tl;dr: When you try to do it all again, don’t fall for your own hype. Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Micah Rosenbloom, a general partner at Founder Collective,… Read Full Article
From the Investors Micah Rosenbloom of Founder Collective and Eli Portnoy of Sense360 reflect on the factors to consider when either becoming or backing a second-time founder in “How to Avoid… Read Full Article
We’re so happy to share some big news, Mattermark has closed its Series B round of financing. We raised $7.3 million in new equity investment from Foundry Group and Jon Hallett,… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Growing quickly is great and all that, but if you screw up your unit economics you might end up buying unprofitable revenue. Be careful. Editor’s Note: This is a guest… Read Full Article
Saved searches is an excellent feature to use in your Mattermark account. Your knee-jerk reaction may be “Why wouldn’t you just re-enter your search every time?” Well, in the past… Read Full Article
Today, we are excited to announce two awesome new features: The Feed and The Mattermark Google Sheets Add-on. 1. The Feed The Feed is the best place to stay on top of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Seth Levine of Foundry Group expands on why angel investors need to do a better job aligning their outcomes with that of the companies in which they… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Party rounds are not as bad as you have heard. The conventional wisdom that too many investors spoil the startup isn’t true. We’ve all heard the phrase, “Too many… Read Full Article
From the Investors Andrew Schoen and Harry Weller of New Enterprise Associates write about the impending advent of quantum computers and its potential for VC investment in “Quantum Computing: Time… Read Full Article
From the Investors Audrey Soussan of Ventech Capital breaks down successful entrepreneurs into four typical profiles in “Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?” Peter Teneriello of Notley Ventures raises the question… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Annual recurring revenue (ARR) isn’t worth what it was. That’s just fine, but it matters for your startup’s valuation. The current market correction has led to a decline in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Raju Rishi of RRE Ventures offers guidelines around how to know if you have really found product/market fit as an enterprise startup in “When Revenue Isn’t The… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Many recent tech offerings have rebounded from painful lows. Their rally could breathe life into a stagnant IPO market. While the Mattermark blog tends to focus on private companies, we keep an… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Despite a flood of layoff news, the situation doesn’t seem terrible. Yet. Techland’s 2016 is off to a rocky start, at least according to the media. What could be… Read Full Article
From the Investors Carl Fritjofsson of 500 Startups offers a guide to breaking down your “revenue” so it actually means something in “How to Talk About Revenue — What VCs… Read Full Article
Prior to becoming a Venture Capitalist at Hyde Park Venture Partners, I spent the last two decades as an operator in the world of marketing, technology and software. One of the… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures highlights the increasing importance of customer success to company revenue as a SaaS company matures in “The Strategic Shift In Revenue For… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures talks about common mistakes and errors in judgment that investors and entrepreneurs make in “Silicon Valley’s Logical Fallacies And How To Avoid… Read Full Article
South by Southwest (SXSW) is right around the corner, so we created a Custom List in Mattermark to help you track them. We found 282 companies that will be represented… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Continuing our theme of finding new ways to discuss data, the following interactive tool is worth playing with if you want to better understand the US venture market. Not everything… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Mattermark can help you find more of your best customers, quickly. What group is marketing’s most important partner within a company? Most people say sales. But while it’s true that… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures concludes that the Series B will likely be the most challenging round to raise in the beginning of this year in “What’s… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Everything you thought was true actually is, and we put it on a cool map. Where did companies raise venture dollars in the United States during 2015? If your… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Mattermark recently reported that the venture market appears to be very undead. That holds true for cybersecurity startups, for whom funding was supposed to have dried up. Unless you… Read Full Article