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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

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How to Scale Unicorns With Partner David Zhang, TVC. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. So they have quantifiable risk profiles and ultimately map them to lifetime value, right? David Zhang.

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

In the asset management industry, the norm is that the General Partner puts in 1-2% of the total assets under management. This is very different from the way most of us think about investing; in our personal lives and in most operating businesses, investors try to spend as little as possible for the maximum results.

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

Cracking the Code

To answer the second question and make sure you are building a profitable business, the key indicator to look at is the Customer LifeTime Value (CLTV). The CLTV is the net present value of the recurring profit streams of a given customer less the acquisition cost. A profitable business will have a positive CLTV.