Product Leaders Should Learn How to Pitch M&A Candidates
Senior product management professionals (Directors, Vice Presidents, Chief Product Officers) should learn how to pitch M&A candidates.
Software Equity Group Q1 2019 SaaS M&A Update
Software Equity Group's Q1 2019 SaaS M&A update provides insights into EV/Revenue trends
Enterprise Value Calculator for Private Companies
A guide and calculator for estimating the enterprise value of private companies. Includes links to free resources to help estimate private company revenues and industry median Enterprise Value/Revenue multiples
Software Equity Group 2019 Annual Report
The Software Equity Group (SEG) has published their 2019 Annual Report that analyzes 2018 software M&A transactions. SEG consistently publishes comprehensive, free, analytical research on M&A transactions. The 93 page…
Pitchbook-NVCA 2018 US VC Trends
Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) collaborated on a recently published study on VC and PE activity in 2018. The highlights cover 18 key trends. Here are a…
Why Product Managers Should Care About Goodwill
Accounting Goodwill has to be one of the more boring and esoteric financial topics. There are situations where product managers can benefit from having a basic working knowledge of it.…
PE Multiple Expansion 2000-2018
Private equity EV/Revenue multiples have increased 70% since 2000. They averaged 10.3x for the first three quarters of 2018 versus 6.6x in 2000. AS a result of these higher valuation…
21 Lessons From Jeff Bezos’ Annual Letters To Shareholders
Excerpted from the CBInsights article. Read the entire piece here: https://www.cbinsights.com/research/bezos-amazon-shareholder-letters/ Since founding Amazon in 1994, Jeff Bezos has run his company according to an unconventional set of core principles:…
Mary Meeker Internet Trends: 2002 vs 2018
Mary Meeker from Kleiner Perkins is the undisputed leader in using big data to describe and analyze the major trends in the tech industry. She and KPCB have published a…