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Seven SaaS resiliency lessons for doing business in a volatile market
These growth-stage tactics can make your business model ironclad in any macroeconomic environment.
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The recent waning of the founder-CEO premium… but why I’m still bullish in the long-run
Historically, founder-led companies tend to outperform non-founder led ones. But this gap has recently converged. I discuss what may be driving this …
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Janelle Teng
Schrödinger’s Startup Paradox: Locked inside the last round valuation box
Startups & VC funds have been caught in a limbo period where private valuation marks seem disconnected from public comps, but this is starting to…
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When the valuation hangover finally hits
Drunk on ZIRP, many investors viewed every startup as a 10... (x, even 100x). Now that recent watershed IPOs have ushered in a sobering reality, what…
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SaaS IPO window inflection
Don’t fret, this isn’t another VC breakdown of Klaviyo’s S-1! Rather, here’s a perspective on shared characteristics of trailblazing companies that…
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The Cloud 100 Benchmarks Report 2023
Bessemer reveals insights into the 2023 Cloud 100 cohort and how AI is taking center stage in the private cloud market.
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Land vs. Expand: Growth formula shifts during downturns
In 1Q23, new logo acquisition as well as expansion levers continued to be impinged. As it gets increasingly harder to drive net new ARR, how has the…
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Render ushers in a modern age of application development in the cloud
Bessemer Venture Partners leads Render’s $50 million Series B to empower developers to build anything, anywhere, with no DevOps tedium.
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Janelle Teng
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VC @ Bessemer; data-driven reflections on startups, cloud trends, and growth-stage investing
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