Finance & Operations
Finance & Operations
Developing an Effective Long-Term Data Strategy for Your Company
Analytics is considered to be critical at many companies, but few are able to get it right. Most companies quickly…
by Ruben Ugarte
Finance & Operations
Why Are We Seeing Fewer Venture Capital-backed IPOs?
I have what many would consider an oddly-vivid memory of VC-backed IPOs in 2007. Midway through that year, I got…
by Jeff Williams Finance & Operations
Security for SaaS Startups: A Guide for Founders & CEOs
For most founders and CEOs of SaaS startups, security isn’t a top 3 priority. With funding, recruiting, and building a…
by Greg Keller Finance & Operations
Steve Collins & Bill Conroy (INST): Finding the Stage of Growth You Are Best Suited for as a Board Member [Podcast]
Steve Collins and Bill Conroy both sit on Instructure’s (NYSE: INST) board among many others including Shopify, MuleSoft, etc. Steve…
by OpenView Finance & Operations
5 Tips for Evaluating Your Best-fit VC Partner
Expansion-stage SaaS companies must make many critical decisions in order to survive and thrive. One of the biggest is choosing…
by Jeff Diana Finance & Operations
Product Led Growth: The Secret to Becoming a Top Quartile Public Company
Software investors have traditionally focused on three key valuation drivers when evaluating businesses, including: Revenue growth, which is strongly positively…
by Sean Fanning Finance & Operations
The 2018 State of SaaS IPOs
The IPO has all but disappeared. In 2012, the SEC’s Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies published a report…
by Sean Fanning Finance & Operations
The Biggest Question When Raising Money: ‘Who?’
Editor’s Note: The following article is based on a recent episode of OpenView’s BUILD podcast. You can listen to the full episode here.…
by Ricky Pelletier