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Kent Bennett (Venture Capitalist @bessemervp)) talks about the 2022 State of Cloud report, the evolution of the SaaS business model, new monetization models, and the Great Resignation.
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- 2022 State of the Cloud) (Bessemer Venture Partners)
- Kent Bennett) (Bio - BVP)
**Topic 1 - **Welcome to the show. Let’s talk a little bit about your background, and where you focus your attention these days at Bessemer.
**Topic 2 - **The media headlines for Cloud aren’t great these days. What are the headlines from your State of Cloud 2022?
**Topic 3 - Help us understand how much money has come into the VC systems over the last couple years and where it’s being targeted. **
**Topic 4 - **Let’s talk about the $1 to $18 model in SaaS. How does that happen, and what separates the good companies ($18) from the good/mediocre companies ($7).
**Topic 5 - **You talk about “First Act” and indirect models, focused on all their companies that deliver pieces of a monetization model. How long do we expect that approach to last, because we see a wave of consolidation?
**Topic 6 - **A lot has been discussed about the “Great Resignation”. This has impacted both tech workers and non-tech. How do you see technology companies having an impact or influence on the global workforce?
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