When it’s time to raise capital these five IP mistakes can come back to haunt founders and/or CEOs, regardless of what stage their company is in.
Read Full Article about Don’t Be Haunted By “IP” MistakesLast week I wrote about how OpenView and OpenView Labs work with our portfolio company’s founders, CEOs and Management Teams after we invest venture capital in their expansion stage software company. Some of you who know us understand our philosophy in building great companies. We don’t believe it is about the money or growth capital…
Read Full Article about Go with a VC That is More Than a Rolodex: Part 2At OpenView Partners, a point person plays three roles over the lifetime of a portfolio company: Investor: this is the least amount of time since we wear this hat during negotiation and due diligence before we invest growth capital in an expansion stage company and then at exit time. Board Member: this is the role…
Read Full Article about CEOs Looking For Board Feedback, Try ThisI read Steve Poland’s guest post at Tech Crunch last week. While I enjoyed his post, what I really enjoyed was the image that accompanied it: OpenView Venture Partners invests growth capital in expansion stage software, internet software, software leveraged services or software based appliance companies that are generating bookings and or revenues of at…
Read Full Article about What Startup To Build?This is the first post in a series about the things venture capitalists look for when they perform due diligence of an expansion stage company’s sales organization. To read the intro to the series, click here. Imagine that you’re the managing partner at a midsize law firm in the market for project management software. You…
Read Full Article about VC Due Diligence: Do Your Target Market Segments Support Rapid Growth?OK, this Carrier IQ situation is really crazy, but there are some things for every company seeking growth capital should think about. 1) Who is really at fault here: Carrier IQ or the carriers? While this is a complex question (and as of today all of the facts are not known) what we do know is Carrier…
Read Full Article about Growth Capital: 2 Things to Learn from the Carrier IQ Legal MessIn a way, we’re all somewhat savvy, experienced investors. We buy real estate, stocks, or other forms of securities hoping that we’ll net a financial return that funds our lifestyle, retirement, or – sorry to mention it – kids’ college bills years down the road. And what do we all do before we make those…
Read Full Article about VC Due Diligence: Will your Sales Organization Make the Cut?When OpenView Partners invests growth capital in an expansion stage software company we work closely in developing the CEOs and their management teams in order to help them execute their strategies and build great companies that achieve strategic exits for everyone. As the CEO you should spend your time working with the management team setting…
Read Full Article about CEOs: Teach Your Team The No Whining RuleNot sure if you missed it, but a site was launched called ApplicationPrivacy.org. What is the big deal? Well, this project/site is devoted to educating app developers on application privacy issues (a worthy goal). So as a SaaS Attorney, I thought I would share my thoughts on this site/project since there are some great takeaways for…
Read Full Article about Growth Capital: SaaS Lawyer’s Take on ApplicationPrivacy.orgAt OpenView Partners we talk to founders and CEOs of early and expansion stage software companies every week. In all of the conversations we discuss each company’s growth strategies. Before we invest growth capital in software companies we want to understand how they plan on growing faster, grabbing more market share and operationally executing across…
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