Dharmesh Thakker
General Partner at Battery Ventures
Menlo Park, California
Writes $250K – $60M checks · typically $20M
FoundedInfluxData · YC
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Dharmesh Thakker hosts the Billion‑Dollar B2B podcast to distill cloud‑first, high‑ARR playbooks, frames AI as a horizontal fabric, and publishes in Forbes, TechCrunch, and Substack.
Dharmesh Thakker @dthakker02
R&D investment is obviously important and fuels the SaaS business model, but that spend should be more carefully allocated, tracked and measured, according to Max and Jason. Give it a read and let us know what you think.
Dec 5, 2024 · ♥ 2
Dharmesh Thakker @dthakker02
Compare that to 40% of revenue allocated to sales and marketing expenses, which are much more closely monitored and tracked with metrics like NDR, CAC, etc!
Dec 5, 2024 · ♥ 4
Dharmesh Thakker @dthakker02
Great and insightful post from my @BatteryVentures colleagues Max Schireson and Jason Mendel on how to decode the black box of R&D spend, which consumes 30% of revenue at software companies despite being very difficult to assess! https://t.co/864MUeewTZ
Dec 5, 2024 · ♥ 4 · ⇄ 1
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via Battery Ventures · filed Feb 2019 · $60M raise
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