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Insight
Morley: Hackers Use IoT as Bridges to Target Enterprise Laptops and Servers
“The way we think about IoT and about cell is those are primarily bridges into the enterprise, but where the adversary wants to get, they want to get on your laptop, or they want to get on the server, where the intellectual property is, the credit card data is,…”
Insight
Early-stage startups commonly focus on Total Contract Value over ACV
“Look, when we were small, we focused on TCV as opposed to ACV which I think is very common. Total contract value. So, you know, a lot of early stage companies focus on this, which is especially the way you pay your salespeople and it makes you feel bigger beca…”
Opinion
Morley: Cloud Companies Do Not Talk Enough About Gross Margins
“And then gross margins as a cloud company, a lot of people don't talk enough in our opinion about gross margins. Obviously gross margins are really, really important for internal employees to understand.”
Assertion Supported
Patrick Morley: Carbon Black Serves 4,300 Global Customers and 35+ Fortune 100
“I just give you a sense that we have 4300 customers globally. We have 35 or 36 of the Fortune 100.”
Assertion Supported
Patrick Morley: Carbon Black Charges About $30 Per Device Per Year
“The way to think about it is we charge about 30 dollars per device per year.”
Assertion Partly supported
Morley: Carbon Black is under $200M ARR, passed $51M quarterly revenue
“We're just under two hundred million in ARR. Company just passed just passed 50, in our last quarter, we just passed fifty-one million in, in revenue and .”
Assertion Supported
Morley: Carbon Black transitioned from on-prem perpetual licenses to SaaS in 2013
“The company started as a perpetual company. So for a number of years, perpetual software licenses in 2013, we switched to a SLA agreements, all that jazz. Yeah. Yeah. And then we switched to a subscription business and then, and we were on frame original offer…”
Assertion Supported
Morley: Carbon Black raised $191M prior to IPO
“One hundred and ninety one million.”
Assertion Supported
Morley: Carbon Black raised roughly $160M on IPO day
“A 160. Rough. A hundred and sixty million.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Morley: Carbon Black had 20 employees and beta customers upon joining
“When I came to Carbon Black, we had 20 employees and Full of what I would call beta customers.”
Assertion Partly supported
Morley: Carbon Black had raised about $24 million before his arrival
“The distant history, I think the company had raised about twenty four million dollars. Okay. Before I came on board.”