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There was useful high-level content in this video, but anyone who is serious about building for the enterprise should definitely study other enterprise SaaS companies. Box's financials, on the surface, are comparatively unimpressive and some of them even raise questions about the company's long-term viability[1][2]. Some folks argue that Box is in better shape than it might appear to be in[3], but this is based on assumptions which may or may not prove to be valid[4].

[1] http://kellblog.com/2014/03/27/burn-baby-burn-a-look-at-the-...

[2] http://tomtunguz.com/box-ipo/

[3] http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-why-boxs-aaron-levie-is...

[4] http://kellblog.com/2014/05/15/the-box-s-1-delayed-ipo-and-t...




re: "but anyone who is serious about building for the enterprise should definitely study other enterprise SaaS companies"

Can recommend http://www.forentrepreneurs.com/saas-metrics-2/ as a good starting point.




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