Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In the last decade, SaaS (Software as a Service) has become a very popular model for new software product development. Requirement analysis is one of the earliest and most important stages of software development. They were able to take their market valuation to $1.0 billion just with the iOS MVP. . Do your design first.

Cost 158

Cost Developer Azure Cloud 158

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

There is much talk these days that startup valuations have decreased and may continue to do so and that the amount of time it takes to fund raise may take longer. The earlier the round, the less capital you need and the more reasonable your valuation the less time that is needed generally to raise capital. Only you know.

Burn Rate 150

Burn Rate Cap Table Valuation Software Review 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

In product business it is often measured over multiple purchases and assumptions are made about the repeat rates and in the enterprise or services world LTV can be based on churn rates, which are notoriously hard to predict in an early-stage business. Poorly calculated LTVs can become BVs (bankruptcy values). That bit is easy.

Metrics 150

Metrics Cost Acquisition Startup 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

We discussed why in Q4 you will see large renegotiations of SaaS contracts and increased churn rates. Nobody will be immune because in a bull market executives are paid to “innovate” so they sign software contracts and run projects. Optimize for a 1 not a 0 more than exact valuations now. Harry posed these questions.

Marketing 263

Marketing Valuation Churn Rate Balance Sheet 263

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 21, 2014

For me and my Jewish CEO boss, though, as officers of a public software company, September 30 was a tough day to be out of the office, sitting in synagogue atoning for a year full of sins. We priced our enterprise software in the form of a perpetual license. SalesForce.com basically invented this model for software companies.

Revenue 54

Revenue Valuation Churn Rate Portfolio 54

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

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.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

He focuses on investments in fintech, the internet, and software. The beauty of software, in general, is that you have this concept of MVP. Building a business around software has always been different. That’s a valuation number and pricing number. The theme of this episode is how to scale unicorns. Welcome, David.

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Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132