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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” What Are Your Valuation Expectations? But it’s definitely a very small minority.” Finance is about reporting on historical performance and future planning through the lens of financial metrics.” ” (Rob Go). ” (Lee Hower).

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Four years at Version One & some thoughts on “Moneyball for VC”

Version One Ventures

Over the next two weeks, I set out to build my own Mattermark / CBInsights by aggregating the APIs of Crunchbase, AngelList, and Twitter, as well as any other relevant datasets I could get access to. The next challenge is that all the various data sources have different definitions and labels (leading to inconsistent data).

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

Maybe you are wondering which metrics to track, or whether or not you should take out a loan for your business. It’s definitely something that we get a lot of exposure to and really just want to share some advice, hopefully some useful insight that we’ve seen from the thousand companies across the many industries that we serve.

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

Cracking the Code

While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09! Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). SaaS 13 Index Valuation.

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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

So, I took it upon myself as a challenge to put together the definitive “ Pre-Seed FAQ.” Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. If the Micro-VCs are looking for Series A-like metrics, what does a company do when it’s just getting started? Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed?

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The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summit

Cracking the Code

This introduction was also the opportunity to illustrate the amazing growth of our software and saas portfolio in the past years, with aggregated revenues reaching $1.2B What metrics should I be using to drive a saas business? If you want to learn more on SaaS metrics, you can read my previous blog post. My Investments.

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

Cracking the Code

Effectively measuring and understanding your CAC and CLTV metrics are key to future success. Bessemer SaaS Law #1: Your key monthly business metrics are: CMRR (Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue), Churn, and Cash flow - “Bookings” is for suckers. Brian, Paglo www.paglo.com. Great list! Great list! Philippe Botteri.