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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

And what happens if you don’t get into the one VC that gets into Cornerstone On Demand (ffVC company, now the 10th largest SaaS company in the world)? I don’t think that a Net Present Value calculation is appropriate for every company. In aggregate, angels are significant investors.

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

Cracking the Code

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Philippe Botteri.