2001 Early Stage Internet Valuation 
Berkonomics
MARCH 25, 2012
For those of us who’ve invested in early stage companies, especially technology startups, we have confronted a universal problem. Note that these numbers are maximums that can be “earned” to form a valuation, allowing for a pre-revenue valuation of up to $2 million (or a post rollout value of up to $2.5
500hats.com
AUGUST 2, 2012
While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. In the past ten years there have been several dramatic changes in venture capital.
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Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 4, 2016
Originally created in the mid 1990’s to help with the imprecise problem of how to value early stage companies, especially those in technology, I developed what soon became known as “The Berkus Method” when published in the popular book, “Winning Angels” by Harvard’s Amis and Stevenson with my permission in 2001.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
When times are really good for fund raising many teams delay to maximize their valuation. million and you’re an early stage business this is probably a fair deal. 5 million raised at a $9 million pre-money valuation or 35.7% How do you push valuation? Sometimes this pays off, other times it doesn’t.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 3, 2020
Vancouver executive Christopher Kape is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who founded JAMCO Capital Partners , an early-stage investment and strategic advisory firm that focuses on a number of industries, including gaming, high-tech, food and wellness.
genylabs.typepad.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. Before you agree to take equity in lieu of cash, you need to understand that any individual early stage start-up company equity is most likely going to be worthless. what your rights are.
Professor VC
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
I''m not about to compare the current state of private company valuations to the real estate bubble or even the dot-com bubble. The question is whether the valuations can be supported. For example, Uber ( not a startup but someone should let TechCrunch know ) is private and has a valuation greater than 70% of the Fortune 500.
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