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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

The sales productivity ratio (measured with the Customer Acquisition Cost or CAC ratio) are also fairly similar for the two groups (except for a small cap dip in Q4 09) and therefore do not explain the difference Why is scale so much rewarded by public markets? Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. ► 2006. (7).

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Cracking The Code: New SaaS 13 Index: Welcome to LogMeIn.

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While poised with a limited number of transactions this year, the world of public Cloud Computing and SaaS companies has been marked by two events in the past few months: the acquisition of Omniture by Adobe and the high profile IPO of LogMeIn, a leading provider of PC remote access and support with a very interesting freemium model.

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Cracking The Code: State of the SaaS 13: Q1 2010 Sentiment

Cracking the Code

The SaaS growth recovery does not seem to take a "V" shape 2) Sales productivity is ramping up: bottom was hit in the first half of 2009 However, the sales and productivity of the group, measured by the median "Customer Acquisition Cost ratio" or "CAC ratio", seems to be recovering more steeply. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund.

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Cracking The Code: Laughing Out (c)Loud

Cracking the Code

But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. ► 2006. (7). Post a Comment. Newer Post.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

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But with the help of Grahams company, which specializes in creating tech systems for start-ups, Jumpstart grew to more than $50 million in revenue--enough to make it an attractive acquisition for media conglomerate Hachette Filipacchi. By 2006, he was still only dabbling in the occasional work-for-equity deal. Select Services.

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Bitesize Cyber Monday: Anobit, Oberon, Sightic-Vista, MyThings, Celeno and Startup Tools

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Previous Celeno investors Pitango Venture Capital , Greylock Partners , Miven Venture Partners, and Cisco Systems Inc. Mobile gaming company Oberon Media raised a fifth round of $16 million – some of the funds raised are from previous investors Goldman Sachs, Infinity I-China Fund and Oak Investment Partners.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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I saw five years ago that the traditional form of marketing and PR was going the way of the dinosaur if digital weren’t a huge component and direction of the business offering. So, I partnered with my soon-to-be husband and took a drive to the manufacturing site of Saltillo, Mexico. Why digital marketing? 30- Two reasons.