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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

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Google's Search Based Keyword Tool: Monetize The Long Tail of Search

Occam's Razor

The first source of the data are the logs that store the queries that are done by users on google.com (logs that have this data in aggregate, not by individual histories – you'll see the latter is not necessary). Example, here, Apparel, Beauty & Personal Care, Sports & Fitness, Finance etc etc.

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

Cracking the Code

Together, CMRR, Cashflow, Churn, CAC, and CLTV make up the “5 C’s of SaaS Finance. As a private company, you have a VERY high cost of capital (well above 10%), whether you raise venture capital, angel money, friends and family investments, bank financing, or all of the above. Yahoo Finance. Philippe Botteri.