Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Despite the economic backdrop, startups continue to plow ahead. If the government lends at a low rate, then the cost of capital is less, so companies should be able to invest more at the same cost, and grow faster. More dollars chasing higher growth, higher yield, and riskier investments.

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Mucker Capital

APRIL 6, 2024

In this Mucker Growth Session, Debbie Rosler from Burkland dives into the fundamental financial best practices and infrastructure early -stage startups need to put in place. It's important for early stage startups to focus on finance from the very beginning. Having a PT bookkeeper is often how startups begin.

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Scytale

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the compliance requirements of running a startup? As a startup founder trying to build your new organization from the ground up there’s a ton to do – And one of the commitments is keeping security compliance regulations and industry standards, and all that red tape! You’re not alone.

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SaaStr

JULY 14, 2022

Let me take a few example of the unicorns and decacorns I’ve been lucky enough to invest in. Talkdesk, last valued at $10B, started off as an SMB Zendesk and Salesforce plug in at a $25m valuation when I first invested. I see too many startups resist going upmarket because it’s more work. contact center leader.

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Since that trip, when I visited RenRen, Autonavi and a few other blossoming startups, the Chinese startup ecosystem has grown tremendously. Chinese startups raise nearly half of all venture capital dollars and nearly 100 are valued at $1B. To me, the Chinese and US startup ecosystems differ because of their history.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

We are passionate about helping businesses and communities thrive by advancing the way the world pays, banks and invests, serving more than 20,000 clients and more than one million merchant locations in over 130 countries. Governance, risk and compliance consulting services. SOC for Cybersecurity examinations. GDPR assessments.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 10, 2023

We have a collection of thousands of notes researching startups. One could imagine replacing the background or introduction sections in an investment memo or producing a blog post from this in about 2 minutes on a laptop. Historically, extracting value from unstructured text files has been difficult. Here is a subset of that output.

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SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

According to Mike Laven, CEO of Currencycloud, the one thing necessary for any company to succeed in China – or in any of the Asian countries – is to get local investment. Notable mentions that have helped the Asian SaaS space are 500 Startups, Y Combinator, Sequoia, Matrix Partners, Eight Roads Ventures and Intel Capital.

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Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

There are more funding and financing options for startups today than there ever have been before. There’s also been an explosion in debate and transparency about navigating startup funding and financing. Let’s explore the funding and financing options for your startup. Funding Your Startup. Buffer spent $3.3

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 28, 2021

Startups are designed to grow quickly, but high growth rates can generate huge costs as new infrastructure is introduced and scaled to meet demand. Centralize governance. The more you centralize cost governance, the less time you have to spend on it. Invest in the process. No surprises.

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SaaStr

JUNE 13, 2021

All that matters is investing in great companies at a fair, stage-appropriate price, right? I’d made a relatively small ($800k) convertible debt investment in a company, and the VC that led the next round then rewrote many of the terms. The investment still ended up being very profitable. I mean, whatever, right?

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A Smart Bear

OCTOBER 4, 2017

“Founder trouble” is a leading cause of startup death (though data also show that companies with only one founder are more likely to fail , so the conclusion is just that startups are just always likely to fail!). Employee #2 will join a startup for the experience. Or it’s fatal because that was a co-founder.

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

How much should your startup budget for its employee stock option pool? The figure dips when the startup begins to gain momentum, but is before IPO, a period when the appreciation of a grant is more certain. The SBC investment pattern varies substantially by company. Many factors skew the investments.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

First published in 1997, the bestseller has influenced several generations of entrepreneurs, startup founders, and tech enthusiasts. And that opens the space for newer, faster, agile startups to serve those neglected customers, gain traction, and challenge the bigger businesses. It’s kind of a modern-day cautionary tale.

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SaaSHolic

MAY 12, 2023

Artificial Intelligence & The use of Data Ben Gotfredson, Global Startup Program Manager (Snowflake ); Cesar Gon, Founder & CEO (CI&T) The panel with Ben Gotfredson and Cesar Gon discusses the increasing relevance of AI and its surge in products, emphasizing the need for governance and security in implementation.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 20, 2021

Lloyed also co-chairs Traction , a community that brings leaders from the fastest growing companies together to share insights into building and scaling startups via weekly webinars, regular meetups, and an annual conference. It’s a good name for a startup. Sam Jacobs : What does Boast do? If you look at the U.S.

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SaaStr

APRIL 7, 2022

Luciana: I had been telling people that the inflection point came when Accel invested, but I guess it was market and product and all that good stuff. Any fast growing startup in here and you’rer hiring and HR to handle your employee hiring, you could probably have a robot do 88% faster, better for your employee, and not have to hire fast.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 3, 2018

Below are 7 predictions about the startup software ecosystem. A while ago, I pulled up the Redpoint website from a decade ago, when the bios of the partners said things like “I invest in the internet.” ” Or five years ago, “I invest in mobile.” How many of them do you agree with?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Measuring Usage Since Day One Since the beginning, monday.com built and has used a BI tool called Big Brain — a major investment for that size of company. Since starting the company in 2014, there wasn’t a lot of money you could raise in a startup. There wasn’t a “business person,” like many startups have. Was this strategic?

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SaaStr

MAY 27, 2020

On March 27th, so about a month later, the US government passed the CARES Act, which probably you know, stands for the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, which is now at three trillion dollars. I thought it’s also worth giving you some sense of scale for how much the US government takes in in revenue every year.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

She was talking about innovation, the intersection of Silicon Valley and DOD, government work. I mean, there are more and more…we see it in the amount of investment dollars that are going into defense tech right now. There are more and more companies and startups that are aspiring to work with the DOD. And I think the U.S.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

All businesses, whether a small startup or a large global enterprise, are governed by the same high standards of customer expectation: “Show me value, fast, all the time, or else I’m moving on…”. Today with thousands of customers, exponential growth, and significant financial backing, the future looks bright and exciting.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 30, 2019

Its partners boast diverse venture experience and have previously invested in more than 70 companies. SaaS Investments: Pipefy, HeyDoctor. Canary invests in Brazilian startups, aiming to transform the country’s startup ecosystem by filling an early stage funding gap that it has identified. Founded: 2017.

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Scytale

APRIL 15, 2024

The framework helps companies like startups develop new applications responsibly by identifying concerns early on. Regulations give companies legal clarity to invest in this field. Overall, the Act signifies the EU’s leadership in providing a model for globally harmonized AI governance.

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Kellblog

JANUARY 29, 2020

The majority of startups solve a problem that is already being solved in some way today. It’s not hard to sell government labs and commercial advanced research divisions one of pretty much anything. Why are you and your team the best people to invest in? How do they solve that problem today? Be realistic about this.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2020

The reality is is that if you’re a startup just getting off the ground, PPP isn’t a legitimate option for you. The other thing that VCs are doing is one very important part of their jobs, and that’s meeting companies and studying markets to figure out where they might want to invest eventually.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 1, 2021

Creating a successful startup is hard; it’s even harder without access to startup funds. Equity crowdfunding enables members of the public to invest in a privately-owned company. For every Google or Amazon though, there are endless examples of startups that fail. An Overview of Equity Crowdfunding. JOBS Act 2012.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. I’m sure people said similar things to Heather when she joined as our CEO. We have never been in a stronger position. The next sale isn’t quite as sweet.).

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SaaSHolic

MAY 15, 2023

Differences and similarities between Latin American/Brazilian startups and Silicon Valley startups are discussed, with a focus on challenges related to data ownership, regulatory and intellectual property rights, and fostering innovation.

Payment Methods 52

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User Pilot

APRIL 24, 2024

In 2023, over 26% of investments in American startups were directed toward AI-related companies. In this article, we explain: Why investing in AI in SaaS is a must. There are also governance and ethical concerns, like data privacy or AI bias. As well as ethical and governance considerations.

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Kellblog

JANUARY 2, 2024

Eventually, this should percolate into votes and candidates, and ultimately result in a government focused on consensus and compromise [5]. A Slow Bounceback in Startup Land. There’s 3200 startups failed in 2023. OpenView surprised the industry with an abrupt shutdown in new investing. One hopes so, at least.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 10, 2021

For all the tax law and government regulations involved, the choice comes down to the basic structure of each plan, which doesn’t take an MBA to understand. Companies have some flexibility in how they enact each plan, but many of the basic rules and limits are set by the federal government. Roth 401(k) Plans.

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Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 14, 2018

There are some provocative points of view including: investing is the same as gambling, we just call it another name. American Kingpin - the true story of an Eagle Scout became one of the US largest drug runners in about five years; and how three government agencies captured him in a public library in San Francisco.

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SaaSHolic

MAY 1, 2023

The settlement is instant, it works 24/7, it’s free for the end user and the government obligated all banks to adhere to it at the same time (they of course weren’t happy because it took away many old-school transaction fees that they were happy to keep charging forever). Some examples include Jusfy , Jusbrasil, and QConcursos.

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Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 30, 2022

This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis. Technology governance: A fractional CTO is responsible for ensuring that the company's technology systems and processes are compliant with relevant laws and regulations.

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SaaStr

JULY 24, 2020

355: Despite the global pandemic, seed investing remains hyperactive amongst VCs. The reality is is that if you’re a startup just getting off the ground, PPP isn’t a legitimate option for you. Satya Patel of Homebrew shares his expert advice on how to raise seed capital in 2020. This episode is sponsored by Lightmatter.

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SaaSHolic

APRIL 25, 2023

– When investing in entrepreneurs, it’s crucial to assess their vision, passion, persistence, and the potential impact their business could have on the world. – AI has transformative potential, offering enormous opportunities for startups, especially in emerging markets where expertise is in shorter supply.

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