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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

Both Sides of the Table

We kept meeting at conferences over the next 18 months and he kept showing me what he was working on. And of course we have dozens of other data sources making us a much broader platform than Twitter data. I remain as childishly giddy at Nick’s vision as I did in our conference hangout we had in 2009.

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TechZulu Presents 2012 Startup Forecast | Featuring Science, Tech Coast Angels, Amplify, StartEngine, upStart.LA

Tech Zulu Event

Topics of discussion will be Saas, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2012, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building sensible businesses. TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. Venue Sponsor.

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PacketSled Raises $5M for Automated Cybersecurity Monitoring System

Xconomy

PacketSled plans to use the capital to embark on new marketing initiatives and make additional hires in sales, engineering, and operations, according to a recent statement. Company officials are attending the side-by-side Black Hat and Defcon cybersecurity conferences in Las Vegas this week, and did not respond to queries Monday from Xconomy.

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Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018

Tech.Co

Lisha works tirelessly to build a platform of advocacy around issues such as tech inclusion, diversity, and education. As CRO at iFundWomen, Concetta oversees sales, marketing, analytics, and revenue management. Blackwell, iTech Program Executive & OCT Innovation Liaison, NASA. Eric Mathews, Founder and CEO of Start Co.

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An Inside Scoop on the Funding Environment and What it Might Mean for You

Both Sides of the Table

Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x forward sales with some as high as 12x sales. As I mentioned, at the start of the process median SaaS multiples were around 7.3x FOMO was NOMO. As in no more.

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How to Present at Big Meetings without Going Down a Rat Hole

Both Sides of the Table

I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. Or on a sales campaign you’ve finally gotten your project sponsor to take you to the “executive committee&# where decisions are made and budgets are agreed.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition. In a world where 90% of communications is non-verbal imagine what is lost on conference calls. I prefer the first sales hires to be in the home office.