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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There were startups and a software industry but barely. 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. There was no money train. It was 1991. We still loved every moment. Until we weren’t.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

Reviewing financial & operational performance. 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. Defections of large swaths of talented employees due to low morale. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.

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