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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

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I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. I’ve now been involved with many other successful foll0w-on financings. years ago. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. Since then?

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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? sales and marketing. (10). Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan.

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Cracking The Code: Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007

Cracking the Code

Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. sales and marketing. (10). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Or worse yet they may never get financed. Raise at “ the top end of normal &# but not so high that future financings in a corrected market become impossible.

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Cracking The Code: Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan

Cracking the Code

Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Compensating the sales force is a difficult task and the key is usually to keep things simple, so that each sales rep knows what he needs to optimize to make more money at the end of the quarter. which is very close to the typical 8% paid for sales commissions.

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

sales and marketing. (10). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Yahoo Finance. anecdotes. (13). internet. (6).

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

Cracking the Code

sales and marketing. (10). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of Saa. ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Yahoo Finance. anecdotes. (13). internet. (6).