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Demystifying Maturity Models: Their Significance in Measuring Business Success
A comprehensive overview of maturity models in organizations, explaining their importance, types, how they work, their limitations, and how to choose the right model for a company's needs.
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The 47 Hottest Startups in Germany: 2023 Edition
Here's our pick of the hottest and most promising German startups in 2023.
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13 Key Procurement KPIs You Should Track in 2023
Setting procurement KPIs is essential to track your procurement team's performance, ensuring smooth operations, and minimizing costs.
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Raising Venture Capital in 2023: 5 Operational Trends VCs Are Looking for
Are you looking to raise venture capital this year? Learn how to attract VCs attention in 2023 with the latest operational trends.
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What is Application Rationalization and How to Implement It
Application rationalization is the process of assessing and streamlining an organization's software applications to improve efficiency, reduce redundancy, and optimize resource allocation.
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How to Write a Good Software Business Case [+ Template]
Do you think your company needs to invest in new software? In this post, you'll learn how to write a good software business case. Free template included.
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What is SaaS Operations?
SaaS Operations (SaaSOps) is a new field that's quickly becoming essential for companies of all sizes.
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The Rise of Embedded Finance
From Uber to Amazon, companies are integrating financial products into their offerings through embedded finance.
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FinOps Principles for Scaleup Finance Leaders: The Definitive Guide
Strategically implementing FinOps principles can help you bring clarity and efficiency to your scaleup's finances. Here's how to get it done.
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Startup Costs: How Much Should a Startup Spend on Software?
Want to optimize your startup costs? Get key insights into software budget allocation in this post.
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How to Turn Your Customer Onboarding into a Competitive Advantage
A great customer onboarding process can help you maximize retention and customer satisfaction. Here's how to make it happen.
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The Most Common SaaS Management Challenges for Startups in 2023 [& How to Solve Them]
In 2023, process efficiency will be key for startups. In this post, we explore the most common SaaS management challenges and how to overcome them.
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SaaS that Will Make Your Startup More Efficient in 2023
Looking into your internal processes and the tools that power them? In this post, we share 6 SaaS trends that will make startups become more efficient in 2023.
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8 Best SaaS Management Platforms to Manage Your Software Subscriptions
SaaS management platforms help IT teams manage software subscriptions, reduce shadow IT, and streamline compliance.
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What’s the Minimum Viable Startup Stack?
Choosing the best SaaS apps for your team while keeping your budget in check is complicated. Learn our top tips for SaaS budgeting today!
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Software Tech Stack: Definition + How to Manage Yours
Learn what a software tech stack is, why it is important and how to manage one with Cledara.
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4 Software Management Processes COOs Should Implement Today
To boost productivity and ensure the whole business is empowered to work efficiently, strong software management is key.
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15 Innovative and Remote Friendly Startups
Meet some of the innovators who embrace remote work.
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3 Ways Virtual Cards Help Startups Control Spending
Virtual cards are quickly becoming the new standard for many startups.
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The 45 Hottest Startups in the Netherlands
From Crisp and Bots to TestGorilla and Lightyear, the Netherlands hosts an eclectic and exciting group of startups. We’ve pulled together the ones to watch in 2022 and beyond.
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Checklist: 10 Things To Do Before You Say “Yes!” to New Software
Here's how to evaluate your next purchasing decision.
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6 Tips for Startups to Weather the Downturn in 2022
Key lessons from previous downturns can help you succeed in 2022.
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SaaStock Barcelona May Edition: Unlocking Growth
Another one for the books! Read all about our latest SaaStock event.
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The 36 Hottest Startups in Italy in 2022
Here's our pick of the hottest and most promising Italian startups in 2022
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What Does Your Software Have to Do with Company Culture?
Is all this tech at work chipping away at company culture? We think so.
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SaaStock Barcelona March Edition: It’s a Wrap!
Over 100+ founders attended our first SaaStock local Barcelona - Check out the highlights!
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The 41 Most Fascinating Founders in Florida
Here’s our pick for the most fascinating founders and their stories in Florida so far in 2022.
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The Great Resignation…or The Great Reassessment?
When the world shut down, our laptops flipped open. How should employees and employers cope in 2022?
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Top 37 Fashion Tech Startups in Europe in 2022
Here's our pick of the top fashion tech startups to watch out for in 2022.
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The Ultimate Reading List for CFOs and Finance Leaders
We’ve curated a list of the best newsletters, white papers, and books to support CFOs and Finance Leaders in their scale-up journey.
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The First 90 Days in Accounting at a Startup: 8 Ways to Succeed in a New Role
The first 90 days in any new position are vital, especially in a startup environment. Learn the 8 key strategies needed to thrive, excel and succeed in a new accounting role.
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The 36 Hottest Startups in France in 2021
Here's our pick of the hottest and most promising French startups in 2021.
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The 37 Hottest Gaming Startups in Europe
Europe boasts an abundance of gaming innovators. But as the sector continues to boom, which companies on the continent are capable of shaping the future of gaming?
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The 34 Hottest Startups in Portugal
We’ve rounded up the 34 Portuguese startups making waves at home and abroad in 2021.
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The 30 Hottest Startups in the Baltics
From Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, here are some of the top startups in the Baltics in 2021.
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The Top 50 Hottest Startups in the Nordics in 2021
We chose 50 unique startups to watch in the Nordics, one of the most interesting startup ecosystems in Europe where companies like Spotify, Skype, Just Eat and Zendesk were born.
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The Human Costs of Poor SaaS Management
We look beyond the financial implications of SaaS sprawl towards the human toll.
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The Top 3 Most Painful Unsubscribes
We look at the top 3 most painful unsubscribes out there and give you advice if you are in the position of unsubscribing to any of these. And wait for the bonus at the end!
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The Top 10 Most Popular Email Marketing SaaS tools of 2021
The most popular email marketing tools of 2020, according to data from Cledara
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The Top 50 European Crypto Companies
From the UK, to The Netherlands and Malta, here are some of the top crypto companies in Europe in 2021.
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5 Reasons Why Virtual Company Cards Win Over Physical
We take a dive into why you shouldn’t give corporate cards to your employees in 2021. We tell you why virtual cards are miles better. And, it’s not just for security.
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The Top 50 Venture Builders in Europe
From Germany, to Spain and the UK, here are the top 50 venture builders in Europe.
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Biggest Corporate Card Fails
We take a look at some of the funniest stories about how traditional corporate cards can be used, misused and abused!
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VIRAL Framework: How to Get Investors to Like You
Village Capital's VIRAL Framework helps founders speak the language of investors and scale their company.
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How Can I Reduce My SaaS Spend Today?
Spend 30 seconds to see how much you can reduce your SaaS spend by switching to Cledara
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The Best Fintech Angel Investors According to the FinTech50 2020
It can be hard to figure out who's best to raise from. We looked at the data for angel investors in fintech startups, so you don't have to!
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Is Outbound Email Your Path to Hockey Stick Growth?
Cold emails helped Zenefits and Rippling achieve unicorn growth in no time. So by now you should be asking yourself how to replicate that in some way
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The Best Fintech VCs According to the FinTech50 2020
It can be hard to figure out who's best to raise from. We looked at the data for fintech startups, so you don't have to!
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Companies That Manage SaaS Accelerate Teams
We share why it is a good idea to manage your software assets in your company and how it can accelerate teams.
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Forget Bring Your Own Device, now it's Bring Your Own Software
BYOD is so 2012. 2020 is the age of BYOS. We dig into what BYOS means for companies and Software Asset Management Teams.
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My Experience Starting a New Job and Being Evacuated on Day 1 Because of COVID-19
I started working for Cledara on what was, for me, day one of the pandemic. This is my experience joining a company right before going into lockdown.
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Decentralised Expenses Are Key To Remote Work
We dive into how you manage spend and SaaS management when your whole team is working remotely.
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Whitepaper: Tactics For Startup Finance Teams to Navigate Covid-19
Optimal actions change every day. To help out, we decided to put together a tactical guide based on some things we’re thinking about doing at Cledara. We want to help startup finance teams to help everyone get through this as strong as possible.
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Techstars and Anthemis Share Tactics To Help Founders Navigate the Pandemic
The good folks at Techstars and Anthemis have organised calls with their portfolio this week about how the Coronavirus pandemic is likely to affect startups. Here we share tactical advice for founders based on what we learned from the calls.
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Corporate Judo and 5 Other Tips For Startup Founders Doing Deals With Large Companies
We were at StartupGrind Barcelona's Corporate Innovation Summit talking about how startups and big companies can work together. We share our stories and experiences from deals with Barclays, Mastercard, Uber and more.
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11 Actionable Tips For A Top Startup Pitch
The rules our team have used to win SaaStock, WebSummit's MoneyConf, give a great Demo Day Pitch and teach startup pitching for the last 7 years.
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5 Reasons Why Making it Easier to Buy SaaS Makes Happier Teams
SaaS can be a major friction for teams. Making it SaaS easier for people makes for happier people.
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The Ultimate List of the 125 Largest Tech Conferences in Europe in 2020
The largest tech conferences in Europe
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How we do Strategic Planning at Cledara
We've thought a lot about how to do effective strategic planning for startups. This is a step-by-step guide to how we do it. Feel free to try!
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Techstars Mentor Madness Lives Up To Its Name
One down, two to go. The road to get into Techstars is a long one. First the application and the videos, then a series of interviews and then, once you’re in, it seems that time just flies by.
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12 Questions To Think About When You're Finding Your Startup Advisors
I’ve heard a lot about startups having advisors, but as Cledara is my first time as a founder, there was a lot to think about before I set out trying to find advisors to help.
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