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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

ReadWriteStart

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?

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From the Vault: 7 biases that can effect your decision making

crowdSPRING Blog

Remember that your counterpart in any negotiation may present information that is self-serving, so look skeptically at the particulars. Anchoring can also be used to your advantage – remember that your negotiating partner is equally susceptible to this bias. Bandwagon effect. A great illustration of sunk cost?

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Tips for small business: 7 biases that can effect your decision making

crowdSPRING Blog

Remember that your counterpart in any negotiation may present information that is self-serving, so look skeptically at the particulars. Anchoring can also be used to your advantage – remember that your negotiating partner is equally susceptible to this bias. Bandwagon effect. A great illustration of sunk cost?

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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. I don’t think that a Net Present Value calculation is appropriate for every company. Disruptable Pattern #4: Most investors put in only a modest amount of their own money into their funds.

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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.