A VC in Vacationland
Seeking the next gen supply chain technology breakthroughs
recent posts
- The Role of Generative AI in Supply Chain Investment Strategies
- AI’s Impact on Supply Chain Investment Strategies
- The ‘New Normal’ is now the ‘No Normal’ in Supply Chains
- SRR—Sustainability, Resilience, Risk Management: The Latest Supply Chain Buzzwords & Investment Opportunities
- 3PLs–Investing in the Next Generation of Outsourced Supply Chain Solutions
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Category: Saas
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cliffs notes (Photo credit: Shreyans Bhansali) So you are building a successful SAAS software company and are looking for new investments. Congratulations! What are key metrics sophisticated investors are looking for to justify a growth capital investment? One of my companies has been exploring this with leading venture investors. Here's the Cliff Notes summary: 50%…
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The continued success of on demand software models, especially the big push by Oracle and SAP into these spaces, makes us venture guys push up the valuations on our SaaS investments. But the hidden value in SaaS environments, and one not shared by all on demand software, is in the data collected and managed by…
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A few weeks ago, I posted a note asking where are the supply chain entrepreneurs? In this post, I would like to introduce two innovative supply chain companies– New Vine Logistics and MooBella. They indulge two of my passions–fine wine and fine ice cream. Both have brought significant innovation to industry supply chains. Unfortunately, I…
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A fellow board member and friend of mine, Randall Pittman, Chairman of Chatham Capital Corporation and Forest Health Services, has an interesting piece of advice useful in many situations facing entrepreneurs. At critical junctures in deals, whether selling or buying companies or products and services, he urges his teams to "find the Big No" and…