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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

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VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. Traditional software vs. SaaS. I’ve been involved with SaaS companies with VCs who don’t understand demand generation, lead qualification, sales coverage ratios, sales forecasting or frankly when deals should be inside sales vs. outside sales.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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Unless you’re SnapChat, Instagram or similar this is probably 3-5 years into your existence. I’m going through this situation now with the first investment that I ever made as a VC in Invoca – (Inbound voice call), a SaaS marketing automation company. How to build a great forecast.

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