Tag: SaaS
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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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A few months back, a very nice young lady contacted me. She had an idea for a software product and wanted me to hear it. I had to think of a very polite way of explaining that… Venture Capitalists Don’t Invest in Ideas. Many people think that angels and VC’s…
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Never miss a post…subscribe! Hello everyone! 👋 I just wanted to let you know that a really cool SaaS startup that I’m an investor in is hiring now. They’re looking for senior fullstack or backend developers. If that’s you, send me an e-mail right away! They just raised a big…
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Knowing who owns your company should be easy, right? Just keep a spreadsheet with the names and percentages and you’re all set! Unfortunately, company ownership is a lot more complicated than that. Different investors buy in at different prices and different terms over time. That’s where Capbase comes in. Capbase…
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If you run a retail business, you know what a royal pain online review sites can be. Get one unreasonable customer, and all of a sudden their bad day is turned into your business nightmare. An angry one star screed torpedoes your average and you’re left to rebuild, bit by…
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Palantir released its earnings for the first quarter of 2021 today, and it’s not looking good. This 18 year old company that has never made a profit turned in a net loss of $123 million, versus $54 million in the first quarter of 2020. This is actually a little better…
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Investors look at a lot of startups before laying a bet. But how do we know if the company’s product is catching on, or has failed to find traction? And as a founder, how do you know if you’re headed in the right direction or…nowhere? In a recent episode of…
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Despite its lofty valuation, Palantir Technologies Inc. is barely growing: In the fourth quarter, he points out, Palantir signed 21 deals worth more than $5 million, and 12 of more than $10 million. But he adds that it isn’t clear how many of those are actually new customers, as opposed…
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You walk into the room, palms sweating. You go over your script in your head. You pray to God your computer doesn’t crash. Eyeing you skeptically are a bunch of grey haired money guys. Don’t screw this up. At the very least, that may be how the public imagines the…
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