A great entrepreneur

Most coverage of Ross Perot’s death this week focused, understandably, on his presidential runs in 1992 and 1996. But he also was one of the tech industry’s most successful serial entrepreneurs:

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Sean Steigerwald
We can't all be super

Superhuman, an invitation-only email service that costs $30 a month and promises “the fastest email experience ever made,” raised a $33 million investment round, led by Andreessen Horowitz last week at a whopping $260 million valuation.

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Sean Steigerwald
SaaS: Growth vs Profitability

Typically if you’re growing at a rapid pace, you’re investing heavily in sales and marketing. If you’re growing slowly, you should hope you’re running a profitable operation. In SaaS, the “Rule of 40” is an excellent way to measure your value and attractiveness to investors.

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Sean Steigerwald
Have we learned nothing?

Facebook has secured the backing of over a dozen companies for its upcoming Libra cryptocurrency set to be announced next week, The Wall Street Journal reports. These companies include major financial organizations like Visa and Mastercard, and internet darlings like PayPal, Uber, Stripe, and Booking.com. Each will invest around $10 million to fund development of the currency, and will become part of the Libra Association, an independent consortium that will govern the digital coin independently of Facebook.

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Sean Steigerwald