Finance & Operations
Finance & Operations
How to Position Your Startup to Private Equity
The word is out: private equity has solidly emerged as the year’s best exit opportunity in SaaS. When I wrote…
by Kyle Poyar Finance & Operations
Exits: Bain Capital on the Right Time to Exit [Podcast]
As Season 2 of BUILD comes to a close, it’s only natural to examine the exit landscape. OpenView’s VP of…
by Kyle Poyar Finance & Operations
5 Key SaaS Metrics Every Software Startup Should Track
There are plenty of activities where, at any point during the task, you can objectively know whether you’re failing or…
by Mikayla Middleton Finance & Operations
CAC Payback: How Continuous Experimentation Can Drive Down Costs [Podcast]
OpenView’s Blake Bartlett discusses how a company’s go-to-market model can impact CAC Payback and if there is indeed a magic…
by Kyle Poyar Finance & Operations
Burn: VTS’ Story on Driving Efficiency During a Merger [Podcast]
How much or how little should a company burn? Adam Marcus, Managing Partner at OpenView, discusses the role of burn…
by Kyle Poyar Finance & Operations
To Drive Operational Excellence, Ask These Three Questions
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on AlleyWatch here. Every startup reaches the point where they have learned, they have hired,…
by Alisa Cohn Finance & Operations
How to Build a Relationship With the Right VC Partner while Focusing on Your Business
CEOs of expansion stage businesses are flooded with emails from VCs. On one hand, it feels convenient but short-sighted to…
by Ariel Winton Finance & Operations
(Almost) Everything You Need to Know When Your Convertible Notes are Approaching Maturity
Editor Note: This article was first published on the SaaStr blog here. Congratulations: You pounded the pavement, brought in outside capital,…
by Brian Parks Finance & Operations
How to Get the IRS to Fund Your R&D
Each year the US government provides billions of dollars to innovative businesses for developing new or improving existing technologies, products,…
by Lloyed Lobo