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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. Some private equity funds are quantifying their exit strategy in a concerted way.

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How to Write a Business Plan

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Here at Palo Alto Software, our mission statement is this: “We help people succeed in business.” An online software company might look at churn rates (the percentage of customers that cancel) and new signups. Exit Strategy. These could include marketing, R&D, sales, or perhaps purchasing inventory.

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Webinar Recap: 14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded

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” Our featured speaker was Caroline Cummings, the VP of Business Development at Palo Alto Software. Not only because it’s a product that Bplans and Palo Alto software makes, but because before I joined the company, I used LivePlan to pitch and raise my investment capital. Then referral rates and opt-out rates.