Kellblog

JUNE 27, 2022

Bernard , Suranga , Alice , Rob ) as well as my other European startup colleagues (e.g., The US poses numerous, often unique, challenges for a European technology startup. Bob Seiner and Non-Invasive Data Governance ). This series was both a lot of work and a lot of fun. The market is vast. Segmentation strategies are critical.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 30, 2019

It is a venture capital firm based in Brazil and Silicon Valley. Its partners boast diverse venture experience and have previously invested in more than 70 companies. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed. The DGF team provides valuable support to businesses in crafting their strategy, operations, governance, and finance.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Siemens Government Technologies. iDirect Government. National Government Services, Inc. and is backed by leading angles and venture capital firms such as Baird Capital, Grotech Ventures and Middleland Capital. ScientiaMobile. Applied Information Sciences (AIS). Hitachi Vantara Federal.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 1, 2021

Creating a successful startup is hard; it’s even harder without access to startup funds. New legislation is opening up this crowdfunding option and making it a more viable method of raising capital for thousands of businesses. For every Google or Amazon though, there are endless examples of startups that fail.

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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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SaaStr

APRIL 7, 2022

I am a partner at Accel, the Global Venture Capital Fund, and I’m very happy to be here with one of these mythical creatures that people were talking about earlier. It’s no different than in federal government. Transcript: Luciana Lixandru: My name is Luciana Lixandru.

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Kellblog

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Startup CEOs generally fall into one of two categories and the category is likely to predict how they will approach the ownership issue. CEOs will come and go along a startup’s journey, but there is only one founder [2]. When you’re CEO of a startup there is no boss. They’re your clowns. You own them. The problem?

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Kellblog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Most startups purchase some sort of D&O insurance fairly early in their evolution; VCs often require it. For example, see this model indemnification agreement from The National Venture Capital Association ( NVCA ) [5], which provides a detailed introduction in its preface as well as detailed in-line comments. Emerging risks.

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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. Most interesting ideas attract several startups so, odds are, you have fairly direct competitors pretty much from inception.

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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.

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OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Technology is reshaping the economy, and it starts with venture capital. Technology was a driving force behind the boom in venture investments over the past decade. Where are venture investors focusing their technology bets? The post Why Venture Capitalists Are Doubling Down on Technology appeared first on OPEXEngine.

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OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Technology is reshaping the economy, and it starts with venture capital. Technology was a driving force behind the boom in venture investments over the past decade. Where are venture investors focusing their technology bets? The post Why Venture Capitalists Are Doubling Down on Technology appeared first on OPEXEngine.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2020

I wanted to start by just talking a little bit about something that all of you have been hearing about, which is PPP loans, the SBA program for getting capital to companies in need. The reality is is that if you’re a startup just getting off the ground, PPP isn’t a legitimate option for you.

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Kellblog

MAY 29, 2021

I should add that ensuring proper corporate governance is an important duty for for the board, but while critical, I view it as table stakes and have thus excluded governance-related items from the list of differentiating attributes above. The Board Member Perspective: What I Think Makes a Good Independent Director.

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 16, 2020

Startup CEOs generally fall into one of two categories and the category is likely to predict how they will approach the ownership issue. CEOs will come and go along a startup’s journey, but there is only one founder [2]. When you’re CEO of a startup there is no boss and there are no peers. Founder CEOs: It’s My Company.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

How does a startup that launched during the financial crisis in 2008 become a unicorn company in 2019? For Collibra, a cross-organizational data governance platform, the company went from slow growth to hypergrowth. Felix : We specialize in data governance and data cataloging. Want to see more content like this?

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The service is currently targeted at new employee enrollment, which traditionally requires a hefty stack of paperwork carted back and forth between government offices. from 500 Startups, World Innovation Lab, and others. from CKD Venture Capital Corporation, and others. Funding to Date : $150,000 from Spiral Ventures.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

We raised $0 of venture capital. ” Now, seven years later, SalesLoft has over 400 employees, has raised over $75 million of venture capital, and in the next two years, if not sooner, my prediction is that they will be a unicorn that you’ll be able to read about on Tech Crunch. We started the business in 2007.

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Kellblog

JANUARY 5, 2020

I’d argue it’s not – the markets have changed structurally such that companies are staying private far longer and thus living off venture capital (and/or growth-stage private equity) in ways not previously seen. Crunchbase lists 274 database (and database-related) startups. relational, graph, time series, key-value).

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SaaStr

JULY 24, 2020

Satya Patel: I wanted to start by just talking a little bit about something that all of you have been hearing about, which is PPP loans, the SBA program for getting capital to companies in need. The reality is is that if you’re a startup just getting off the ground, PPP isn’t a legitimate option for you.

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OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

When SaaS business models originated, the most successful venture-backed startups used a horizontal model. These factors resonated well with the investment theses of venture capital firms. Many functions are subject to government regulations such as the healthcare privacy law, HIPAA.

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Point Nine Land

JANUARY 17, 2019

These “digital native customers” are not afraid of startups and look for customer-centric products. These are great customers for startups. As the pace of innovation in this sector accelerates, incumbents feel the increasing pressure to work more with startups. We’ll see a transition with startup founders.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

There are a number of funding types that serve the SaaS business model, including: Venture Capital: The glamour means of procuring funds for your startup, venture capital is provided by firms or funds that see high growth potential or a strong track record of recent growth in a SaaS company, enough to merit substantial financial assistance.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2018

It’s probably overkill for a smaller business, but if you’re moving from startup to scale-up, Marketo is perfect for those looking to grow and market to a large audience with a high degree of segmentation. Alternatives: Salespanel, Infer. This year, marketers will spend $4.6 billion to attract businesses to their websites.

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SaaStr

JULY 29, 2020

The second aha that we had was our go-to-market where we wanted to start with all of the startups and small businesses and nonprofits and developers out there who today were using nothing because they didn’t have the budget or technical resources to buy kind of these enterprise-grade services that existed for big companies.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

If you missed episode 133, check it out here: How to Go From Startup to Pre-IPO: Unexpected Lessons From a 20-Year Sales Veteran with Jim Donovan. Who is Ilan Jacobson and what is FirePower Capital?[2:00]. I started my career actually in venture capital, specifically in SAS venture capital. We’re on iTunes.

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