Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. Of course we can’t. There are of course many Seed VCs who take board seats, don’t over-commit to too many deals and try to help with “company building” activities to help at a company’s vulnerable foundations. Hot, Flat & Crowded.”

Venture Capital 471

Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 471

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? But it will be patiently deployed, waiting for a cohort of founders who aren’t artificially clinging to 2021 valuation metrics. discipline & focus. In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal.

Venture Capital 416

Venture Capital Marketing Technical Review Seed Funding 416

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Of course back then it literally was sold in a package and stored on a shelf! If your investor worked inside of a SaaS company for years and disagrees with me then listen to them. Create company measures for success that go beyond financial metrics. Your favorite investor told you this was a bad idea. Sales Startup Lessons'

Marketing 354

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. Of course, since you know those questions, you can just collect up the answers and provide them to your developers. How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What’s our purchase, licensing, SaaS strategy?

Fractional CTO 225

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California. Of course there are risks.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

By linking the activities to P&L--not click rates, or cost per sale, or cost per lead, or brand awareness, which are all soft metrics--we are able to give our customers ammunition to take to their board or to finance, and prove the true effectiveness of their marketing and the true effectiveness of the agencies involved.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What metrics are going to be the key startup metrics and how do we get those metrics without too much cost? What’s our purchase, licensing, SaaS strategy? What are the biggest areas of technical risk?

CTO Coach 231

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