K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

If the Micro-VCs are looking for Series A-like metrics, what does a company do when it’s just getting started? Unless every aspect of product development is covered by founders who are only receiving equity, there are other parts of building a product that will require hiring highly qualified people.

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Effectively measuring and understanding your CAC and CLTV metrics are key to future success. The traditional metric of Bookings would value Customer A at $120,000 and suggest Customer B is more valuable at $180,000.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Unseen Metrics. The same company, didn’t have a system to accurately identify it’s own key metrics. Out of fairness, that’s why they wanted to hire me, to fix that issue. Would you invest in a company that didn’t know it’s own metrics? Me neither. Tristan says: January 24, 2011 at 9:07 pm.

Sweat Equity 41

Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41