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Fundraising & Exits

Why The LinkedIn Acquisition is So Important to SaaS

Why The LinkedIn Acquisition is So Important to SaaS

By Jason M. Lemkin on June 15, 2016

So, Microsoft bought LinkedIn for $25.6 billion dollars.  That headline shocked all of us the other day.  But if you step back, it’s not that impressive, the raw number itself. After all, as a public company, LinkedIn was worth $32 billion just a few months earlier, and had been on one heck of a run […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 1 - Stage, 2 - Topic, exit, Fundraising & Exits, IPOs & Exits, m&a

How to Avoid Being Replaced as CEO by Your VCs

How to Avoid Being Replaced as CEO by Your VCs

By Jason M. Lemkin on June 13, 2016

Worried about a bunch of VCs replacing you?  You should be a little worried, probably. Just the other day, a CEO that I know fairly well was fired by a VC.  Strange thing was, the VC didn’t talk to the rest of the board.  Who didn’t agree.  So he got un-fired. Awk. Ward. CEOs getting […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 1 - Stage, 2 - Topic, Fundraising & Exits, growth, The Journey, venture capital

Raising More Than $20m in Venture Capital?  It’s All Good — If You Are Even Better Than Box

Raising More Than $20m in Venture Capital? It’s All Good — If You Are Even Better Than Box

By Jason M. Lemkin on May 9, 2016

For the past few years, it’s been pretty confusing trying to understand what’s going on in SaaS fundraising.  Starting in ’13 through mid-’15, rounds dramatically grew in size and pace, and dozens of unicorns were minted.  Things then slowed down dramatically in Q1 ’16, as the SaaS public markets crashed … and then recovered in […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2 - Topic, Fundraising & Exits, IPOs & Exits, m&a, The Journey, venture capital

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