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Top 10 in Tech - What to know for Week ending December 28, 2018

12/28/2018

 
  1. There are over 100 SaaS unicorns. How long did it take them to get to $100 million in ARR?
  2. A year in review of the key metrics for all SaaS companies that IPO’d in 2018: Median time to IPO - 14 years; Median ARR was $192m USD, with Dropbox as a massive outlier ($1.1B!); Average YoY growth - 37.8%, with on average 90% of that coming from recurring revenue/subscription.
  3. Business Insiders Top 5 e-commerce predictions for 2019.
  4. Why fundraising often goes wrong.
  5. Part I in 645-Ventures series on venture capital investment strategy - the Circle of Competence and the Venture Capital Investment Triangle.
  6. The Founder’s Guide to Discipline (and transparency) - lessons learnt.
  7. Have concerns about the big Social Media platforms? Check this infographic on all the data they collect about you.
  8. Google Lens now recognizes over 1 billion products.
  9. Forbes’ World's Top 50 Women In Tech 2018 - there’s a Kiwi in there. Whoop!
  10. This dates back to 2014 but Tomasz Tungus identifies 10 key metrics on a Startups Financial statement. He also thinks revenue may not be the most important one. 


POD OF THE WEEK: Should America be run by Trader Joes? (A quirky US supermarket chain)

Top 10 in Tech - What to know for Week ending December 21, 2018

12/21/2018

 
  1. Netflix audience demand for Netflix Originals will soon pass demand for licensed TV Shows. Great to note that this article is powered by data from NZ’s Parrot Analytics.
  2. A16z beak down the dynamics of network effects, where the network becomes more valuable to users as more people use it.
  3. Virgin Galactic reaches space for the first time. They are aiming to soon carry paying customers beyond the Earths Atmosphere. In additional space news, after sending 13 CubeSats into orbit for NASA over the weekend, NZ's Rocket Lab announced it is getting ready for another launch in January
  4. GE will spin out its industrial IoT software business into a new entity, with GE as the sole shareholder.
  5. Check out these people. None of them actually exist. They are all generated by NVIDIA’s AI capabilities. For a more expansive video of what is going on, watch this.
  6. In the Software and SaaS world, pricing has always been hard. With additional complexity introduced by Data, AI and Intelligence based products, it’s getting even harder. Tomusz Tunguz breaks down what he has learned on pricing over the past 10 years.
  7. As we approach the end of the year, Google has taken a look back at the year from a Search perspective. One of the most important take aways from a commercial perspective in this article is highlighting the importance of the Customer from Jason Spero, VP of global performance solutions at Google who said: “Today’s consumers expect more. They want assistance at every step"
  8. Business Insiders top 5 fintech predictions for 2019
  9. 3 tips for video advertising in 2019 from Google/YouTube 
  10. Tomasz Tunguz’s Predictions for 2019. Including a predicted slow down of the M&A market.


POD OF THE WEEK: SaaStr Podcast interview with Claire Hughes, COO of Stripe 

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