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The tool gets the headline, the data and the people decide the outcome
Good morning. A lot of software is sold on what the tool does. The reports worth reading today point somewhere else: at the data a tool runs on, and at the people who are meant to run it. Pick the three or four that matter if you are choosing tools this quarter, and the same thread shows up in each one.
That thread is useful because it changes the question you ask a vendor. Instead of "what can your product do", you start asking "what does it run on, and who has to operate it once it is in". For a small team, that second question usually decides whether a tool earns its place. We built 360REV around the idea that your own records are the asset, which is why the first item below is the one we would read first.
What we're tracking
- When your prospecting tool runs on the same data as everyone else's The clearest point for a buyer today came from a session on AI prospecting. The argument was that most AI prospecting tools share a weakness: they run almost entirely on third-party data [3]. That is worth slowing down on, because it sounds like a detail and is actually the whole story.
- Hiring people who take the load, not just do the work The second report is about people, and it reframes a hiring decision that most growing teams get to eventually. The point was that your top job heading into 2027 is to hire one or two executives who can take the load, not just do the work. The specific recommendation was blunt: every B2B company at scale should have one to three ex-founder executives on the team [2].
- When capital concentrates, read it as a signal about your vendors The third item is about money, and it affects buyers even though it reads like founder news. The week was described as one where capital concentrated harder than the author had ever seen, alongside the detail of a profitable company at 20 million dollars of annual recurring revenue that still could not get a meeting [1].
- What to take from the day None of these is about a feature. Each is about the thing underneath the feature. That is the right altitude from which to choose software this week.
From the blog
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How to keep a team of five aligned without meetings
A team of five does not need daily meetings to stay aligned. It needs a short list of things written down in one place everyone can reach. Here is what to write, and where it should live.
What to do about a customer who leaves
A churn rate tells you how many customers left. It cannot tell you why. Here is how to capture the reason, one departure at a time, so the number becomes something you can act on.
Sources
- Jason’s Takes on This Week’s 20VC: Meet 100 VCs, None-and-Done Beats One-and-Done, and Build-to-Prod Is Where I’d Make 10 Bets SaaStr
- Your Top Job For 2027: Hire 1-2 Execs Who Can Take the Load, Not Just Do the Work SaaStr
- Half Your CRM Data Is Wrong: AI Prospecting in a World of 49% Exec Turnover SaaStr
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