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Investment perspectives, market analysis, and growth playbooks from 30 years of backing Founders. What we've learned, what we're seeing, and what actually works.
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The Myriad Uses of the Crowdsourcing Business Model
In 2008, ScaleVP wanted to learn more about the crowdsourcing business model and investment opportunities it might provide.
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The Evolution and Ascendance of Social Media Marketing
Just a few years ago, major brands treated social media marketing as an experiment.
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Stacey Bishop
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SaaS and the Cloud Ten Years In
I recently had to give a talk on trends in SaaS and the cloud. Attached is the full Powerpoint.
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Rory O'Driscoll
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The Next Ten Years in SaaS
The SaaS business has now hit early middle age and the best way to think about it is to compare it to the client server revolution...
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Rory O'Driscoll
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Facebook is Worth More Because It's Growing More
The Old Gray Lady is worried about a bubble in tech, and did a nice graphic comparing the valuations of Facebook...
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Rory O'Driscoll
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Venture Capital Returns are Going Up
Venture capital returns are going up. That is the clear conclusion from two recent press releases...
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Rory O'Driscoll
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Go, You Giant Vampire Quid
I simply love Goldman Sachs. The Facebook deal is a brilliant poke in the eye for just about everybody...
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Rory O'Driscoll
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ScaleVP Who we are, and What we do
The most basic question anyone should have of us is what kind of deals do we like to do?
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Rory O'Driscoll
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Never do a COO Search... or Not
Venture has lots of rules of thumb, short summaries of received wisdom passed down. One of the most common is "never do a COO search".
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Rory O'Driscoll
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Winning in SaaS
In every technology market, the number one player gets disproportionately rewarded.
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Rory O'Driscoll
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What Do You Really Want from Your Venture Board Member?
Entrepreneurs, especially experienced ones, often have a fairly jaundiced view of venture board members.
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Rory O'Driscoll
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