If you’ve looked at your stock portfolio this week, you’ve seen the carnage. Last week alone, the market rout wiped out approximately $2 trillion from software, data, and exchange stocks. The narrative driving this sell-off is simple, terrifying, and pervasive:…
Founders should stop selling "software" and start selling deep vertical expertise.
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually, then suddenly” – Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises When ChatGPT was introduced in November 2022, it was mostly treated as a gimmick. Fast forward 3 years and…
Mastering the metrics that matter: Essential benchmarks for B2B SaaS startups in today's conservative VC landscape
I was watching a fireside chat from SaaStr 2023 between Jason Lemkin and David Sacks (ex Paypal Mafia, All In podcast co-founder and managing partner at Craft Ventures, with $3.3 billion under management). David and Craft are considered top SaaS…
I was reading the book “Super Founders” by Ali Temaseb in which he breaks down the data behind billion dollar startups. When he asked founders and investors of billion dollar companies what spaces they thought will create the next billion…
After spending months and maybe years looking for product-market fit, you now proudly got a product and are ready to go to market. However, after a few weeks of trying to make customers fall in love with what you’ve…
The Cloud has transformed the fundamental role of the IT department from business enabler to business innovator. Vendors that can enable IT Managers to assess risk, manage large data sets and analyze processes will be rewarded handsomely. In 2014, expect to see widespread implementation by IT departments of Platform (PaaS), Infrastructure (IaaS) and Software (SaaS) as a Service tools for scalable and cost-effective services.
SalesForce.com, a pioneer in SaaS technology has made its first acquisition in Israel, with its decision to buy Navajo Systems for $30 million, says Globes. Following the acquisition, SalesForce will open its first R&D center in Israel.
Bootstrapping can be really hard for some early stage startups, but Israeli startup Enigmai, makes it seem easy. Started in 2009, Enigmai built and deployed a simplified workforce management SasS tool that enables SMBs and large companies to better manage their human resources. VC Cafe interviewed Engimai's founder and CEO Adir Iakya to learn more about how this bootstrapped startup is planning to replace the incumbents.
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