Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

portfolios. The last couple of years has also seen the huge initial success of Ycombinator, the Lean Startup and many other product driven approaches to going to market. So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach. Do so at your peril.

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Business Plan AJAX Venture Capital Technical Review 334

YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2018

The products sold, level of performance and incentives to grow the business are all ways independent business owners can increase their revenue. Although it isn’t going to bring in the most money, it is a great way to sharpen your skills while building a portfolio in addition to expressing your creativity. Freelance Writing.

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SQL Application Development .Net Software Developers 100

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I highlight endogenous social impact because many of my portfolio companies might give money to charity or provide low-cost pricing to nonprofits, but that’s not what I think of as an impact company; they’re tacking on social impact on top of their core business, whatever that is. . Are you politically active? How have you handled them?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. 2) Market . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Fast-forward to today—Apple is the most profitable Smartphone company in the world and in Spain Android commands a market share of more than 90%. Its worldwide market share of Smartphones has dwindled to 5%. Apple owned 0%.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 328

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Companies like Fold (and soon V1 portfolio company Lolli ) offer cashback rewards for shoppers via Lightning, a Trojan horse for many people to acquire their first bitcoin. Bitrefill makes it easy for anyone to buy gift cards and phone minutes (a big use case in emerging markets) instantly using Lightning. At least not yet.

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Networking Global OTC Security 168

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. What accelerated this was the collapse of the public stock markets. So the people who invest in VC funds have two problems.

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LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How These 7 Companies Increased Revenue by an Average of 425% | KISSmetrics – [link]. How These 7 Companies Increased Revenue by an Average of 425% | KISSmetrics – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

We are purpose-built to not only invest pre-product but also to help accelerate your path to product-market fit with our decades of entrepreneurial and investing experience along with our active CXO advisory board. will be a great fit with the Salesforce marketing cloud. First check to seed?—?congrats Rebel exit to Salesforce.

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Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

One dimension is a pretty firm belief that starting financial services companies should not be as hard as it is, and that there is demand in the market for yet another venture fund focused on functionally day-zero companies in financial services. I don’t worry about my anti-portfolio. You have to pick one. Everything we do.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Models are useful to marketers (and throughout a business) because they improve decision-making. choosing an investment portfolio mix, whether to change tax rates, inventory planning for next year, etc.). If you’re looking for how much money to invest in the mining location, net profit after one year may be a criterion.

.Net 69

.Net Net Present Value Cost Metrics 69

David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching Revenue-Based Investing and other new approaches to VC. The question I’m asking myself: should a new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing, traditional equity VC, or possibly both (likely from two separate pools of capital)? Underaddressed market.

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Revenue SBIC Cofounder Venture Capital 60

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales. The Valley has obsessed with a quick up-and-to-right momentum story because we were thought to live in “winner take most” markets.

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Venture Capital LP Valuation Later Stage 363

David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Or executives fail to take advantage of a great marketing opportunity with a December 31 deadline because they do not have budget. . So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility.

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Agile Management Forecast Silicon Valley 60

David Teten

AUGUST 21, 2019

Or should they look to one of the new wave of Revenue-Based Investors? Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. For more background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. But should they? Aligned incentives.

Revenue 60

Revenue Liquidation Preference Equity Cofounder 60

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. Contributed Articles Marketing Public Relations' Host an event.

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PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 114

The Startup Magazine

JULY 13, 2020

Inc.com outlined three terms every CEO needs to know if they’re going to manage a business with a cash flow plan: cash flow, net income margin, and revenue growth. This term refers to net income plus non-cash expense plus/minus the balance of changes in current assets. Again, this is very much like running a business.

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Balance Sheet .Net Finance Portfolio 137

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 2019

This will help you to build your portfolio of work while actually making a bit of passive income. When your portfolio is bigger, branch from online platforms and launch your own writing agency website. You can net anywhere from $40 to $500 per article, depending on word count and data needed to meet your new clients’ needs.

eCommerce 113

eCommerce Affiliate .Net Portfolio 113

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media, at zero or trivial cost. Contributed Articles Marketing Public Relations' Host an event.

PR 60

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 60

VC Adventure

MAY 5, 2022

A few examples: In an up market, IRR values quick capital deployment. Whether we’re in a full correction or not has yet to reveal itself, but for the years leading up to 2022, the market for all things venture was extremely strong. Both were valued at greater than 50x revenue (one was, I think, 70x revenue).

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IRR Metrics Valuation LP 116

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

An angel investor is a high net worth individual who invests their own money into startup companies in the hopes of gaining a return on their money. Always look at the portfolio of investments the firm has made, and contact the CEOs and founders of those companies to find out what it’s like having those investors as a part of their company.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 161

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

According to the magazine, Israel’s third largest city Haifa was chosen due to a massive head-to-toe regeneration and a recent swing to positive net immigration into the city in 2009. From 1999 to 2009, Teva’s revenue grew to about $14 billion from $1.3 TWO ISRAELI COMPANIES WIN GE CLEANTECH CHALLENGE. billion in 2010.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review South Korea Mexico 87

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

Instead, that’s the sort of pre-series-A investment where companies or founders have visions of where they think there are underserved market needs, and they’re coming up with something super excited to try to solve that. . We come in after a product has landed and found product market fit and has some escape velocity.

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Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

Now, we have the problem of lack of coordination of those people who are all bidding against each other on the same gray market in China. ER : Do you mind talking a little bit about your conversations with startups in your portfolio, people who have reached out to you for advice about how to handle a crisis like this? ER : Yeah, yeah.

Silicon Valley 68

Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

One of the points I tried to make is that as venture capital investors as an industry we seem to have a healthy disdain for public market investors. The truth is that the brutal reality of public markets is that they self correct much more quickly than our shitty little private equity illiquid corner of the universe.

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Burn Rate San Francisco Private Equity LP 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

We also talked a lot about Geodelic , a portfolio company of Clearstone, who is trying to change the metaphor of how people discover location based information by partnering with large companies and brands. We discussed whether investing in the second largest player in a category makes sense given that Groupon is 10x the revenue, 3.5x

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IPO .Net Venture Capital Strategic Investors 236

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

While it may make sense to offer very slight adjustments for favorable payment terms and one time revenue, net additions to MRR should dominate the sales rep’s thoughts. 1 of MRR generates $12 of annual revenue, so $1 commission equals 1/12=8.3% Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 91

Software Review Clawback Sales Salary 91

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

My colleague Paul Bianco serves as interim CFO for a number of ff Venture Capital ’s portfolio companies, and has built and reviewed hundreds of financial models. A model that shows X% growth over time with no embedded correlation to sales/marketing is a huge red flag. 14) Explain assumptions and make sure they tie to reality.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet Software Review Forecast Acquisition 60

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Smart Marketers ask themselves these questions very frequently. We have to do Email Marketing. Smart Marketers work hard to ensure that their digital marketing and advertising efforts are focused on the most impactful portfolio of channels. Marketing heaven that is. We have to do Search Engine Optimization.

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.Net Campaign Channel Analytics 119

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Associate position at a top tier VC fund or lead dog for a random pool of high net worth money that no one's ever heard of? They have lots of revenues, high growth, funding, etc. That's why people often take the portfolio approach when managing their career. It's pretty obvious that Square is going to be a successful company.

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Non-Compete Design Hiring Incubator 122

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. Load up for the long trip and pace your consumption of calories! Posted by Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

million FCC net neutrality comments, things people around the world identify as their biggest threat , water consumption of a burger patty vs. daily cooking , the religious gap on spanking children , or a simple graph that rises profound questions about where we donate vs. diseases that kill us. Be it looking at 1.1

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Analytics Sierra Leone Channel Conversion 143

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 7, 2013

I’m just back from an extended Xmas break and have been enjoying getting back into the news flow and thinking about markets and opportunities. they insist on Net Neutrality ). Blocking ads throttles the revenues of content owners like Google and might force them to start discussing carriage fees. Free has 5.2m

.Net 98

.Net France Portfolio Government 98

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

A few times per year, Bessemer organizes a CxO event for our portfolio companies and we decided to focus our first session of 2008 on Software-as-a-service (SaaS). This invite-only event for our portfolio companies and close friends of the firm was designed to be fairly intimate and interactive. Monday, February 04, 2008.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

One consistent LP complaint I hear about new’ish fund managers is that they forget a bunch of fund construction and portfolio modeling decisions are connected. When a VC is fundraising one of the stats they like to present to LPs is the quality and size of follow-on in the portfolio. a fellow VC asked me after my previous post.

Product 82

Product IRR LP Seed Stage 82

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Creating and showing constant momentum through personal portfolio projects and volunteering is a powerful means of landing a new job as a product manager, especially if one has never officially held the professional title “Product Manager.” Are you passionate about creating great user experiences within a product?

Management 85

Management Product Technical Review Software Review 85

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

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Mobile IP SMS Networking 109