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

Cracking the Code

Friday, October 10, 2008. The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. When we first published Bessemer’s Top 10 Laws for Being "SaaS-y" in early 2008 in conjunction with our annual invitation-only SaaS CEO Summit, we were overwhelmed with the positive response and feedback we received. Michael Kassing.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Microsoft's $100K India Startup Challenge Grant

ReadWriteStart

As for business model, Jigar wants to sell services like refilling cards. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will focus on entrepreneurs in East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. You can also listen to the recording of today's roundtable here and select the business you like best through a poll on the 1M/1M Facebook page.

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When Third is First

thebarefootvc

Lending: In 1983, Muhammed Yunus founded Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, based on the notion that the poor were credit-worthy and that a model of positive “peer pressure” would lead to repayment of loans.

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Cracking The Code: Death Sentence for SaaS.or for Lawson?

Cracking the Code

Tuesday, September 02, 2008. If that were the case, most of the Cable and Wireless companies who have been using a similar business model would have gone bankrupt a long time ago and Saleforce would not have 20% FCF margins today. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ▼ 2008. (11). Happy New Year 2008!

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Mo was graduated from Wharton, worked in investment banking, spent 6 years at IAC (including in an operational role for Connected Ventures which includes College Humor, Busted T’s and Vimeo) before joining Spark Capital in 2008. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia. TechCrunch article. Competitor: Slide.

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When to sell your company

Version One Ventures

Speaking from personal experience, this was the driving force behind our decision to sell AbeBooks (a marketplace for used, rare, and hard-to-find books) to Amazon back in 2008. At the time, AbeBooks was still a nicely growing and highly profitable business, but we didn’t know how we could turn it into a billion dollar company.

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When Third is First

thebarefootvc

Lending: In 1983, Muhammed Yunus founded Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, based on the notion that the poor were credit-worthy and that a model of positive “peer pressure” would lead to repayment of loans.

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