Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. Or worse yet they may never get financed. Raise at “ the top end of normal &# but not so high that future financings in a corrected market become impossible.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This lasted from about 2001-2004. This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Venture Financings we Discussed. Founded in Sunnyvale, CA in 2001. I shall be looking to replicate this in Los Angeles. Total raised: $30mm.

San Francisco 230

San Francisco Los Angeles Cofounder SMS 230

Up and Running

MAY 11, 2011

That’s what we teach in business schools and classic entrepreneurship: you develop a business plan, you get financed, and then you start. It’s out of date now, but if you look for it, you can find the 1997 Dun & Bradstreet research on causes of business failure that listed “too much money&# as one of the causes.

Oregon 121

Oregon Angel Groups Cofounder Business Plan 121

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

I graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1997 and decided to use my OPT to give the company a proper shot. This also eliminated the big risk for my potential investors that I wouldn’t be able to stay in the country, and so I was able to close the financing round for the company in November 1998. I formed SneakerLabs, Inc.

United States 114

United States Founder India Venture Capital 114

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/31/1997: 23.3. 3/30/2001: 26.3. Smart investors will want the founders and employees to be properly motivated post-financing, so there may be a way to a reasonable outcome for both you and your people. Financing capital market down round fundraising outkast' One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0. 3/29/1996: 22.3.

Down Round 78

Down Round Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation 78

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Former students who are readers of this blog may recall the Amazon IPO case from Entrepreneurial Finance class. Amazon priced it''s IPO in 1997 at approximately $500M (the $18 IPO price was an increase from the $12-$14 range) and first trade was at $29.25 or a market cap of $800M. And this is not it."

Las Vegas 28

Las Vegas IPO Pre-Money Valuation Valuation 28

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

3/31/1997: 23.3 3/30/2001: 26.3 Smart investors will want the founders and employees to be properly motivated post-financing, so there may be a way to a reasonable outcome for both you and your people. One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0 3/29/1996: 22.3 3/31/1998: 30.8 3/31/1999: 49.7 3/31/2000: 73.4 3/29/2002: 82.5

Marketing 46

Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation Down Round 46