In the early stages of scaling a business, it’s perfectly natural to cheer for each new sale with the same enthusiasm as the last. After all, new deals drive growth. Not…
Emery WaddellApril 26, 2017
I recently had the pleasure of hearing Jim Mckelvey – well known philanthropist, celebrated artist, accomplished author and, oh yeah… co-founder of Square – speak at a conference where he…
Emery WaddellAugust 19, 2016
It’s easy to be a cynic when it comes to industry trade shows and conferences, as the formula at most of them is pretty tired and familiar. You can waste…
Mike BeckerJuly 5, 2016
Ask this question of Tech CEOs and you can get a lot of different answers. I can tell you from the scars on my own back as a SaaS operator,…
Mike BeckerApril 23, 2016
The Spring MarTech Conference was held last week in San Francisco. Vocap and the team from Social123 joined what appeared to be 1,000+ attendees packed into a pretty tight space…
Emery WaddellMarch 31, 2016
2015 was another record year for VC investment in Marketing Technology (a sector we track closely), continuing a multi-year trend of setting new high watermarks. According to Pitchbook Data, marketing…
Emery WaddellFebruary 20, 2016
As you might imagine, we see a lot of hockey stick financial models and fluffy sales pipelines in the course of evaluating potential investments. I was certainly guilty of producing…
Mike BeckerFebruary 9, 2016
As part of a sweeping, 887-page tax bill passed by Congress on December 18, risk-taking entrepreneurs and investors who create jobs through building businesses will now be rewarded for their…
Emery WaddellFebruary 5, 2016
As technology venture investors, we are presented with a wide variety of forecast models. Given that we typically lead or participate in Series A / Series B rounds, we are…
Emery WaddellJanuary 24, 2016
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