Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Wednesday, February 24, 2010. at 6:01 PM.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 23, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Monday, June 23, 2008. Made to Stick!

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Thursday, January 14, 2010. at 5:00 PM.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. This strong recovery has highlighted the resiliency of the recurring revenue model in a downturn as well as the stength of the shift to soaftware-as-a-service and cloud computing. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3).

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Tuesday, November 10, 2009. My Investments. CornerstoneOnDemand.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. This supplement to our BVP VII fund will ensure that we can take advantage of future investment opportunities and that the companies within the Bessemer portfolio have continued access to capital." Cloud Computing. (1).

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your SaaS and Cloud Computing business. Labels: Cloud Computing , SaaS , sales and marketing. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Cracking The Code. at 12:41 PM.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. As we are entering a new year, I thought it would be interesting to publish every quarter an update on the state of the 13 public SaaS/Cloud companies in the Index. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3).

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Wednesday, January 07, 2009. My Investments.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Monday, October 27, 2008. Hard times.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Friday, July 10, 2009. My Investments.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 30, 2013

For example, Clio , a company in my portfolio, first focused on providing legal practice management for solo lawyers and very small firms (today, Clio is now serving firms with over 50 lawyers). Enterprise SaaS products can be viral , as companies are tightly connected to dozens/hundreds/thousands of suppliers, customers, and partners.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A few days ago, Bessemer West Coast SaaS Practice - David Cowan , Byron Deeter and myself, hosted a CFO Dinner for our SaaS portfolio at John Bentleys in Redwood City. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3).

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Monday, February 25, 2008. My Investments.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 30, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Friday, March 30, 2007. My Investments.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 5, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Friday, January 05, 2007. VC lifestyle.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Saturday, December 16, 2006. My Investments.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

And the funds came from revenue generated by my portfolio of web applications and websites that I’ve built over the past several years. Depending on your market, the ROI can be better any other traffic source you can find (with viral traffic the most common exception). So I scrambled. Step 2: The Funnel.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Monday, February 12, 2007. at 8:29 PM.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Thursday, December 28, 2006. My Investments.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 7, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Thursday, December 07, 2006. Zune vs. Ipod.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 18, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Devils link.it

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. SaaS scale (as defined in Law #3 of the 10 Cloud Computing Laws) is reached when least two of the sales reps are making their $100,000 MRR quotas. $1 Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Cracking The Code.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: internet , Portfolio. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Saturday, December 09, 2006. My Investments.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008!

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Saturday, December 02, 2006. My Investments.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Saturday, December 16, 2006. My Investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. 10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product Design" unveiled at the Bessemer Annual Cloud CEO Conference. I would like to see more info on the Annual CEO Cloud event. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3).

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

.  You can either go on-deck through the carrier channel and their walled gardens or off-deck through the web where you will need to have an incredibly viral product or spend lots of money on marketing. 

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Ask an entrepreneur from the VC portfolio to introduce you or find an industry expert connected to the VC to refer you. Gates made his talk unforgettable and it went viral. Shaun Thomson surfing Backdoor To win, you need to do things most entrepreneurs don’t do. VCs like to find hidden gems, so find an unconventional way in.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 1, 2020

If you’re a Presidential Campaign, make all of your channels a 24/7 science and fact-based news org right now that also salutes heroes and tells the stories of people on the front lines—in direct opposition to the self-aggrandizing cloud of spin we’re seeing from your eventual opponent. Are you a travel company? Check these examples out.)

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Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

This isn’t true for every single one of our portfolio companies, but in at least half, we had a thesis about why this company had some sort of unfair advantage or head-start when it comes to getting their product out into the market. Some products have what look like great viral loops, but aren’t very successful.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Monday, March 10, 2008. One order a day.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Wednesday, January 10, 2007. My Investments.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. Monday, March 10, 2008. My Investments.

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