Going Deep with Aaron Watson
Going Deep with Aaron Watson
Aaron Watson
290 Writing $750,000 Venture Capital Checks at Birchmere with Ned Renzi
30 minutes Posted Mar 5, 2018 at 7:00 am.
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Key Terms

CAC - Customer acquisition cost

LTV - Lifetime Value

ARR - Annual Recurring Revenue

MRR - Monthly Recurring Revenue

Churn Rate - % of customers that stop paying for your product/service

 

Ned is one of two founding partners at Birchmere Ventures, which is primarily focused on seed SaaS and marketplace investments. He led Birchmere’s investment in Cvent and served on its board for 11 years.

 

His other notable investments include TenMarks (acquired by Amazon), Neolinear (acquired by Cadence Design Systems), Peloton Technologies, Presence Learning, Identified Technologies, Modsy, Gem, Gradeslam, Mapper.ai, Ikos, SubCentral, OneKloud, Sleeperbot, and Treatspace.

 

We cover the 101 of venture capital and how the Pittsburgh startup ecosystem has evolved. Watch the behind-the-scenes on Piper Creative’s vlog.

 

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Ned’s Challenge; Run personal experiments like intermittent fasting.

 

Connect with Ned

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Twitter

Website

[email protected]

 

If you liked this interview, check out episode 85 with Sean Ammirati where we discuss the science of growth and why Facebook beat Friendster.

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