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Praying to the God of Valuation

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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. Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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Brad was openly writing about this and it felt like he was giving the VC playbook away for free! We write about $40 million of first-checks into new deals / year and about $40 million of follow-on investments. As I’ve pointed out previously, this is perfectly captured by Joe Floyd here tracking SaaS multiples over time.

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