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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. and (2) their leadership position in multi-billion dollar markets will likely make them dominant players in the software landscape, even though they are still small today (SuccessFactors $2.5B

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008! Happy New Year to you, Cracking-the-code reader! and online gaming companies and 2/3 looking at the software and SaaS industry.

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Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Cracking The Code: A Quick & Funny Summary of AdTech

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Cracking The Code: Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends

Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, May 15, 2008. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. I might suggest a pretty awesome book for understanding the entrepreneurial code, "The Answer." Portfolio. (3).

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

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Friday, October 10, 2008. The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 11:09 AM. Great list!

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Cracking The Code: A funny perspective on Google innovation.

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Cracking The Code: "10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About.

Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Free Software Download. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). Tuesday, May 25, 2010. "10 Newer Post.

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2010!

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Cracking The Code: Popular Media: the key to viral marketing

Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11).

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Cracking The Code: Impact of the recession on SaaS.

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Just some food for thought as you build your investment portfolio. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. Cracking The Code on Facebook. Portfolio. (3).

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Cracking The Code: United Breaks Guitar and more!

Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. It all started on March 31, 2008. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11).

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Cracking The Code: Laughing Out (c)Loud

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: SaaS , software , Venture Capital. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11).

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Cracking The Code: Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop.

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. I am working on a post-mortem of the SaaS 13 Index for 2008, but before getting into these gloomy numbers, I thought I would start the year with something more refreshing. Portfolio. (3).

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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Cracking The Code: Hard times.

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, October 27, 2008. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ▼ 2008. (11).

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Cracking The Code: Made to Stick!

Cracking the Code

JUNE 23, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, June 23, 2008. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ▼ 2008. (11). internet. (6).

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Cracking The Code: Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your.

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11).

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Cracking The Code: New SaaS 13 Index: Welcome to LogMeIn.

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. on January 1st 2008. 2008 after flirting with the lows in March 09 at -65%. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3).

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Cracking The Code: Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII.

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. This supplement to our BVP VII fund will ensure that we can take advantage of future investment opportunities and that the companies within the Bessemer portfolio have continued access to capital."

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Cracking The Code: Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts.

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Thursday, November 13, 2008. Fifteen CFOs participated - about half of them from Bessemer portfolio SaaS companies (Cornerstone On Demand, Intacct. multiple fell down to ~2.2x

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Cracking The Code: One order a day.

Cracking the Code

MARCH 10, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, March 10, 2008. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ▼ 2008. (11). at 3:04 PM.

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Cracking The Code: Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud.

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Software as a Service (SaaS), the most mature of these segments, is comprised of end user applications like Salesforce.com. Forget everything you learned about software channels.

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Cracking The Code: Launch of the SaaS 13 Index!

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, February 25, 2008. The Index reference point starts on January 1st 2008 at 19,187.81 Labels: SaaS , software. Cracking The Code on Facebook. Portfolio. (3).

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Cracking The Code: Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. 10K/MMR is very very large for most SaaS players and Netli is unique in that it is at a very low level of the software stack. link] Nirvaha Sales Compensation Software. Portfolio. (3).

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Cracking The Code: Software 2.0: How the use of internet is.

Cracking the Code

APRIL 13, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Software 2.0: How the use of internet is transforming the software industry. To win in this new space, software companies need new marketing skills. Friday, April 13, 2007.

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Cracking The Code: Cracking the SMB code

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking the SMB code. Small and Medium businesses have been the holy grail of High tech and software companies for quite some time now, but the quest is far from ending. "If

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Cracking The Code: Death Sentence for SaaS.or for Lawson?

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Tuesday, September 02, 2008. So where does Salesforces profitability stands today compared to the most successful on premise public software companies? Labels: SaaS , software.

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Cracking The Code: Save the planet!

Cracking the Code

JUNE 18, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Cracking The Code: VC lifestyle

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 5, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Cracking The Code: How to fish a salmon

Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

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Cracking The Code: Global warming: a plague for humanity?

Cracking the Code

MARCH 30, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS business metrics: why are they different?

Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. However, SaaS companies are trading today at an average of 5-6x trailing revenues (salesforce leading the pack with 8.7x), while traditional software companies are in the 2-3x range.

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Cracking The Code: Zune vs. Ipod

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 7, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Cracking The Code: Betting on the right guy

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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McKinsey highlight #1 - Cracking The Code - Yes

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. I guessed the measuring spoon was not used diligently. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10).

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Cracking The Code: Get your own helicopter for $50!

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Cracking The Code: Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Sandhill.com Podcast : 40mn podcasts on Enterprise software. This is the only podcast I found on Enterprise software. Cracking The Code on Facebook. Portfolio. (3).

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Cracking The Code: Don't click on this link!

Cracking the Code

APRIL 18, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). ► 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

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Cracking The Code: Why I disagree with Tony Zingale on the future.

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The theme was "the future of software". He is a great speaker and I enjoyed the speech, but after 40mn, I was still waiting to hear about the future of software.

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Cracking The Code: Getting the most of your online marketing: the In.

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: internet , Portfolio. Cracking The Code on Facebook. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Portfolio. (3). software. (10). Monday, February 12, 2007.

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The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summit

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, February 04, 2008. A few times per year, Bessemer organizes a CxO event for our portfolio companies and we decided to focus our first session of 2008 on Software-as-a-service (SaaS).

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