1999 Global Product Valuation 
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics.
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. Not long after the product launch we began the initial conversations with VCs for a Series A round. round which closed in November 2003, and the pre-money valuation between $10 million and $15 million. It was a $4.7M
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thebarefootvc
DECEMBER 16, 2011
This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2015
For many years preceding 1999, the 1982 vintage was known as the industry’s worst vintage year. The remainder failed as a result of the phenomenon of investing in the best deals in their region which typically were not competitive on a national or global scale. Taking all five at once is crazy. The fatal flaw of the 80’s was fear”.
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 29, 2018
In 2012 she was announced as one of the Young Global Leaders by World Economic Forum. Tell us about your products and services. Tradeconductor.com connects manufacturers of products/services to distributors or end users. A lot of great minds have amazing products and ideas but not the right (global) network.
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
Companies that find product/market fit deserve to grow--and if there are enough of those, there will be enough capital to follow them. Valuations. There are a ton of companies being funded at $500+ million valuations--seriously limiting exit opportunities. Are their valuations justified?
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. The Exit Problem.
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