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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Keep up the blogging and web casts and we will keep listening and growing. The CLTV is the net present value of the recurring profit streams of a given customer less the acquisition cost. We bill on an annual basis for half of our service and were willing to give up to 0.5 to acquire the client. It is really hard to price in the dark.

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How to value your company for sale (Part 2)

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Net net,&# some people say. One of the best ways to arm yourself going into negotiations is to know this number and be prepared to blow up the entire deal if it cannot be met. That means you have to be that sure that that’s the number, regardless of deal structure. That’s post-tax, post earn-out.

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