In the meantime, I added to my position primarily because I was really impressed to see the developments in Channels partners, Foundry for Builders & Foundry for the Crypto Ecosystem.
These are going to be future revenue drivers. See below:
I started a tracking position into this Cybersecurity and Investigation company in Canada.
High growth, margins, profitable and founded by the team that started Blackberry.
Earnings this week will determine/build the story (More on this name in the future)
15/ $DOCN (Port 2):
I had mixed feelings about the results but overall, I thought it was decent.
20/ I'll use the opportunity to add that Portfolio-1 is my core A/C. I am lenient with company criteria and in Portfolio 2, I'm strict on fundamentals.
During the past month, I had a good conversation with @Innovestor_ to discuss my investing process.
21/ My final observation is that as QE ends. The market is becoming CRITICAL w/ high PE/Growth that don't deliver. Eg. $CHGG.
My advice is to detach your love for a Company vs to a Stock. Develop a critical eye before the market notices. Hold the best/high conviction companies!
22/ That All. Thanks for reading
I post my portfolio/monthly tweet recap at the second weekend of every month.
At Year-End, It allows me to look back at my decisions and reflect appropriately. Hopefully, Jan 2021, I'll do this on my Substack.
2/
- Q3: 40% YoY would be Net $30M, 35% ideal
- Q4 Rev: $405M (>27% YoY) is a minimum.
- FY 2021: $1.6B which would be roughly 40% YoY would be great.
- Sadly, I expect high SBC Costs
- Gov't contracts should boost FY 21 based on recent contracts (Army, IDIQ)
Metrics below
3/ Enterprise Clients is a BIG PART of my thesis:
Acceleration in the commercial would be HUGE. In Q2, they added 20 net new clients (booked $925M of contracts (175% YoY): Could we get around 190+ in Q3?
I'll watch Billings, RPO Growth, and Total Contract Value, ideally $4.0B+>
Confluent: The Central Nervous System that is empowering Data in Motion for the Leading Corporations.
Why Confluent could become as dominant as Snowflake as a leading Open-Source Data Infrastructure.
This is my long-awaited $CFLT Investment Thesis:
1/Thread Overview:
1) First Principles Analogy for Kafta (the foundations of Apache Kafta is needed to know CFLT) 2) $CFLT Overview and how it fits Kafta 3) Investment Thesis 4) The AI & Data Analytics Opportunity
Let's GO!
2/First, we need to know Apache Kafta?
An analogy: Imagine the task of going shopping, arriving home and you need to distribute those bought items across a BIG house FAST. Hassle? What if I gave you a robot to perform that task? Yay!
This thread contains Company updates, a recap and my Investing process in Sept:
1/ Sept was a good month:
+ I sold $APPS to add $UPWK during the dip.
+ I bought a new position $AMPL, sold to add $UPWK Calls
+ Plan to re-add APPS & AMPL as I add more cash to my A/C
+ Few other companies below