Tag: SaaS
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Raising money is hard these days. Even climate startups, a VC darling, are starting to feel the pinch. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a Pitchbook report: In Q1, climate tech startups raised $5.7 billion across 279 VC deals, according to PitchBook data. That’s a 36% decline in deal…
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Selling to consumers is hard. They can be fickle, hard to pin down, and just plain cheap. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! As an investor, I’ve seen some business models work better than others. Let’s break down what works and what doesn’t in consumer: Marketplaces Marketplaces have been my…
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I just passed on a company growing 80% month over month. Instead, I chose one growing more slowly. Have I lost my mind? Not yet. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! These two companies illustrate one of the most important principles in venture capital: market size matters. Without a large…
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Being an angel investor is never boring. I see everything from spacecraft to nude resorts. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! But I can’t invest in everything! I focus on the areas I know best. And I want to back companies building the type of world I want to live…
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You work hard to get new customers. So why let them slip away? ProsperStack lets you provide custom offers when a customer tries to cancel. They can even segment your customers and give the best offers to your top customers. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! You can also A/B test…
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Many entrepreneurs can tell an amazing story. But what about the hard numbers you need to back it up? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Here are the type of figures that get me salivating: 1) Revenue growth. I like to see startups signing up customers at a rapid clip.…
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Like everyone else, I get invited to a ton of Zoom calls these days. Even if the information sounds useful, I often don’t have time to attend! But what if I could read a brief, accurate summary of every call in minutes? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! That’s what…
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You have an amazing idea. But can you make it a reality? That’s the question facing a lot of non-technical startup founders. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I often meet with entrepreneurs with amazing ideas. They want to raise capital to build their product. But this isn’t how venture…
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A nice young man contacted me recently with an investment opportunity: a nude resort in Mexico. I declined. But not for the reason you might think. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Are You a Venture Scale Business? My decision wasn’t a moral one. I passed because this is not…
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Today, I want to talk to you about a startup metric you don’t hear much about: the burn multiple. The burn multiple measures how efficiently you’re using your cash to drive growth. This number is more important now than it’s been in many years. We are in a more difficult…
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