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My Thoughts on the Current Market: on 20-Minute VC

Both Sides of the Table

We discussed why in Q4 you will see large renegotiations of SaaS contracts and increased churn rates. A seed deal hasn’t already been “priced up” to a range where a new investor might be concerned about the valuation relative to performance. Optimize for a 1 not a 0 more than exact valuations now. Raise when you can.

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

ReadWriteStart

We’ll have a fun conversation over the next 40-45 minutes. That’s a valuation number and pricing number. The churn rate increased, and then the stock plummeted by 70 percent. We believed this thing would be able to unlock a multi-product distribution and really strengthen the business mode.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores. Modano standardizes Excel models to improve comparability and reduce error rates.