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OCTOBER 8, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A funny video of Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle on Cloud Computing. But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? Cloud Computing. (1).

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. and the second SaaS public transaction in history behind the acquisition of Webex by Cisco in 2007 for $3.2B. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10).

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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JUNE 23, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloudonomics and 2010 Planning for your SaaS and Cloud Computing business. Labels: Cloud Computing , SaaS , sales and marketing. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp.

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MARCH 12, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. As we are entering a new year, I thought it would be interesting to publish every quarter an update on the state of the 13 public SaaS/Cloud companies in the Index. Cloud Computing. (1). ► 2007. (10).

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JANUARY 7, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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JULY 10, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. 26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007.

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. This strong recovery has highlighted the resiliency of the recurring revenue model in a downturn as well as the stength of the shift to soaftware-as-a-service and cloud computing. Cloud Computing. (1). anecdotes. (13).

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JANUARY 5, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Friday, January 05, 2007. Happy New Year 2007! Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing.

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JANUARY 28, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. You have been 2,950 to visit the site in 2007 and you looked at 3,920 pages. This has proven to be true in 2007 and we will see how resilient these trends are in a recession. Cloud Computing. (1). anecdotes.

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MARCH 30, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Friday, March 30, 2007. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ▼ 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. internet.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, February 12, 2007. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ▼ 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code.

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APRIL 18, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ▼ 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code.

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DECEMBER 16, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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DECEMBER 7, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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JANUARY 22, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. SaaS scale (as defined in Law #3 of the 10 Cloud Computing Laws) is reached when least two of the sales reps are making their $100,000 MRR quotas. $1 Cloud Computing. (1). ► 2007. (10). Roman Stanek.

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DECEMBER 9, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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DECEMBER 2, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, February 12, 2007. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ▼ 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code.

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DECEMBER 16, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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MAY 25, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. 10 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Product Design" unveiled at the Bessemer Annual Cloud CEO Conference. I would like to see more info on the Annual CEO Cloud event. Cloud Computing. (1). ► 2007. (10).

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

I last wrote about the iPhone in November 2007 when my wife and her friends started getting iPhones.    You can either go on-deck through the carrier channel and their walled gardens or off-deck through the web where you will need to have an incredibly viral product or spend lots of money on marketing. 

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VC Cafe

JUNE 25, 2020

The first major economic transactions in virtual worlds started around 2007 when the City of Amsterdam inside Second Life was sold for $50,000 or when someone bought a unique elf on World of Warcraft for $9,500. As the Last Dance went viral on Netflix, who doesn’t want a pair of Air Jordans? Virtual Worlds Aren’t new.

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MARCH 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The definition becomes for the last quarter of 2007: CAC Ratio = (GM (Q4 07) - GM (Q307)) x 4 / S&M costs (Q307) A CAC ratio of one would be equivalent to breakeven marginally on a new customer in one year. at 8:58 PM.

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VC Cafe

JULY 24, 2017

It was a social network for the blogger community (later acquired by Yahoo in 2007), which when installed, showed where your visitors come from, what they read and where they go. Virality was getting featured on Digg and bookmarking was Del.icio.us. There were also alerts, RSS feeds, tag clouds, various types of comments.

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JANUARY 10, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Wednesday, January 10, 2007. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ▼ 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code.

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MARCH 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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JULY 6, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Friday, July 06, 2007. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ▼ 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. at 7:21 PM.

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JUNE 18, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, June 18, 2007. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ▼ 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Cracking The Code. anecdotes.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cloud Computing. (1). Unveilling of the Bessemer's 10 laws of Cloud Comp. ► 2007. (10). Popular Media: the key to viral marketing. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. It provides the cloud computing services and spam filters that Google soon integrated into Gmail. billion in April 2007. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. billion in April 2007.

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