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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #18: The strength of natural network effects

Austin Startup

term has evolved to become muddled since I first read what analysts in 2011 meant by it. When we consider investing in SaaS startups at Hurt Family Investments (34 SaaS startups and counting in our portfolio ), we always look for natural network effects. I’ve also heard BDAs called SaaS 3.0 although the SaaS 3.0

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Denouement

View from Seed

2009-2011: Retrenchment. On paper, VC portfolios perform well. Roughly 18-24 months ago, people started to revisit the question of unit economics… what is the underlying profitability of a B2C transaction or a B2B SaaS contract once all the appropriate costs are factored in. 2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics.

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Denouement

Agile VC

2009-2011: Retrenchment. On paper, VC portfolios perform well. Roughly 18-24 months ago, people started to revisit the question of unit economics… what is the underlying profitability of a B2C transaction or a B2B SaaS contract once all the appropriate costs are factored in. 2017-2018: Rediscovery of Unit Economics.

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Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

VC Cafe

For the third consecutive year , VC Cafe puts the spotlight on the Israeli companies exhibiting in the MWC 2011 event. Interested to meet any of these companies face to face at the WMC 2011? Below are the 56 Israeli companies who will exhibit at the 2011 Mobile World Congress: 3G Vision. Rad Data Communication. Traffix systems.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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He also combed the portfolios of VC firms and talked to people at start-ups, he says. In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Business Services (B2B). Consumer Services (B2C). "Were just getting more light on the entrepreneurial process," he says. fell apart early that year, Mr. Dreymann says.

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

Cracking the Code

Each account manager should have a portfolio of existing customers, and you should model the expected CMRR from this group net of up-sells and churn. This is a clear example where business-to-business (B2B) marketers need to learn from their business-to-consumer (B2C) counterparts. Portfolio. (3). ► 2011. (2).