View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

Still others point to the collective sensibility and logic of New Englanders as an operating philosophy. The tweet that really spoke the most truth to this discussion (just check the replies for proof), was from Mike Troiano, a well-known marketer and CMO of Actifio, which is considered to be IPO-bound in the next year or two.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

5000 list , which lists private American companies based on three-year revenue growth between 2016 and 2019. That’s groundbreaking in accounting, where margins are thin and the overheard of operating in-office with year-round staff is high. Last year, Taxfyle ranked No. Magazine’ Inc. There is no secret sauce.

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Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

If you work in B2C or e-commerce, you optimize that Add to Cart flow like crazy because that is your revenue. You still have a revenue goal to hit this quarter, something like that. Can you see POC operating in conjunction with a freemium or free trial PLG motion for a particular company? This is a framework I use.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Companies are retrenching, VC firms are going through their own upheavals, and IPOs are non-existent. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. But overall this is a period where the IPO market remains largely closed to VC-backed startups. Survival is the order of the day.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Companies are retrenching, VC firms are going through their own upheavals, and IPOs are non-existent. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. But overall this is a period where the IPO market remains largely closed to VC-backed startups. Survival is the order of the day.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Israel was historically known for semiconductors and cybersecurity but it’s now punching above its weight in consumer (B2C), gaming and commerce. Another challenge with keeping this list current is that many of the Israeli unicorns ‘graduate’ by getting acquired or going public via SPACs or traditional IPOs.

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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. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Great list!

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