YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2019

A recent survey by CEB reported that 57 percent of the typical business-to-business sales cycle is complete before the buyer’s first contact with vendors. When FireEye became my client, their revenues were stalled in the low millions of dollars a year.

B2B 170

B2B Sales Cycle Technical Review IPO 170

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Snyk was founded with the mission to help developers make their code secure, providing a platform to automatically assess and remediate open source vulnerabilities. With COVID, we’re getting into a world with tighter budgets and likely longer sales cycles. in just 30 months. The two aren’t the same.

Early Stage 62

Early Stage Open Source Development Team Review Security 62

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is the foundational layer of cloud computing, and includes raw storage, compute, backup, disaster recovery, databases, and security. Cloud accounting is all about matching revenue and costs to consumption…well, except for professional services! sales and marketing. (10). Mind the GAAP!

Software Review 48

Software Review Cloud Technical Review Sales Cycle 48

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

Though that level of restraint may mean living quite “lean” in your personal life for a while, doing so provides an opportunity to establish solid footing for your business as early as possible, so that you have at least one year to learn from the trends and sales cycles that will emerge once you’re past “break even.”

Salary 119

Salary Sweat Equity Silicon Valley Sales Cycle 119

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The company has just missed its quarterly revenue forecast. Lets take an example, and look at how they might do this: They will be able to tell you that revenue is composed of deals. To compute revenue, you multiply average deal size by number of deals. Bookings is the pre-cursor to Revenue. Obvious, isn’t it?

Metrics 55

Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

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. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list!

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48