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How to Diligence the Risks of SaaS Scope Creep

By Hailey Messenger, Kerri Evans

GRAPH has diligenced many SaaS companies, and as we all witness there is a particular trend towards software companies seeking to build a “complete platform” stemming from an original best-in-breed point solution. In the quest to grow revenues, increase stickiness, drive value, and attract investment, companies are expanding their feature-sets. This scope-creep poses a very real risk of…
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A Quick Follow-up on Market Definitions

By Mark Stein

In one of our earlier GRAPH Papers® articles, my partner James referenced how important it is to accurately define the market when it comes to market sizing requirements. Per that GRAPH Paper, “Having clear definitions that everyone on the deal team is aligned on is essential.” Beyond supporting market sizing, being clear on the market definition helps the team better understand the target…
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Sizing Up Bad Market Definitions

By Mark Stein

Reflecting on 20 years of investing, one investment professional recently remarked to us, “When I think about what we’ve gotten wrong in the past, the worst times have been when we believed we had a bigger market size than we really did. There’s just nothing you can do...the company just runs out of room for growth.”
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Problems to Avoid when Forecasting Product, Service, and Technology Adoption as Part of Diligence

By Mark Stein

An investment thesis often depends on adoption in one form or another (e.g., of a new product, business model, technology, etc.) so we thought it helpful to lay out “best and worst” practices for assessing adoption potential.

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