Closing a venture round is the dream, right? As Founders, it’s how we know we’ve arrived, primed for our Techcrunch cover. This transforming event is why we pull our aspirational all-nighters, scour CrunchBase for the latest capital raise news, and espouse mighty, world-altering visions.After all, with that first, third, or fifth round of venture funding,…
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We wanted to know how early-stage SaaS Founders think about capital as a component of their business, so we asked 30 of them. Below are the most important questions and the answers we got from 30 Early-Stage SaaS Founders on Raising Money. The Founders Takeaways on Founder Identification and Focus Product: 70% of Founders characterize…
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Bigfoot Capital News The Latest from Bigfoot Capital: Over the past 30 days, we’ve added 2 investments to our portfolio of early-stage SaaS companies. We’re providing $750,000 committed credit facilities to each of these companies that hail from Phoenix and Denver/Austin. We’re excited to be supporting these great companies in their growth efforts. Know an early-stage…
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Six and a half years ago in his seminal essay “Why Software Is Eating The World”, Marc Andreessen theorized “…software companies are poised to take over broad swathes of the economy.” This theory has indeed proven out. Andreessen also stated that “Many of the prominent new Internet companies are building real, high-growth, high-margin, highly defensible…
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Early-stage SaaS founders should spend far more time executing instead of strategizing.The urgency to execute is particularly true for making financing decisions.We fund early-stage SaaS companies. Having spoken with 250+ Founders over the past year, here are the patterns I’ve seen:A surprising lack of: Commitment to acquiring capital. Urgency to close deals and bring in…
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Debt. It’s a terrifying word. Mostly because you usually hear it when referring to credit card or student debt that your friend is having a hard time paying off. Oftentimes, as they live beyond their means. Not pointing the finger here.But that’s personal debt, and we’re not talking about that right now. What we are…
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As a Founder, successfully capitalizing your company is one of the most important, and hardest, jobs you have. Whether it’s your first time dialing for dollars or you’re back in the market for more cash, finding the right SaaS capital for your company at any given stage is always a challenge. One of the most…
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The biggest tSaaStr Annual 2018 Takeaways, including why pre-seed is the new seed for SaaS entrepreneurs. Charles Hudson, Precursor Ventures Image Source: http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/2016/05/what-does-it-take-to-raise-capital-in.html (note this is a piece created by Christoph Janz. Its usage here is to provide a barometer for pre-seed vs. seed stage) Speaker Charles Hudson — Managing Partner / Precursor VC Description The…
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