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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

If the Micro-VCs are looking for Series A-like metrics, what does a company do when it’s just getting started? Yes, the infrastructure is cheap (to start), but the human costs have gone up dramatically. That’s squarely in Series A territory and you now need to have Series A metrics for that. Those times are long gone.

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

Cracking the Code

Effectively measuring and understanding your CAC and CLTV metrics are key to future success. Ultimately, finding a low-cost, repeatable way to show customers how to be successful with your solution is as important as the solution itself. You put into words what we were thinking for our cost of client. Brian, Paglo www.paglo.com.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

grasshopperherder.com

Unseen Metrics. The same company, didn’t have a system to accurately identify it’s own key metrics. Would you invest in a company that didn’t know it’s own metrics? But maybe not in all countries and the cost of litigating will probably be more than your tiny share is worth. Me neither.