Should Your SaaS Startup Have a ‘Plan B’ Exit Strategy?
It is every startup's dream to go public. An IPO is the pot of gold at the end of the startup rainbow. The unfortunate reality is that according to recent…
It is every startup's dream to go public. An IPO is the pot of gold at the end of the startup rainbow. The unfortunate reality is that according to recent…
The Software Equity Group (SEG) regularly publishes quantitative research on the software and SaaS market M&A activity. The SEG SaaS Index contains dozens of publicly traded SaaS companies. They recently…
Baron Rothschild, an 18th-century British nobleman and member of the Rothschild banking family, is credited with saying that "the time to buy is when there's blood in the streets." In…
In the past few months, I have had an unusual number of inquiries from private equity firms about the state of the electronic data interchange (EDI) market. As a corporate…
Separating the noise from signals in regard to competitors is a challenge product managers face every day. A market map of competitor revenues, headcount, VC funding, and enterprise value can…
Accounting is not a core skill for most product managers. Yet, basic financial literacy is critical when presenting the impact a product can have on customer revenues, expenses, profits, and…
The Software Equity Group (SEG) regularly publishes quantitative research on the software and SaaS market M&A activity. In August, median valuations declined to lowest in 2021
SaaS valuations are at an almost all-time high. The Software Equity Group reported that the median EV/Revenue multiple for public SaaS companies in Q2 2021 was 14.3x. The top 25…
Pitchbook is basically the gold standard when it comes to data about VC, and Private Equity financing, and M&A activity. Recently Pitchbook published some great free research on US VC…
American product managers should live overseas for a while. In a global software economy, it is a requirement. You will develop empathy for your international colleagues. You will learn the…