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And the promise of the software businessmodel is as companies mature and go out of growth mode the profits will show up. .” As growth starts to slow, it gets harder and harder to justify using revenue multiples as a primary valuation metric. Coming in to Q1 there was broader optimism. Q4’s were generally good!
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