2000 Forecast Revenue Valuation 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup.
Steve Blank
MARCH 17, 2020
Next, take a look at your actual revenue each month – not forecast, but real revenue coming in each month. Subtract your monthly gross burn rate from your monthly revenue to get your net burn rate. All your assumptions about customers, sales cycle and most importantly, revenue, burn rate and runway are no longer true.
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Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. LinkedIn’s product had only been live for a couple months, we only had tens of thousands of registered users, and wouldn’t start generating revenue for more than a year after this point. It was a pretty good valuation for the time.
Ben's Blog
MAY 24, 2021
There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6% 1999-2000 37.5%
gigaom.com
JULY 10, 2012
Developers that exceed that amount will be charged $20 for each 2000-point increment, which works out to about 1 cent per transaction. Mobile Q4: The scramble for spectrum continues Updated: Forecast: global mobile subscribers, 2010–2015 Carrier IQ and the continued erosion of operator trust. Image courtesy Flickr user Lazurite.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 9, 2014
Bates: Josh, it reminds me of when I was doing web sites back in the day in 2000 and 1998 and instead of going and being able to buy a shopping cart you had to code the shopping cart from scratch. What I did is I learned the art of a pro forma and the value of a pro forma which basically is a forecast. Two, revenue.
David Teten
AUGUST 7, 2019
LTV / CAC, revenue growth, etc.) than comparable companies in the same sector that raised at a higher valuation. In 2000, LPs invested $104b into 638 funds, but by 2003, LPs’ commitment rate had dropped to just $11b into 161 funds. THEREFORE: we don’t need to be valuation-sensitive. Weaker negotiating posture.
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