Investors will often reference terms such as annual recurring revenue, lifetime value, cost of acquisition, churn and gross margin and others when discussing software as a service — or SaaS — companies. “The lifetime value to cost of acquisition ratio is 4x and they are growing revenues at 50% per annum! Despite the fact they are loss making, they are […]
It’s not an understatement to say I am a huge fan of Game of Thrones. As the final season begins, I thought I’d share some thoughts that weave my passion for this epic show together with my passion for personal finance. It’s not everyone‘s idea of a good time, but it’s a total party for me. *Spoiler alert* If you haven’t […]
If you have never seen That Mitchell and Webb Look do yourself a favour this Christmas break and check some of it out. One of my favourite skits of theirs is ‘NumberWang’. The running gag of a game show with glitz, glamour and indecipherable rules [-1.873]. I am lucky that my wife loved the show too. She is a successful […]
I remember being read the story as a kid. I could tell even from the pictures that Jack was in all sorts of trouble just for accepting those jelly beans from a complete stranger. The accompanying narrative confirmed this, and Mum must have been really fond of that cow too. I didn’t have the cynical vocabulary at the time, but […]
