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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There were startups and a software industry but barely. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). It was 1991.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. and (2) their leadership position in multi-billion dollar markets will likely make them dominant players in the software landscape, even though they are still small today (SuccessFactors $2.5B

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. The Torch program created Innovation Clusters by creating national Science and Technology Industrial Parks (STIPs), Software Parks, and Productivity Promotion Centers. Innovation Clusters. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. Venture Guiding Fund.

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). ► 2007. (10). Software 2.0: Global warming: a plague for humanity? Cracking the SMB code. internet. (6).

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First Mover Fallacy

Agile VC

If you think back to the monster consumer software and internet companies that’ve been built in the last 2-3 decades, it’s actually far more likely they were fast and/or particularly innovative followers rather than first movers.

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Cracking The Code: Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Sandhill.com Podcast : 40mn podcasts on Enterprise software. This is the only podcast I found on Enterprise software. software.

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Cracking The Code: Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. 10K/MMR is very very large for most SaaS players and Netli is unique in that it is at a very low level of the software stack. link] Nirvaha Sales Compensation Software. software. (10).