1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Seong Kim, Corporate Strategy & Development at Chegg Inc. (Part 1)

Seong Kim, Corporate Strategy & Development for Chegg Inc. discusses exit strategy within EdTech. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with a little bit of introduction. What path have you pursued in the industry? Then we’ll get into some specific topics. Seong Kim: I’ve been working in Corporate Strategy & Development for the past six and a

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Seksom Suriyapa, Partner at Upfront Ventures (Part 1)

Seksom Suriyapa, Partner at Upfront Ventures, and formerly Head of Corp Dev at Twitter, SuccessFactors, and McAfee and Akamai discusses exit strategy from the buy-side perspective at length. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by having you talk a little bit about your background in corp dev doing acquisitions from the buy side from various significant companies

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Steven Mitzenmacher, Rackspace Technology (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: What range would you put on your first two categories? Steven Mitzenmacher: It’s so subjective. I used to live at a time when an enterprise software company could expect a 2.5 to 3 times revenue to be an appropriate multiple. Then you get into the SaaS world where it’s 30 to infinity times.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Steven Mitzenmacher, Rackspace Technology (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: If we want to send you deals to look at, you are a perfectly good point? Steven Mitzenmacher: Absolutely. Our mandate is to be knowledgeable enough that we can be a quick filter. Quick no’s are better than long maybe’s. We can help you intelligently navigate the organization in terms of where your

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Steven Mitzenmacher, Rackspace Technology (Part 2)

Steven Mitzenmacher: The next function is a capability deal. That’s not just about your existing core and enhancing it; it’s about adding a new Lego brick to your core. That might be your bolt-on acquisition. In that case, it’s augmenting a new product or service offering that can add technology or features to your existing

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Steven Mitzenmacher, Rackspace Technology (Part 1)

Steven Mitzenmacher, SVP of Corporate Development at Rackspace Technology, discusses the Buy-side thought process on Exit Strategy.

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Cracking the Very Small Business Market: PayCycle CEO Jim Heeger (Part 11)

SM: I was reading an article about how a lot of startups are using credit cards to finance their early days. American Express is a very common way of financing startups, and I have used it myself. JH: Rene used to use that as well. It was a big day when he got his name

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