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

Cracking the Code

Given the lag in GAAP revenue recognition, the Q4 09 revenues are indicating an increased productivity in Q3 2009 (we have unfortunately to look backward due to the GAAP revenue recognition model), but the trend is very encouraging. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). SaaS 13 Index Valuation.

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What’s Your VC Tech Stack? Results from a Survey of Early-Stage VC Funds

David Teten

VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. The VC landscape has gotten much more competitive and crowded over the past several years, and if investors are not using software tools — they are definitely at a disadvantage. How do VCs originate investments?

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

Wize provides consumers with a unique way to leverage the online wisdom by aggregating the opinions of millions of users and by letting people ask questions about a specific product or need to the Wize community. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. My Investments.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high. in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products.

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Not All Traffic Is Created Equal

www.pakman.com

Things like business white-papers or product reviews are perfect examples of informational traffic. This traffic has significantly more value than topical traffic, and excels at attracting endemic advertisers in the key verticals of travel, auto, tech, financial services, real estate and pharma, to name a few.

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

Cracking the Code

The top performing SaaS companies typically achieve annual customer renewal rates above 90% - with most of the churn due to death (bankruptcies) or marriage (acquisitions) - and over 100% renewals on a dollar value basis due to up-sells into this installed base. Cashflow is the other key metric. Bessemer SaaS Law #6.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

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