YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Not surprisingly, they developed a loyal following and grew rapidly. When Amazon came knocking in 2009, they had been modestly profitable for only two years. They devalued the company and sold 70% of the business to private investors in 2009. Negotiating a different deal structure could have prevented the price from dropping.

IPO 162

IPO Exit Strategy San Francisco Startup 162

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

It is what Seed used to be from 2009-2013, until the Seed rounds got fat and bloated and the bar for raising a Seed round became a lot higher. Unless every aspect of product development is covered by founders who are only receiving equity, there are other parts of building a product that will require hiring highly qualified people.

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

As all good sales VPs will tell you, the compensation plans of the sales team will drive behavior, so it is critically important that you structure the sales and account management plans to align with the key metrics of your business: CMRR, Churn, and Cash flow. Philippe Botteri. Bessemer SaaS Law #5.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48