Sat.Jun 22, 2013 - Fri.Jun 28, 2013

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9 Worst Practices in SaaS Metrics

The Angel VC

9 Horror Worst Practices in SaaS Metrics As mentioned in my last post , I recently did a talk about SaaS metrics and I said I'm going to upload the slides. The slides don't contain a lot of text as they were not meant to stand on their own, but I've added a few additional notes to make them a bit more useful. You can view the presentation on SlideShare.

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How to Analyze Your Startup Like A VC in 15 Minutes Or Less

Tom Tunguz

When I first started in venture capital five years ago, I wanted to create a programmatic way to analyze companies well. My goal was to be able to step into a meeting with an entrepreneur with some kind of form that I would fill out throughout the meeting, so that by the end of the meeting I might have an understanding how the startup fits into its ecosystem.

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Introducing searchable reporting

CloseSaaS

Analytics matter, so today we’re releasing real-time reporting numbers you can quickly drill into for more detail.

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Throwing in the Towel on Google’s Go: What Programming Taught Me About Sales

Tom Tunguz

I started playing around with Google’s programming language called Go yesterday. There’s a tour of the language found here. Clearly, Go has been designed by a group of incredibly smart people and makes a series of terrific design decisions that enable a tremendous amount of flexibility and performance while reducing the amount of code an engineer has to write.

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How Investors & Strategic Buyers Evaluate Integrated Payment Strategies

Explore how integrated payment strategies impact investor and buyer evaluations. Payments are more than a feature — they’re a key to long-term success and market differentiation. They help SaaS companies offer seamless user experiences and efficient operations. Investors and strategic buyers assess these integrated payment strategies as a measure of a company's growth potential and sustainability.

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The Startup Sector That’s Quietly Booming

Tom Tunguz

I’m asked with some frequency which startup sectors are booming. Mobile messaging and big data are knee-jerk reactions at this point. But these days I often respond “financial services.”. In the last two years, financial services startups have been innovating impressively quickly and challenging some of the fundamental ways in which capital and credit are distributed.