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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

Pointclear

While Lauren provides 10-year financial data, I excerpted this column of the most recent fiscal year as it was fascinating to see all three companies reporting an identical 48% of revenue committed to sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing activity. Selling subscriptions via a direct sales force.

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Alinean Translates Fight Frugalnomics Momentum into Strong Third Quarter 2011 Performance

The ROI Guy

Building on demand for its Fight Frugalnomics movement, an initiative to arm sales and marketing with value-focused sales and marketing tools , Alinean added several new customers including NetSuite, IGT, Falconstor, Palo Alto Software, Xirrus and Lifesize. Accomplishments by Alinean this past quarter includes: The Inc.

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