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Investors Think They’re More Impactful Than They Actually Are

VC Adventure

Indeed, many firms even institutionalize the practice of providing help to portfolio companies through extensive platforms that may include PR, talent, marketing, technical, and other help (sometimes offered for free, sometimes offered ads a pay-for-service, but often at below-market rates for those services).

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Why Raising Too Much Money Can Harm Your Startup

Both Sides of the Table

It is a truism that with more capital you will hire people more quickly and spend more liberally whether it’s on external contractors, PR firms, attending events, doing legal work (trademarks, patents) or whatever. A $15–20 million valuation sounds better than an $8 million valuation, doesn’t it? million or $4 million.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. Or worse yet they may never get financed.

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

The key to being able to run a business that isn’t yet profitable (on operating margin) is availability of capital to finance losses and preferably at a cost that isn’t too punitive to the founders and employees. Sustaining short-term losses is all predicated on ability to finance the losses through venture capital or other means.

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

Cracking the Code

In search of Europes next tech stars. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

In comparison, the overall technology sector growth was projected at 9-10% in early 2010 and this forecast did not change significantly today. To justify a 60pts difference, we have to believe that the current growth rates of 10% for technology and 20% for SaaS will continue to hold for the next 9 years before converging. anecdotes.

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Yahoo Finance. My Yelp reviews.