View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

It seems obvious but strategic investment only makes sense when that corporate VC is providing technology, market access, or other aid that cannot be obtained through a simple business relationship or from a startup’s other investors or advisors.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The big enterprise software companies almost all bootstrapped their way to profitability before they got their first external investors (typically via an IPO). Bernard is based in New York, was born in Berlin, has lived in and started companies in Asia and Europe as well as America; he is comfortable with globalization.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Instead, for marketers and IT professionals, it’s critical to ask “why do we have this technology?” Meme Machine: ‘Hitler’ Skewers Google’s Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics. Business & Marketing. Facebook IPO Hitting in Late May [REPORT]. Quite frankly, that is not enough. 9 Comments.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. The CAC ratio determines the payback time on your sales and marketing investment: a CAC ratio of 0.5 Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 11:09 AM.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

The Deutsche Bank report has a very interesting chart on the topic presenting the Free Cash Flow margins vs. the revenue growth four years post IPO for select software leaders: As you can see, with 20% Free Cash Flow margin and a 50% growth rate, Salesforce is well positioned in the pack! Well.thats probably why Salesforce market cap is 4.9x

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

2007 was a turning point for the SaaS industry with the successful IPOs of NetSuite, SuccessFactors, DemandTec, Salary.com, Aprimo and Constant Contact. or What do I need to do to get ready for an IPO. Save Asia for post-IPO. How can I best partner with the large public saas vendors? One Datacenter. 6:54 PM.

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