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Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

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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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Cracking The Code: Death Sentence for SaaS.or for Lawson?

Cracking the Code

Well.thats probably why Salesforce market cap is 4.9x Did he really "accidentally" made several hundred million dollars by investing in a company (NetSuite) that raised $120m and turned it into a $1B market cap… What an unsuccessful outcome! Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation.

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

Cracking the Code

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. 16 comments: BdH.

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The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summit

Cracking the Code

Save Asia for post-IPO. Savvy online marketing is a core competence (sometimes the only one) of every successful SaaS business. Savvy online marketing is a core competence (sometimes the only one) of every successful SaaS business. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation.