LTV: Another Metric in SaaS?

Posted on March 21, 2009. Filed under: Start Up | Tags: , , , , |

I recently had an interesting conversation with a very smart hedge fund buddy of mine.  We were of course talking about investment ideas, given many of us were holding either cash or gold, and I threw out Salesforce.com.  It is generating 15-20% free cash flow margins, growing revenues at 30%+, with a solid recurring base.  [...]

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The Entrepreneur’s SEO – “Startup Exit Optimization”

Posted on September 14, 2008. Filed under: Start Up | Tags: , , |

I was chatting with a start-up CEO today, who had received some early inbound interest from a potential acquiror.  Without any discussion of price, he asked me innocently enough, “Should I think about it?” 
I started thinking about the positioning of the Company and the phase, and offered the following.  I think most start-ups go through [...]

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