Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more.

Venture Capital 466

Venture Capital Startup Marketing Pricing 466

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Lunsford joined Tealium at the beginning of 2013, after a seven-year run as the CEO of Limelight Networks in Tempe, AZ. Lunsford oversaw WebSideStory’s IPO in 2004, and Limelight’s IPO in 2007. “For us, it’s never been about tags or Javascript. It’s been about data. It’s about defining your data across the Web and now mobile.”.

Customer 40

Customer Custom San Diego JavaScript 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

As I’ve pointed out previously, this is perfectly captured by Joe Floyd here tracking SaaS multiples over time. You’ll see here that in 2007 people were willing to pay 7.7x forward revenue for SaaS businesses when in the years before it had been less than 5x. This corrected only to go back up to 13.4x

Startup 150

Startup Company Companies Venture Capital 150