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"SaaS+" refers to software companies that augment their core products and services with value-adding features like embedded e-commerce, insurance or payments processing. Baking these features into the product pipeline creates secondary convenience that delights customers — along with new revenue streams that thrill investors. Drawing from their experience building a platform for youth athletics, Justin Kaufenberg (managing director at Rally Ventures) and Greg Blasko (co-founde...

Considering the debate about the dangers of AI, it was interesting to watch a three-hour historical epic about the dawn of the Atomic Age.

In professional sports, player-coaches can be extraordinarily effective: Celtics center Bill Russell won two NBA championships between 1966 and 1969.A recent st

IRL told the world it had 20 million monthly active users, but an internal investigation later revealed that 95% of them were fake. According to SoftBank, those "impressive user numbers" encouraged them to invest, hence the fraud lawsuit. Because "younger startups are now increasingly getting caught in the act" when it comes to misleading investors, Rebecca Szkutak asked several VCs about the red flags they look for while assessing a pitch and performing due diligence.

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A traction slide is your chance to show off and build investor confidence. But what if your startup doesn't have any wins to boast about?

A killer traction slide needs as much favorable customer and market data as you can gather, such as recurring revenue, customer acquisition cost and conversion rates. It's your first opportunity to show off and build investor confidence simultaneously. "To figure out what investors are most scared about, talk to them and pay attention to the questions they ask," he writes.

Feeling pretty confident about the marketing slides you’ve prepared for your upcoming board meeting? If so, you may be on the wrong track.