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The Startup Funding & Financing Guide

Baremetrics

Choosing the right combination of funding for your business is just as fundamental as choosing the right co-founders (or not), the right market, the right product, and the right team. million – about half of all the cash they had on hand – to buy out their main venture capital investors after eight years since founding.

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Understanding the SaaS business model

ProfitWell

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing. What is SaaS?

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Funding in the Time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

They see it where SaaS companies might trade at 13 times, 15 times, 17 times trailing. That happens in venture capital, and that’s happening right now. Every venture capitalist is stress testing his or her own portfolio. They don’t want to p**s off management teams that face dilution from down rounds.

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Is Seed the new Series A? (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Pietro Bezza | Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures. Ophelia Brown | Founder, Partner @ Blossom Capital. Emilie Maret | Fellowship Team @ The Family. Evgenia Plotnikova | Principal @ Dawn Capital. Christina Fonseca | Venture Partner @ Indico Partners (moderator). I’m the founder of Blossom Capital.

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38 Bright Asian SaaS Stars

SaaStock

When we announced a few weeks ago that we would be bringing our leading SaaS conference to Asia, and running it in Hong Kong, many locals thanked us for choosing the city. Tienpay enables merchant payments, person-to-person transfers, and vouchers, among other functionalities. . Founders : William Tien. Founded : 2011.

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Customer Success: The Definitive Guide to Customer-centric Growth 2020

Sixteen Ventures

Whether you have a Software-as-a-Service, subscription or membership business or you sell one-off products or services and simply want to do business with your customer more than once, Customer Success should be your driving purpose. How to Develop a Customer Success Strategy. Here’s to your success in 2020! . . .