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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

I don’t think that a Net Present Value calculation is appropriate for every company. In aggregate, angels are significant investors. We are extremely fortunate to finance the growth side of the creative destruction we are witnessing all around us.

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

Cracking the Code

To answer the second question and make sure you are building a profitable business, the key indicator to look at is the Customer LifeTime Value (CLTV). The CLTV is the net present value of the recurring profit streams of a given customer less the acquisition cost. Yahoo Finance. Philippe Botteri. Justin Label.