by Arie Shpanya | Jun 29, 2015 | Seeking Uncertainty
As sales tactics is one of the most important and vital aspects of the SaaS sales process, price optimization is a subsequent key ingredient. Thus, positioning the right price in proposals is an art per se. Here are few best practices taken from Nick Nolenda’s excellent price optimization report. The practices are adapted to the SaaS world. Here is a brief summary (tl;dr ): 1) Remove the $ sign (it reminds the pain of paying). 2) Remove the comma when possible (2599/mo. instead of...
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by Arie Shpanya | May 21, 2015 | Seeking Uncertainty
The era of massive information Today more than ever, we’re hooked. We’ve got to stay connected, right? The need to stay up to date is taking over us. We have to stay connected to what is going on and not miss a single bit of information, as it might be that piece of information that is so important for us to know. If we don’t, then others will look at us as an out-dated machine that needs to be replaced. Thus, we convince ourselves that we ought to stay super-connected. Especially in the tech...
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by Arie Shpanya | Apr 3, 2015 | Seeking Uncertainty
Disclaimer: I admire Jason Lemkin @jasonlk and his posts are amazing. I’ve learned some much and I’m humbled to write a follow up post on this topic. I’ll start with a spoiler, or more precisely the bottom line: VC’s are that insanely rich, or at least most majority of them. So Jason mentioned in his post that VC’s ends up with personal effective ownership of 32%-40% on a “one company equivalent” basis. Here is a recap of the assumptions: 1. Total of 20% in 20 companies: VC that does A/B...
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by Arie Shpanya | Apr 3, 2015 | Seeking Uncertainty
So I wonder why. Why he asks? yes why. Why seeking and why seeking uncertainty. I mean why the name of course. What is the origin of the blog’s name. I thought about it for a while- thinking what will represent a journey that seeks all, but knows nothing. Then it hit me (It didn’t came to me as some sort of enlightenment or epiphany, but it still hit me while I was daydreaming): “seeking uncertainty”. In a way..We’re all seeking uncertainty. I look for uncertainty, as I’m a risk taker or AKA...
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by Arie Shpanya | Apr 3, 2015 | Seeking Uncertainty
It happens too often. sounds like the story of our life. Stop me if it sounds too familiar. We’re intensively running in a race: getting the right degree, the right job, the right career path, the right decisions that will make us look in hindsight and say: we made the right thing. But maybe we didn’t and maybe we end up try to get it all, but we’re just end up catching a tiger by it’s tail. Sometimes you just cannot have it all., and you’re just then overwhelmed but your attempts. You’re...
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by Arie Shpanya | Apr 3, 2015 | Seeking Uncertainty
Rain, Just rain. Rain of hopes Hopes in vain Shuttered in an ocean of pain Pain that has no gain. My thoughts sailing thousand miles away, Knowing I cannot see her again Depicting the moments Yearning for those days I imagine I hear her Her voice sounds so faint I wish she was not there And the pain, The pain all starts...
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by Arie Shpanya | Apr 3, 2015 | Seeking Uncertainty
השבוע שוב עלו הטייקונים הישראלים לכותרות. הפעם לא קושרים להם כתרים ומפארים ומרוממים אותם בכיכר העיר. הפעם מעמידים אותם למשפט שדה מהיר וחורצים את דינם לסקילה. יטען הטוען, כי באמת יהיה זה פופליסטי לעשות כן, שכן ללא בעלי ההון- אין משק ישראלי מתקדם ואין תעשייה, שוק צרכני ושוק עבודה משוכלל. ואולם הטיפול הכוללני בבעלי ההון אכן איננו חג סביב שיח מקצועי וענייני- שיח שצריך לבחון את ההשלכות של ריסוקם של בעלי ההן, וכפועל יוצא של חברות מובילות במשק שאחראיות להעסקתם של אלפי עובדים. עולם היזמות טומן בחובו...
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by Arie Shpanya | Apr 3, 2015 | Seeking Uncertainty
The “Lean Startup” is a business approach that aims to change the way companies are built and products are launched. It was created by Eric Reis after the failure of his own startup, due to not understanding customer wants, and overspending on their initial product launch. Learning from his mistakes, the goal of a “Lean Startup” is to build a minimal product or product line and gauge customer feedback before investing in something that people don’t want. They say: “Fail Often, Fail Fast”, and...
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