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Why cash is king

BeyondVC

The best plan in my mind is to make sure that any company we invest in has a tremendous market opportunity with a real business model and high operating margins that can eventually generate real cash flow. As he discusses in his blog post: Why I decided to pull our IPO filing. There are three reasons for doing so: 1.

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

Cracking the Code

You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. Keep up the blogging and web casts and we will keep listening and growing. However, as we know from the cable industry, subscription businesses can be very profitable over time. Let me just say "Thanks". to acquire the client. Bessemer SaaS Law #6.

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a16z Podcast: Growth in Turbulent Times

Ben's Blog

Finally, we’ll zoom out and assess the big picture: how various categories of company may be impacted long-term, how this crisis compares to 2008 (and what that means for early-stage founders), and the industries and business models that are now prime for growth. So that’s why you have to account for those.

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