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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

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All four companies were in Los Angeles (or adjacent … Santa Barbara) and our community has now matured and regularly produces billion dollar+ outcomes. Our goal is to produce a $10 billion+ winner and remain the market leader in this SaaS category of AI in Sales & Marketing.

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Maximize Your Exit By Not Selling Your Company

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Citrix promised to operate Expertcity as a separate division and maintain its offices in Santa Barbara and it was unclear if other potential acquirers would have been willing to make, and keep, similar commitments. Additionally, we were concerned with our deal becoming shopworn by not initiating a bidding process.

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Interview: Thorsten von Eicken of RightScale

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Messenger : Thorsten von Eicken , RightScale’s Co-Founder and CTO, Chief Architect at Citrix Online (formerly Expertcity) and Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and UC Santa Barbara. But throughout the transition I had my safety net. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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As a result, I'm looking at a lot of software-as-a-service companies, and have run a number of SaaS companies. What is a net loss for us, is when Sequoia or Benchmark flies down on their corporate jet, meets with a company, and tells them to relocate to Northern California. I'd like to see the community working together.