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Scooped by Guillaume Decugis
November 3, 2014 3:31 PM
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The Meteoric Acceleration in Series A Valuations

The Meteoric Acceleration in Series A Valuations | Ideas for entrepreneurs | Scoop.it
What a difference a few quarters make! In the past nine months, Series A valuations have skyrocketed. In fact, 2014 Series A pre-money valuations have surpassed Series B valuations from 10 years ago, accounting for inflation. The same is true for Series B valuations exceeding median Series C valuations a decade before.
Guillaume Decugis's insight:

Or as Ben Narasin wrote back a few months ago, the Series A is the new Series B.

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July 22, 2014 7:06 PM
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The Marketing Math Behind Scaling a SaaS Salesforce (and align objectives)

The Marketing Math Behind Scaling a SaaS Salesforce (and align objectives) | Ideas for entrepreneurs | Scoop.it

A terrific SaaS VP of Marketing once told me, "If the sales team is focused on hitting this quarter's revenue target, then the marketing team ought to be focused on next quarter and the following quarter."

Guillaume Decugis's insight:

Do your marketing people know how many leads they need to generate for your sales team to be on target? Here's a quite straightforward but useful way to build the model up for Saas startups.


And define objectives for everybody.

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Curated by Guillaume Decugis
Tech entrepreneur (4x exits, Linkfluence, Scoop.it, Musiwave…) turned VC @ Serena Data Ventures | Focused on early-stage, deep tech startups. Rock singer. Freeride skier.