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Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later

Feld Thoughts

His most recent company, Filtrbox, participated in the inaugural Techstars class (Techstars Boulder 2007) and was a win for all parties involved; Filtrbox was acquired in 2010 by Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE). I’ve worked closely with Ari for a while and love his candor. The plan would have to get way tighter, way faster.

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a16z Podcast: Growth in Turbulent Times

Ben's Blog

But I also see founders who are in an amazing cash position, even though they’re not experiencing massive tailwinds, doing very aggressive things. And this really depends on where your cash position is, what the status of your investors is that, and how easy it is to go out and generate more cash if one of the extremes happens.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

To be fair, visibility into the current cash position and the change in the cash position has always been important for software executives, but is even more critical for SaaS businesses because the working capital requirements are higher and the payment terms are often stretched out over the term of the contract. .