Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Traditional software vs. SaaS. Startup Advice VC Industry' Deals done in your industry? Think of web vs. mobile.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Twitter Spaces: SaaS marketing with MKT1 founders Emily Kramer and Kathleen Estreich. London for a Twitter Spaces conversation with Emily Kramer and Kathleen Estreich , founders of MKT1, a partnership that advises SaaS startups. Founders: How well do you really understand seed-stage financing? Image Credits: MKT1. EDT/10 p.m.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

I took the advice from someone in Silicon Valley who told me ‘You need a C Corp…that’s what we invest in,’” Requarth told TechCrunch. Many called us worried and scared that funding was drying up while some had boards telling them to fire people,” Requarth recalls. “I Our plan is to become a SaaS/fintech company,” Requarth said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Last week, Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed experts who had some strategic advice for finding the right time to bring a product manager on board. ” We’ve also received great feedback on a recent guest post about bootstrapping options for SaaS founders written by a founder who’s actually done it.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

He specialises in information technology, telecommunications, intellectual property and competition law, and provides advice on privacy and other regulatory compliance issues. An example is a SaaS based business that I’ve been looking after for a couple of years. Get on a board. You can see more about what he does here.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Hamed highlights 3 tools for visibility into revenues: SaaS business models , which mean recurring revenue; CAC:LTV ratios and other calculable analytics – which allow lenders to understand what amount of revenue a marketing input will generate; and. A better way to fund SaaS companies. Six Paths to Financing a SaaS Business.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

But by the time I left and retired last summer in 2023, we were actually a top-quartile software company by revenue in terms of cloud SaaS if we had been listed just in the public markets in the U.S. for cloud SaaS software at Global Payments. Any advice on how you either kept your confidence through that time or recalibrated?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

Every company eventually needs legal advice, but when a few hours of a lawyer’s time costs almost as much as a shiny new laptop, most startups delay dealing with lawyers until it’s absolutely necessary. When should an early-stage startup hire a full-time lawyer?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

“If you believe VR and immersive computing is the future — whether for consumer or business use cases — Activision helps Microsoft build a flywheel of content and technology that gets more users on board to this future.”. A significant jump from $700 million the year before, but compared to SaaS, not even a drop in the bucket.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

Teknobuilt, a UK-Canada-based startup with innovative technologies in digital program management, construction workflow automation, and SaaS platform services for AI-based project delivery, participated in KSGC 2020. Besides the 3.5-month Teknobuilt got an overwhelming response from participation in KSGC 2020.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Many portfolio acceleration VCs work to evangelize modern analytical tools to their portfolio companies, particularly to improve their board management , research into new business ideas , sales , recruiting , and financial management.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Nimrod Vromen , Startup Consultant and Host, Startup Confidential Podcast – CTech Seek Expert Advice on Business Plan To determine if your new business idea is viable, seek diverse expert advice on your business plan. It really helps to have a sounding board to make sure your thinking isn’t wildly off the rails.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The valuations of these companies aren’t rising at the same rate as SaaS or fintech startups, but “where edtech lacks in impressive valuations, investors see it gaining in exit opportunities,” writes Natasha Mascarenhas. Subscription-based pricing is dead: Smart SaaS companies are shifting to usage-based models.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

SaaS models and cloud technologies have eliminated some of the barriers for Israeli companies and enable companies to quickly set up and set up a proof of concept. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? Fintech (specifically embedded finance or financial SaaS), synthetic bio. Yes in many areas.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

We discussed why in Q4 you will see large renegotiations of SaaS contracts and increased churn rates. Biggest Advice I Give to Portfolio Founders? * Topics we covered: B2B Companies You haven’t seen the full extent to how the correction is going to affect you. This is not a 2-month v-shaped correction. It’s hard being a VC right now.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Many of my board members are still there, a decade later. . – StratiFi is the first low-cost, intuitive, and scalable portfolio hedging SaaS platform for investors. Which advice would you give to female and underrepresented founders looking for investments?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Many of my board members are still there, a decade later. . – StratiFi is the first low-cost, intuitive, and scalable portfolio hedging SaaS platform for investors. Which advice would you give to female and underrepresented founders looking for investments?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? Our portfolio is heavy on SaaS, which has weathered things well. In some cases yes, including our e-commerce SaaS companies and my recent Bitcoin exchange investment (MiraiEx). What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. Or “I’m a new entrepreneur, why would I offer advice on how to run a startup?&#. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

In the video I linked to above Farb talks about how he got Rob Lord on board at Grockit. Because I built two SaaS companies and sold my second one to Salesforce.com (where I then took on the role of VP Products) I am often asked to look at SaaS and/or sales-oriented deals for others. So what are you waiting for?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

shared her advice for entrepreneurs who are focused on climate and sustainability: “If your business activities have produced desired results and repeatable cycles — like developing a new product and distributing it through local markets — then you are ready to multiply.” Build a solid deck for your quarterly board meetings.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The company, headquartered in France, has developed a SaaS-based visual e-merchandising platform with tools for creating 3D images for e-commerce. We set out to build a SaaS e-merchandising platform to create unlimited visuals via a desktop so you can showcase your products.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

“There were no other experienced founders to guide them or give them advice on how to build companies,” he said. Founders were coming in and messing up the cap table or the board structure. From me being a serial entrepreneur, I want to be able to give suggestions and advice, which is the fun part.”.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Artisanal Ventures raises $62M : Looking to invest in the competitive B2B SaaS startup market, Artisanal Ventures’ first fund is “backed by more than 50 founders and senior executives,” which could provide it with some leverage for its portfolio companies inside major companies. Been reading more French startup news in the last few quarters?

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

According to Brian Parks, “Bigfoot provides RBI, term loans, and lines of credit to SaaS businesses with $500k+ ARR. Our wheelhouse is bootstrapped (or lightly capitalized) SMB SaaS. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. No board seats or personal guarantees.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The pitch: StockTrim is a SaaS API which uses a machine learning algorithm to look at past stock behaviour and project future demand to avoid the common situations of over-ordering, under-ordering or miscalculating delivery times and quantities. Successful pitches help your confidence snowball.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

In a 2021 survey from The Conference Board focused specifically on the service industry, 80% of respondents said they were having a hard time finding qualified workers. “Smaller businesses need to focus on growth — not keeping up on HR trends, industry statistics, or job board best practices. Image Credits: WizeHire.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

Latch, a proptech meets SaaS play, conducts two consecutive weeks of layoffs. Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter’s board. Extras: Hana Mohan’s Twitter thread on the YC advice to founders. Things aren’t looking good for the model that once challenged the incumbency of SaaS. Google: Hold my Shiba Inu.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Most of my experience is in B2B SaaS, so this advice is tailored to founders in a similar space: #1 Hire an experienced leadership team to define the culture and vision A brand new startup only has one asset?—?the 6 Target $1M ARR in year one In order to be considered a great B2B SaaS company you need to hit $1M ARR in year one.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 7, 2022

Workspot provides a cloud-native DaaS replacement for PCs and workstations that is quick and easy to deploy – the only multi-cloud SaaS solution for the DaaS market. Board chairman Mark Templeton is the former president and CEO of Citrix. Expert advice on OurCrowd’s 4,200 job vacancies. Invest Now.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

We also spoke about what it takes to be an effective board member. On the one hand I often find that some board members are seemingly reading the board materials on the fly and don’t have a firm grasp of the business fundamentals while on the other hand some board members like to tinker in the running of the business.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2018

This post has some basic advice on how to plan your raise before you hit the road. If you’re a SaaS company and the firm is a “consumer” firm (or vice versa) then don’t waste your time. This can be somebody on 15 boards or maybe the managing partner. The second-pass qualification is “industry focus.” Super busy partner.

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FundersClub

JUNE 30, 2017

Jerrod Engelberg and Kevin Lee of FundersClub discuss board of directors, why they exist, how they work in public companies vs startups, what founders should be thinking about when dealing with a board of directors, and more in " Transparent VC, Episode 6: It’s All About That Board. " Investor Thoughts.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

So when Goldman Sachs announced this week it was buying NextCapital – a fintech company that provides automated advice to corporate retirement plan participants – my ears perked up. Tourism Board where she led branding, growth marketing, communications, and capital raising. NextCapital was a fintech company before fintech became cool.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you want to understand the power of how they’re built inbound call management into a SaaS category where they’re the market leader watch this one minute video. So I send Byron any SaaS investment I do at the earliest stage where I know we’ve nailed product / market fit. Companies need to evolve and so do boards.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Dharmesh: I think that was good advice. The strategy behind it, I think, is strong in terms of it gets HubSpot into a thing which is where I think the future of SaaS companies is going to be heading. And she would later join HubSpot board. It's kind of related to Constant Contact's space and we want to get her advice.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

So we’d love your thoughts on maybe just advice for companies rebuilding their partnership orgs or they’re developing their sophistication on the ELG front. This showed up in the SaaS-pocalypse. And this is my third SaaS company. There weren’t really SaaS products or APIs at that point.

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