Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Stepping back, it’s interesting to see this cultural shift among larger companies who are comfortable with these co-branding scenarios, which actually may provide better PR and future opportunities to add to their portfolios. And, the good folks at GitLab are probably drinking some premium coffee this morning. 5/ “Decentralized Everything?”

Acquisition 71

Acquisition Azure Open Source Seattle 71

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 95

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 59

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 54

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 54

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The law of large numbers (of customers) says you cant help but make at least some money - your valuation is determined by how well you monetize the tidal wave of growth. In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

VC valuation spreadsheet – [link]. Excellent podcast: Seth Godin on Blogging, Business Books, & Creating Content that Matters – [link]. 10 excellent blogs about industrial design – [link]. John Sculley on Steve Jobs and the Experience of a Lifetime – [link]. Google acquires Zagat – [link].

Social Media 97

Social Media Small Business Design Media 97

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: mor.sl | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. … Checking In on Foursquare’s Valuation – [link]. Trending On AngelList: Tactics & Results | Justin’s Blog – [link].

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Central African Republic Design 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

A year ago I blogged about one of my most common mantras that applies to sales, biz dev & fund raising alike: “ Time is the Enemy of all Deals.&#. When times are really good for fund raising many teams delay to maximize their valuation. 5 million raised at a $9 million pre-money valuation or 35.7% They get the PR bump.

Pre-Money Valuation 303

Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Valuation PR 303

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Answers Ask Entrepreneur Home Business Operations Business Opportunities Sales & Marketing Advertising & PR Finance & Accounting Franchises Home Business Human Resources Internet/E-Commerce Legal Issues Starting Up Technology Most Recent Answers How Can I Streamline My E-Commerce Operation? blog comments powered by Disqus. 0 Comments.

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Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

We were familiar with internet startups and technology platforms, and we had experience using email, blogging, search and social techniques for internet marketing. In short, we were a lot more geeky than the previous generation of fund managers , and we started blogging a lot about tech startups and best practices.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Cloud Technical Review Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

JUNE 23, 2008

In addition, Cardo got a lot of press for this initiative - so, overall great PR at minimal cost and this shows how web 2.0 Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. My Investments.

Software Review 48

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

JULY 10, 2009

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review RSS Europe 63

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 27, 2008

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 48

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Valuations in the Series A and Series B Market are Booming – [link]. An Ode to Distributed Teams | iDoneThis blog – [link]. Why Content Marketing is Not Branding | Copyblogger – [link]. How to Optimize Every Decision in Your Life and Accomplish Nothing | LinkedIn – [link].

Social Media 106

Social Media Small Business Technical Review Design 106

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review IPO Cloud 48

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

I will be sure to tell all all of my blog buddies about your site bba. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr.

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

The historical CAC trends are now available on the Google Spreadsheet that you can access by clicking on this link and I have also posted a live feed on the CAC ratio trend on the left column of the blog. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Partner United States Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

The fact that SaaS valuations are being more affected by the downturn than the Nasdaq can be surprising given the supposed resiliency of the SaaS model (recurring revenues) but it translates the public investors belief that SMB software spend is going to be hit very hard by this recession. SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Cloud Technical Review Sales Cycle 48

Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Funding Announcement Figure out your PR strategy for announcing the round to get your plan in order. Hire a firm to conduct a 409a valuation to set a strike price for your employee stock options, which nees to be at or above “fair market” value.

Founder 156

Founder Cap Table Stock Options PR 156

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits from the inflated valuations. Carpe Diem.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Agile VC

JANUARY 21, 2015

Note: This post also published at NextView’s blog for seed stage companies The View From Seed. Not every round of funding is closed at a “monster” valuation. Don’t shrug off poor sales or user growth, a dysfunctional team, a wave of bad PR, or other challenges confronting the business. Communicating with Your Team.

Cofounder 188

Cofounder Seed Stage Employee PR 188

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

In the past few years, hundreds of small companies have been snatched up by private equity firms willing to agree to ever-rising valuations. Because many of these businesses dont yet have revenue, valuation discussions arent very scientific, and the process requires some haggling. Learn how from the experts at PR Newswire.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it. While we’ll still focus on customer service, online content and creating new products, we’ll be setting time aside for additional digital PR, searching for opportunities for guest posts, and building backlinks. Photo Credit: Andy King. Thanks to Andy King, Jamjar !

Entrepreneur 118

Entrepreneur Mobile Valuation Global 118

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

MARCH 30, 2007

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Global Technical Review Europe 48

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 5, 2007

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review Europe 48

View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

Jesse Derris is the founder and CEO of Derris & Company , a PR, branding, and communications firm based in New York. I think it’s important you do some sort of PR activation around launch across the board, because you can only launch once. His firm has worked with companies like Warby Parker, lululemon, Oscar, and more.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Conversion Startup PR 120

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

AUGUST 26, 2013

First and foremost, a great PR vehicle for me, my written content, and my business services. I tweet to get people to read my blog. I’ve also gotten book reviews for Jack’s Notebook , interviews for blogs and radio shows, and on occasion have spiked my Amazon buying numbers. I tweet to get people to read my book.

Social Media 96

Social Media Advertising PR Valuation 96

Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Viral Media Marketing 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Blog Archive. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Public SaaS 13 Multiples. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48