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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

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In an eCommerce or Internet Services business it is often the marketing costs (if purchased online) and in an enterprise software company it is often marketing plus enterprise sales reps. Generally you should take your full marketing spend including PR divided by your customers acquired to get your “fully loaded CAC.” That bit is easy.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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I’m no great scholar on bubbles – I have more interesting things to spend my time worrying about than the exact definition , but having been around a few I have at least given them intellectual consideration. The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve raised money as a “hot company” and I’ve raised capital when no one would return my phone calls. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. How to Work with PR Firms.

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: Europe Consumer , internet. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). internet. (6). Venture Capital. (3). How the use of internet is transform.

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Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A short interview on Bloomberg about where I see venture opportunities in Europe. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). internet. (6). Venture Capital. (3).

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). internet. (6). Venture Capital. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Cracking The Code.

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Cracking The Code: A Quick & Funny Summary of AdTech

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). internet. (6). Venture Capital. (3). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Cracking The Code.