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Sleeper Thoughts
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Why is there no dominant to-do list app?
A month ago, I led a dinner talk on the future of work with twelve fellows from Interact , a community of young technologists devoted to...


Five signs a startup's go-to-market is scalable and repeatable
One of the things many investors look for in early stage startups (especially around a Series A or B) is the emergence of a scalable and...

ELI5:LTV A (super simple) explanation of how to calculate customer lifetime value
Inspired by Reddit's "Explain Like I'm Five" subreddit, I take a stab at explaining lifetime value in clear, simple terms.
How to build a market neutral portfolio, and why it may not be right for you
I recently had a good friend ask me to explain how to construct a market neutral portfolio, since I currently do most of my personal...
Why EV/Rev is almost always the wrong way to value companies
In a previous post, I wrote about why investors in SaaS companies feel forced to use EV/Revenue to value them. With profits absent and a...
How we wound up using EV/Rev to value high growth tech companies
As an investor in publicly traded SaaS companies, valuation was a primary concern. Again and again, I met with companies with "stories"...
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