“I think the table stakes have gone up in the sense that if in 2018 you’re not on top of these metrics, I’m less patient — there’s no excuse for not knowing this.”
Christoph Janz (@chrija) is managing partner at Point Nine Capital — a venture capital firm that’s highly prevalent in the world of SaaS.
After founding several internet businesses in the 90s and early 2000s, Christoph converted to a career in venture capital and made several early investments in companies such as Zendesk, FreeAgent and Geckoboard.
Today, Point Nine invests in early stage companies with a focus on SaaS and marketplaces. If you’re not a regular reader, make sure you check out the team’s excellent thought leadership content!
Topics covered in this episode
- What it takes for SaaS startups today to raise venture capital
- Whether you should aim to create a moat of defensibility
- How startups should be using data today
- Whether startups should aim to dominate a niche before expanding to wider market segments
- How Point Nine Capital is making fundraising suck less for founders
- Whether it’s possible for startups to shift from linear to exponential growth
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