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a16z Podcast: Growth in Turbulent Times

Ben's Blog

But I also see founders who are in an amazing cash position, even though they’re not experiencing massive tailwinds, doing very aggressive things. And this really depends on where your cash position is, what the status of your investors is that, and how easy it is to go out and generate more cash if one of the extremes happens.

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

Cracking the Code

Channel relationships are very hard for any small company to establish even when interests are directly aligned, but this challenge is proving even more difficult for most SaaS companies given the restricted value proposition to the SI and ISV community. Cashflow is the other key metric. Philippe Botteri. Bessemer SaaS Law #5.

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

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It’s almost like the venture community is almost like an influencer bubble. . I think every company’s portfolio is different, so they’re all different sizes, different stages, different geographies, different cash positions, and different market leadership positions. .

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