Director, Atrevia (ES), Dora Beilin, Senior Social Strategist, Barrett Hoffher (USA), Min Seo, Campaign Director, Brand New Agency (KR), Deshé M. Gully, Associate Strategist, Day One Agency (USA), Francesca Trevisan, Strategist, Different (IT), Trevor Crossman, CX and Digital Transformation Director; Olivia Hussey, Strategic Planner; Simi Srinarula, Social Media Manager, The Hallway (AUS), James Hebbert, Managing Director, Hylink (CN / UK), Mundy Álvarez, Planning Director; Pedro Rojas, Social Media Manager; Pancho González, CCO, Inbrax (CH), Oana Oprea, Head of Digital Planning, Jam Session Agency (RO), Amy Bottrill, Social Account Director, Launch (UK), Gaby Arriaga, Founder, Leonardo1452 (MX), Shantesh S Row, Creative Director, Liwa (UAE), Rajesh Mehta, Chief Strategy Officer; Dhruv Gaur, Digital Planning Lead; Leonie Mergulhao, Account Supervisor - Social Media & PR, Medulla (IN), Aurelija Plioplytė, Head of Digital & Social, Not Perfect (LI), Daiana Khaidargaliyeva, Account Manager, Osaka Labs (UK / USA), Stefanie Söhnchen, Vice President Digital, PIABO Communications (DE), Elisabeth Winiartati, Managing Consultant, Head of Global Integrated Communications; Lydia Aprina, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Nita Prabowo, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Okhi, Web Developer, PNTR Group (ID), Kei Obusan, Insights Director; Daffi Ranandi, Insights Manager, Radarr (SG), Gautam Reghunath, Co-founder & CEO, Talented (IN), Donagh Humphreys, Head of Social and Digital Innovation, THINKHOUSE (IRE), Sarah Yim, Strategy Director, Zulu Alpha Kilo (CA).
Trends In Paid Search: Navigating The Digital Landscape In 2024Search Engine Journal
The search marketing landscape is evolving rapidly with new technologies, and professionals, like you, rely on innovative paid search strategies to meet changing demands.
It’s important that you’re ready to implement new strategies in 2024.
Check this out and learn the top trends in paid search advertising that are expected to gain traction, so you can drive higher ROI more efficiently in 2024.
You’ll learn:
- The latest trends in AI and automation, and what this means for an evolving paid search ecosystem.
- New developments in privacy and data regulation.
- Emerging ad formats that are expected to make an impact next year.
Watch Sreekant Lanka from iQuanti and Irina Klein from OneMain Financial as they dive into the future of paid search and explore the trends, strategies, and technologies that will shape the search marketing landscape.
If you’re looking to assess your paid search strategy and design an industry-aligned plan for 2024, then this webinar is for you.
5 Public speaking tips from TED - Visualized summarySpeakerHub
From their humble beginnings in 1984, TED has grown into the world’s most powerful amplifier for speakers and thought-leaders to share their ideas. They have over 2,400 filmed talks (not including the 30,000+ TEDx videos) freely available online, and have hosted over 17,500 events around the world.
With over one billion views in a year, it’s no wonder that so many speakers are looking to TED for ideas on how to share their message more effectively.
The article “5 Public-Speaking Tips TED Gives Its Speakers”, by Carmine Gallo for Forbes, gives speakers five practical ways to connect with their audience, and effectively share their ideas on stage.
Whether you are gearing up to get on a TED stage yourself, or just want to master the skills that so many of their speakers possess, these tips and quotes from Chris Anderson, the TED Talks Curator, will encourage you to make the most impactful impression on your audience.
See the full article and more summaries like this on SpeakerHub here: https://speakerhub.com/blog/5-presentation-tips-ted-gives-its-speakers
See the original article on Forbes here:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=http://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2016/05/06/5-public-speaking-tips-ted-gives-its-speakers/&refURL=&referrer=#5c07a8221d9b
ChatGPT and the Future of Work - Clark Boyd Clark Boyd
Everyone is in agreement that ChatGPT (and other generative AI tools) will shape the future of work. Yet there is little consensus on exactly how, when, and to what extent this technology will change our world.
Businesses that extract maximum value from ChatGPT will use it as a collaborative tool for everything from brainstorming to technical maintenance.
For individuals, now is the time to pinpoint the skills the future professional will need to thrive in the AI age.
Check out this presentation to understand what ChatGPT is, how it will shape the future of work, and how you can prepare to take advantage.
The document provides career advice for getting into the tech field, including:
- Doing projects and internships in college to build a portfolio.
- Learning about different roles and technologies through industry research.
- Contributing to open source projects to build experience and network.
- Developing a personal brand through a website and social media presence.
- Networking through events, communities, and finding a mentor.
- Practicing interviews through mock interviews and whiteboarding coding questions.
Google's Just Not That Into You: Understanding Core Updates & Search IntentLily Ray
1. Core updates from Google periodically change how its algorithms assess and rank websites and pages. This can impact rankings through shifts in user intent, site quality issues being caught up to, world events influencing queries, and overhauls to search like the E-A-T framework.
2. There are many possible user intents beyond just transactional, navigational and informational. Identifying intent shifts is important during core updates. Sites may need to optimize for new intents through different content types and sections.
3. Responding effectively to core updates requires analyzing "before and after" data to understand changes, identifying new intents or page types, and ensuring content matches appropriate intents across video, images, knowledge graphs and more.
A brief introduction to DataScience with explaining of the concepts, algorithms, machine learning, supervised and unsupervised learning, clustering, statistics, data preprocessing, real-world applications etc.
It's part of a Data Science Corner Campaign where I will be discussing the fundamentals of DataScience, AIML, Statistics etc.
Time Management & Productivity - Best PracticesVit Horky
Here's my presentation on by proven best practices how to manage your work time effectively and how to improve your productivity. It includes practical tips and how to use tools such as Slack, Google Apps, Hubspot, Google Calendar, Gmail and others.
The six step guide to practical project managementMindGenius
The six step guide to practical project management
If you think managing projects is too difficult, think again.
We’ve stripped back project management processes to the
basics – to make it quicker and easier, without sacrificing
the vital ingredients for success.
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2. My background
• Built 5 startups in last 20+ years. 2 exits, 2 shut downs and 1 continuing.
• Started Seeders in 2010 during early days of angel investing in India. Put our money,
not OPM. Had different stages and thesis of investment across this timeline.
• Actively invested in 2010-15 across industries (26 deals). Slowed down in 2016-19
with primarily SaaS focus (8 deals). Since 2020 (75+ deals) active again with focus
on SaaS, mixed with some D2C, health-tech & fintech invested through syndicates.
• Varied cheque sizes from $10K-500K. Now do between $10-50K with follow-ons (for
the good ones).
• Have invested in 100+ companies till now, of which 16 have shut down. 8 have exited
(1 at ~75x, rest between 3x-15x). Some investments are looking great on paper
(100x+ returns). Expecting conservative IRR of 20%+ since first investment in 2011.
• Now look at it as an asset class, with ~10% of overall portfolio allocation. Some
allocation in funds / pre-IPO companies.
3. What is SaaS and evolution of business software?
• Software as a service. Essentially a method for delivery of software through Internet
(cloud) via a subscription model.
• Back in day, software was installed on local servers through client-server window. You
had to manage, install, upgrade software on local servers or computers. Earlier was
called Application Server Provider (ASP).
• Anything subscription is NOT SaaS. Has to be a software or tool, delivered as a web
interface or mobile app.
• 3 main categories of cloud computing: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
• SalesForce is the one credited for leading the SaaS revolution.
• Valuations are 5-20x top-line revenue (in some cases even more).
(For ref: Restaurant is 1x, services 0.75-2x as most of them focus on EBITDA multiple)
4. Benefits of SaaS as a customer
• Opex vs capex.
• Time value of money. Better use of capital.
• Speed of deployment
• Lower risk of it not working (Onus of providing success shifts to vendor)
• Permissionless adoption - Bottom up adoption in many categories
• No headache of management of data centres, network/firewalls, servers/storage,
operating systems, security, developer tools and applications etc.
• Near zero IT overhead cost (apart from provisioning and governance)
5. Why is SaaS growing?
• High gross margins
• Subscription. Top-lien. Predictable revenue.
• Metered pricing. Expansion revenue.
• Global, automated, credit-card based
• Same code based served to all customers (multi-tenant).
Vendor hosts servers, provides security, scaling up/down.
“Software is eating the world" - Marc Andreessen.
9. SaaS in India and where they are
• Over 1000 SaaS companies in India across all stages,
with ~$50B in value today.
• ~$2.6B combined ARR of pure-play SaaS companies
from India. 30% CAGR since 2018. Could reach $50-
$70B by 2030.
• 16 SaaS Unicorns
• 150+ companies having >$1M in ARR
• $4B total VC money invested in Indian SaaS
companies in last 5 years
• 40K people employed
• Potential to create ~$1T in value and half a million jobs
by 2030, with 100+ SaaS Unicorns and 3,500+ SaaS
companies
Source: https://saasboomi.com/saas-landscape-report/
(and some more…)
11. B2B vs B2C SaaS
• B2B SaaS solves an existing business problem. Existing JTBD.
• Comes in multiple avatars: Vertical vs horizontal, SMB/Mid-market/Enterprise
segments, Category creators vs Inspired, SoR (Systems of record) vs SoE
(Systems of Engagement) vs SoD (Systems of decision)
• Could be Mission critical to ops vs peripheral layers (e.g., productivity, silo
tools)
• Big space in devTools / System Infra / Data / API tools companies with India
advantage as 3M+ developers in India.
• Productivity tools (e.g., Notion, Zoom etc.)
12. Broad evaluation criteria for B2B SaaS
• Why now: What has changed? Behaviour, technology, societal, regulatory shifts.
• TAM: Is the opportunity size leading to $100M ARR? ($1B+ markets)?
• Differentiation: What's unique about the product?
• Competitive landscape: How is it positioned compared to others?
• Team: Why is this the best team to do this?
• GTM: What's the sales strategy and sales cycle?
• Moats: How is the business defensible?
• Traction: What's the evidence that the idea is working?
• Unit economics: What's the business model & LTV/CAC?
13. What stage are you investing in and what to
look at in each one?
3 journeys:
0-1 stage:
Pre-PMF
(idea/early
product/some
initial customers)
1-10 stage:
PMF achieved
and figuring
GTM channels
that scale
10-100 stage:
Growth
14. Pre-PMF (0-1 stage) -
What are you evaluating? [1/2]
● Why now, what’s different (cheaper/ better/faster), what are you replacing. “Why now?”
question and explains why it’s a fresh opportunity that should be tried. [If your new startup
could have been built 15 years ago, perhaps the idea’s already been tried and just isn’t
that good] What behaviour / technology / regulatory / societal shift are you banking on?
● Urgent + important problem to be solved. Even better, if in the line of money.
● Why is this founder suitable for this business?
● Is there an unfair advantage? (India delivery, CS, some secret sauce etc.)
● What company, department, budget is the company selling to? Is it a SoR, SoE, SoD?
● What GTM model is required? Does it align with the core strengths of founder. Broad idea
of what channels may work.
15. • Market size. Products don’t matter, markets do. Can this become a $100M ARR
company
• Category / Competitive landscape and differentiator + Multiples / investors
• Past exit multiples, if available, for comparison.
• What does graveyard look like? And what has changed since then?
• Problem value / frequency of usage
• Onboarding / aha moment
Pre-PMF (0-1 stage) -
What are you evaluating? [2/2]
17. Try to find a small market that’s growing quickly,
enabled by a technology or behavior shift
18.
19. PMF stage [1-10] –
What are you evaluating?
• Early Metrics (Product engagement, GTM) and North Star definition.
• ICP / JTBD well defined
• Unit economics: LTV/CAC
• Cohort charts
• Distribution: how to how many? Right channels found?
• Pricing iterations and alignment with value.
• Sales motions: PLG, Inside sales led, Outbound / ABM, Feet on the
street, Partnerships driven
• Who’ll fund next?
20.
21. Growth Stage -
what are you evaluating?
• Repeatable phases in GTM (sales velocity). What’s the distribution mix, blended
CAC/LTV, effective channels/campaigns?
• Further metrics e.g., Burn multiple
• Category leadership plan (how to be in top 3)
• Team / org building capabilities. Hiring for scale.
• OKRs / KPIs or some org alignment framework
• NRR / NDR
• Churn
• Partnerships / piggybacking
• What moats would work? Network, data, business model, distribution, what?
• Where will growth capital come from?
22. Diligence
• Angel DD is very light, most decisions are made within 1
to 3 meetings with founder. Unlike institutional money,
which requires diligence.
• Lead vs syndicate. Lead needs legal.
Others can follow, as long as it’s same agreement.
23. Common early stage valuation frameworks:
• Ownership – focus on owning at least X% of the business for $Y
• Discounted Cash Flow analysis – extremely unreliable with hyper growth startups given
the unknowns of input variables
• Multiple – e.g. 10x Forward ARR, 25x ebitda
• Precedent transactions or comparables
• Scenario analysis: considers plausible scenarios that could take place and the likelihood
of those outcomes coming to pass. It is a way of thinking in probabilities. Bessemer
releases this publicly for its portfolio companies e.g., https://www.bvp.com/memos/
pinterest
• Could this be the next SalesForce / Atlassian? If so, pay anything
• Finger in the air
24. Valuation drivers
• Valuation is part art + part science. It’s a collective lie the ecosystem
tells to each other :)
• Early stage is more qualitative than quantitative. But a benchmark to
use is existing ARR multiple for funding rounds that has happened in
similar categories. Premium for 2nd time founders (with past success)
+ high growth categories.
• High growth public software companies are valued based on forward
revenue multiples.
[Side note: Currently, it’s net income. Inflation and Fed Funds rates
expectations have influenced these preferences. As interest rates
increase, investors discount the large future revenue & profit streams
of high growth companies more heavily. They are valued on a
combination of: Growth %, Net income, Sales efficiency, Gross
Margin, Cash Flow, Category leadership premium]
25. Deal sourcing: Identifying, Validation,
Enabling.
• Your direct network. Colleagues / workers starting a company.
• Online platforms / Syndicates (AngelList, LetsVenture etc.)
• Investor networks (Indian angel, Mumbai angels etc)
• Incubators, Accelerators, Funds
• Ecosystem activities (SaaSBoomi, NASSCOM, TiE etc.)
• Friends of Founders who you’ve already invested in
• Get listed on list of angel investors (UnicornBaba, Media publications etc.)
• Informal meet-ups/parties/industry round tables
• Cold reach out
26. Structures & Logistics
SAFE notes /
convertibles
Priced
rounds
India vs US/Singapore:
Overseas structuring
& flips
LRS
limits
27. What value add can you bring for the
founder to take money from you?
• Industry knowhow / domain knowledge
• Play books that you have applied in a similar setup (sales, marketing, product)
• Network access (customers, hiring, investors)
• Be a customer yourself
• Help with downstream funding
• Cheerleading the company & products
28. Red Flags to look for
• Solving a problem that doesn’t exist.
• Bloated / wrong revenue recognition (booked, billed, accrued). ARR???
• Very small market size: as an investor, you’re looking for exit. So next round,
M&A, IPO etc.
• Non revenue/north-star metrics being highlighted. Chasing vanity metrics.
• Extremely high burn multiple
• High Churn (prevalent in SMB markets)
• No land & expand opportunities
• No clear ICP. "The world is my market"
• Product selling only to other startups.
• High distribution costs, low pricing.
• Signaling problems if institutions come in angel and don’t follow on.
• Too much dilution at early stage.
• Personal opinion: Avoid SaaS purely focussed for Indian markets. Markets
are not deep enough.
29. Your portfolio construction [1/2]
• While B2B is more stable than B2C, if you invest in early stages, power law
distribution still applies.
• Highly illiquid asset class. With extremely high risk.
• Money that you can afford to lose. Know what % of your financial portfolio you are
going to invest in angel
• Don’t invest in the first company you see
• Isn’t about investing in what’s hot today. Is about figuring what will be interesting 3-5
years down the line. The current hot companies are already VC funded, so you have
missed the bus; unless you see a niche or a fundamentally good opportunity
• Don’t do all investments in one year itself. As sectors change with herd mentality.
Also you need to think of recycling of money, seasonality of valuations, and building
your own framework/thesis. e.g., missed out India consumption story 2011-2014 and
have an anti-portfolio of a lot of very good companies.
30. • Spread your bets (10 or more). Small cheques multiple
companies.
• Then do pro rata follow ons. Do at least 10
investments, ideally 25+ for predictable returns.
• Focus on fundamentals - team, market, timing
Your portfolio construction [2/2]
31. Exit strategy
• Know your exit - value driven (2-10x), Asymmetric risk-reward ratio (0 or 100)
• How do you get exits?
○ M&A: different kinds of buyers (financial, rollup, strategic)
○ Secondary (VC, other investors). Typically during series B/C, sometimes at a
discount. Though, not a well defined market for secondary in India, unlike US.
○ IPO: $100M ARR required
• Do partial exits for recycling.
• Pitfalls:
○ Not all acquisitions actually return money to investors. Acqui-hires are also
marketed as acquisitions.
○ Don’t rely on buybacks as an exit mechanism
○ Dividend payout isn’t a strategy. That is more like a debt instrument. Plus you
need high ownership.
32. The fun parts:
• Vicariously enjoying the journey of that company, without being in
driver’s seats
• Learning so many different aspects at different scales and setups
• Amazing founders to talk to, and hang out with
• Learning about newer areas of innovation happening in the world
• The financial outcome
33. The non fun parts:
• You don’t own any KPI and you’re not involved in execution role.
• Your advice to founders may or may not be followed. And the founders
aren’t obliged to.
• It’s slow. It’s like watching a cactus grow.
• Each round of fund raise means note documents to review, to protect
your rights
• When things don’t go well (and most likely it won’t). Co-founder issues,
fund issues, competition etc.
• When you start, you won’t get the cream deal flow, as now that’s mostly
oversubscribed
34. Closing comments:
• Being in angel investment or venture capital is about being in the “exceptions” business.
But, SaaS is not a winner take all market. 20% market share of leader in most SaaS
segments globally.
• Much bigger element of “luck” than people choose to believe.
• Truly a global opportunity for Indian companies. Digital GTM, post-sale CSM, domain
expertise etc.
• It takes time for big exits. 2 of my biggest returns are from vintage of 2011.
• Rules are made to be broken and ‘non-consensus’ business models are constantly
challenging the status quo. You could argue that this is where true investor ‘alpha’ is
made, but being non-consensus has its challenges, including finding investor support.
• Startups typically don’t fail because of technology issues, given open source, AWS, lots
of collaboration tools, a network of smart people, etc. This used to be the case decades
ago, but these days, startups fail because they don’t get traction in the market.
36. Let’s do an exercise
Would you have invested in
early days of say Canva, Notion,
Zoom, Slack, Freshworks?
Let’s pick 2 companies and do
an evaluation on the parameters
we talked about.
38. Know why you are doing it.
• Start-ups is a conviction game. Not a speculative game.
• Passionate about a company / space
• Want to learn vicariously
• Treating it as an asset class in your financial portfolio
• Want to be a fund manager sometime in future and this is
your proof of pudding
• Bragging rights