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Lowering the Hiring (And Investing) Bar Didn’t Work

SaaStr

So everyone is now paying the price for lowering the bar in the Boom Times of mid ‘20 to early ‘22. And now we’re paying the price. The same things happened in VC and investing. I did some of this myself, both on people and investments. Better to do with fewer people, fewer investments, fewer initiatives.

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The Future of B2B SaaS Investing with G2, Accel, Salesforce, Inspired Capital and SaaStr

SaaStr

G2 had us back for another great deep dive on just where SaaS investing is there days, and it was a great panel: Accel Partner Arun Mathew Inspired Capital Founder & Managing Partner Alexa von Tobel Salesforce Ventures Managing Partner Paul Drews and Jason Lemkin! Low investment multiples pose a key challenge.

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Corporate VC Investments: Limited, But Real, Pros. And Cons.

SaaStr

Traditional VCs usually reserve another 1x-2x of their first check for later investments. If the synergies are real, they’ll happen irrespective of some token investment. An investment won’t create a partnership. An investment may anoint one vendor in the space as the preferred vendor over competitors. Be realistic.

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A $30B Software Company from a $15m Investment

Tom Tunguz

A former venture capitalist, Mark Leonard started Constellation in 1995 with $15m of outside investment & a goal of buying vertical software companies with a moat & good unit economics. Price Increases. New bookings added 10% ; price increases 5%. Growth Source. Acquisition. New Bookings. Contraction. -3%. Net Growth.

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The Definitive Guide to Embedded Analytics

It will show you how to select the right solution and what investments are required for success. We hope this guide will transform how you build value for your products with embedded analytics.

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The State of Seed Investing w/ Jason Lemkin, Sam Lessin, Frank Rotman & Harry Stebbings

SaaStr

We came right back on 20VC to do a deep dive on where seed investing is right now with Frank Rotman, one of the most successful fintech investors, Sam Lessin on Slow Ventures, with an incredible portfolio, and Jason Lemkin: It’s a good listen. Per Harry: “WTF is really happening at seed right now? Back up the truck.

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Microsoft more than triples Bing Search API prices to recoup investments

IT World

Microsoft is all set to more than triple the prices of its Bing Search APIs across all markets in what can be seen as an effort to recoup its investments into the search engine. To read this article in full, please click here

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