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Non-millennial Bootstrapping – These 50-Something Entrepreneurs Rejected VC $ And Nailed It

InfoChachkie

The problem is that stakeholders, like marketing and sales, don’t know what the latest version of the roadmap is. Greathouse: Having run these groups, I know all about the inherent friction between sales and marketing with regard to lead quality, volume, etc., There can be quite a bit of satisfaction in that in itself.

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Your Customer Success Team Is Focusing On The Wrong Definition Of Success

InfoChachkie

My venture firm, Rincon Venture Partners recently teamed with Jason Lemkin, Founder of SaaStr , to host the first SaaStrX event. Sure You Track Satisfaction, But Whose Success Are You Monitoring? These teams gauge customer satisfaction by tracking net promoter scores, customer churn, renewal rates, etc.

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Interview with Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

socalTECH

Jeb Spencer: The goal at TVC Capital is to do exactly this. We invest in and acquire software companies who are in somewhat niche markets, which often times the big venture capital firms have passed over, because the total available market for those companies is only $100 to $200 million.

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Should You Consider Replacing Yourself as CEO?

Both Sides of the Table

I know because I marked the occasion with a blog post on how to have a great VC meeting. The decisions were endless, the choices not obvious and the VC involved a pain in the ass. Yet with major advances in our product infrastructure we still hadn’t proven we could scale sales. I first met Jonathan nearly 4 years ago.

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Observations on Women in Business Gained from Conferences, Books, Interviews and More

Tech Zulu Event

Many women rose to the top of their careers only to discover how unsatisfying, soul-draining and unhealthy a lifestyle it was and completely changed careers to find satisfaction doing something completely different where they once again became successful, but in a more balanced manner. But I digress.

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How to Deliver More Software Projects On Time

Both Sides of the Table

We feel pressure to hit milestones for a variety of reasons: Investor presentations, conference demos, customer sales meetings, competitive pressures, a need to drive revenue, business development commitments – whatever. CEOs are time-driven creatures.

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