Market Segmentation Underperforming Technical Team Venture Capital 
SaaSOptics
AUGUST 11, 2022
Rising inflation and a weak stock market are causing investors to be more careful with their financing, and without a plan to manage your cash runway effectively, you’re putting both yourself and your company at risk. So what should you do if you’re strapped for cash and have your sights set on venture capital?
SaaStr
DECEMBER 5, 2019
And the very first thing that I did, like any neurotic person is I Googled corporate venture capital. We have one company in our portfolio that this is the third time the founding team has been together. Workday wasn’t in that model, so we have a slightly different approach to portfolio development.
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Outseta
JANUARY 20, 2020
I was managing a team of 15 and the company had grown to about 140 employees. Focus on a market segment until you dominate it When I arrived at Buildium, we were selling our product only to residential property managers located in the United States. Venture capital is a tool and a commitment, not an outcome.
The Angel VC
DECEMBER 12, 2018
While this is generally true for most companies, it’s particularly true for SaaS businesses, which invest heavily in product development, sales, and marketing upfront and get payments from customers over a delayed period of time, usually several years. The main reason is that your customer acquisition costs are highly front-loaded.
Outseta
MAY 8, 2020
What I’m hoping this post provides is an objective look at the world of technology start-ups—the good, the bad, and the ugly. I wasn’t expecting this, but this observation snuck up on me as my own skills as a marketer matured and as I worked alongside colleagues that were designing and building software.
ProfitWell
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Do you gun straight for the glamour (and pressure) of venture capital investment? What about a venture capitalist who might be sympathetic to your mission? Going into the pursuit of funding without a plan can lead you nowhere—or, even worse, leave you saddled with a funding plan that’s bad for you and your business.
SaaStr
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. Now, I’m a venture capital investor. Many of these are names that you know, and this is actually the largest we’ve seen in history. How long can this last?
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