Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A funny video of Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle on Cloud Computing. But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? Cloud Computing. (1).

Software Review 48

Software Review Cloud Technical Review Venture Capital 48

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 54

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 54

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Viral Europe 48

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review IPO Cloud 48

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). Venture Capital. (3). at 12:41 PM.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. Labels: Portfolio , Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

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). Venture Capital. (3).

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review RSS Europe 63

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

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).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Venture Capital is about investing in the small, fast and agile company hoping that it will beat the large and slow incumbent. Cloud Computing. (1). Venture Capital. (3). anecdotes. (13).

Software Review 48

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review Europe 48

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Global Technical Review Europe 48

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 5, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. This video from Blueprint Ventures will give you good insights! Cloud Computing. (1). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. I make the most of this time by listening to my favorite tech and venture podcasts. Cloud Computing. (1). Venture Capital. (3). anecdotes. (13).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Technology San Francisco 48

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

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

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

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). Venture Capital. (3).

Software Review 91

Software Review Clawback Sales Salary 91

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Software 48

Ben's Blog

MAY 30, 2013

SAP then put Lars in charge of its newly formed Cloud Business unit, which he promptly grew to $1 billion in annual revenue. In venture capital, we spend lots of time thinking about business models, product market fit, inflection points, network effects, viral coefficients and other points of leverage in a business.

Denmark 78

Denmark Acquisition Viral Green 78

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. Discovery, in contrast to search, took center stage as Pinterest displayed hockey stick growth (and raised VC money near a $200M valuation in late 2011).

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. It would be nice if You wanna give us some advises on the recruiting process in Venture Capital Industry. Cloud Computing. (1). Venture Capital. (3). Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review SEM Marketing Las Vegas 48

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Setup your Google or Amazon cloud infrastructure. If you’re assuming virality of your product, you will need to show viral propagation of your product and the improvement of your viral coefficient over several experiments. Read: Steve Blank, “Lessons Learned – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch”, [link].

Wiki 311

Wiki Lean Management Business Model 311

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). Venture Capital. (3). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Explore Venture Capital.

Software Review 48

Software Review Silicon Valley Technical Review Software 48

Ben's Blog

MAY 30, 2013

SAP then put Lars in charge of its newly formed Cloud Business unit, which he promptly grew to $1 billion in annual revenue. In venture capital, we spend lots of time thinking about business models, product market fit, inflection points, network effects, viral coefficients and other points of leverage in a business.

Denmark 44

Denmark Acquisition Viral Green 44

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

The minute your company reaches its peak acceleration in terms of growth is when all of the sleeping giants wake up to compete with you and will spend massive amounts of money to keep you from capturing a growth market and other talented entrepreneurs will raise large amounts of venture capital as people start to see value in the market.

Security 247

Security Los Angeles Silicon Valley Video 247

BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

  More importantly, will there be any grand slam venture capital opportunities in wireless?    It raised an additional $30mm of venture capital after we invested and subsequently was long on buzz but short on customer adoption.    I learned a lot from that investment. 

Mobile 60

Mobile SMS Venture Capital Web 60

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).

Software Review 74

Software Review Cloud IPO Jordan 74

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep. venture capital.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Sometimes your technology platform changes, and you need to pivot from on-premise to the cloud. For example, let’s say you’re an enterprise software company that delivers an on-premise product, but now wants to pivot to delivering a SaaS product in the cloud. It’s a major change of direction that requires major changes.

Startup 36

Startup Silicon Valley Business Model Mobile 36

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Gates made his talk unforgettable and it went viral. This video from Bill Gates at TED Talk is a great example: The talk focused on curing malaria, and to start the talk, he releases mosquitos into the audience. What is unique about your company, and how can you show it as such?

Europe 48

Europe France API Viral 48