The 6 dimensions of defensibility of a SaaS business

Defensibility is a key criterion for a VC to invest in a startup. In this video, we explore the 6 reasons, or dimensions, that make a SaaS business defensible.

Click here for the link to the NFX VC article on Network Effects (by James Currier).

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Course 1 :Belief Systems

1.1 Introduction to the VC&E Specialization
- Video | 8 min

1.2 Pre-specialization Survey
- Survey | 5 min

1.3 Why should anyone become an entrepreneur?
- Video | 6 min

1.4 Case Study: The journey of Dick Costolo
- Video | 23 min

1.5 Case Discussion: Dick Costolo
- Video | 11 min

1.6 The Jigsaw Puzzle Framework
- Video | 7 min

1.7 The Idea Vortex Framework
- Video | 13 min

1.8 Readings: YCombinator RFS and Elon Musk
- Reading | 20 min

1.9 Readings Discussion: YCombinator RFS and Tesla
- Video | 7 min

1.10 The role of luck in entrepreneurship and life
- Video | 2 min

1.11 How do you define professional success?
- Video | 3 min

1.12 A framework to think about failure
- Video | 7 min

1.13 What happens when an Entrepreneur fails?
- Video | 7 min

1.14 What happens when a Management Consultant fails?
- Video | 3 min

1.15 If Success means Domination
- Video | 3 min

1.16 The Luck Vs Skill Continuum
- Video | 6 min

1.17 Luck Vs Skill in Careers
- Video | 4 min

1.18 The Success Equation
- Video | 8 min

1.19 Entrepreneurship is a Career!
- Video | 10 min

1.20 Should you start up in College?
- Video | 12 min

1.21 Does age matter in entrepreneurship?
- Video | 5 min

1.22 How to choose co-founders
- Video | 6 min

1.23 The Three Philosophies of Wealth
- Video | 5 min

1.24 What do you mean by Social Impact?
- Video | 14 min

1.25 The Social Value Philosophy of Wealth
- Video | 14 min

1.26 The Type A and Type B Thought Experiment
- Video | 20 min

1.27 Cash Accounting 101
- Video | 15 min

1.28 The Hockey Stick Projection and the Idea of Loss
- Video | 12 min

1.29 Concluding: Type A and B Thought Experiment
- Video | 8 min

1.30 How to Estimate the Impact of Your Startup Idea?
- Video | 7 min

1.31 After-course Survey
- Survey | 5 min

Course 2 :The VC Business Model

2.1 Work in Progress, Coming Soon
- Reading | 0 min

Course 3 :The SaaS Game

3.1 What is SaaS and what is NOT SaaS?
- Video | 15 min

3.2 Is Software-as-a-Service mostly B2B or B2C?
- Video | 3 min

3.3 The difference between Horizontal SaaS and Vertical SaaS
- Video | 4 min

3.4 Why VCs love the SaaS Game?
- Video | 4 min

3.5 Case Study: Valuing IT Consulting Vs SaaS
- Video | 15 min

3.6 Why Recurring Revenue is more valuable than One-time Revenue?
- Video | 9 min

3.7 SaaS is an Evergreen Startup Opportunity
- Video | 14 min

3.8 The Next Tech Wave in CRM Software
- Video | 8 min

3.9 The 6 Dimensions of Defensibility of a SaaS Business
- Video | 18 min

3.10 The Iron Law of Gross Margins
- Video | 12 min

3.11 Infinite Scalability
- Video | 8 min

3.12 The most poisonous animal in the world
- Video | 9 min

3.13 Key SaaS metrics for VCs
- Video | 16 min

3.14 Reading: Buffer, Front, and Veeva's Pitch Decks
- Reading | 40 min

3.15 Analyzing Buffer's Pitch Deck like a VC
- Video | 18 min

3.16 Why is Buffer such a weird company?
- Video | 7 min

3.17 Analyzing Front's Pitch Decks like a VC
- Video | 35 min

3.18 Analyzing Veeva's Post-IPO Pitch Deck like a VC
- Video | 10 min

3.19 The 6 ways to build a Large SaaS Company
- Video | 27 min

3.20 After-course Survey
- Survey | 5 min

Course 4 :The Internet Aggregation Game

4.1 Work in Progress, Coming Soon
- Reading | 0 min

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