View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

At the time, I spent most of my time describing the metrics themselves and how VCs and their LPs evaluate performance based on these measurements. If you aren’t familiar with these metrics, I recommend reading the original post to get a sense of the numbers that I’ll be reviewing here. So, is this good or bad?

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LP IRR Distribution Portfolio 256

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). Mostly smartphones + restaurateurs attitude towards viewing the internet as a customer acquisition tool.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S. The questions that clients ask in the coming months are going to be more focused on business results and less on trends and vanity metrics. You’re no longer in a growth and acquisition position, so KPIs based on revenue targets, etc., What the big studies have shown. are moot.”.

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Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

For example, there once was a social network called Friendster , often credited with starting the social networking boom way back in 2002. You need to nurture non-organic growth partnerships and acquisitions to maximize your valuation. Some founders don’t want to change, or simply don’t enjoy the executive role.

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Social Network Demand Valuation Acquisition 120

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 11, 2015

When Elon Musk received $200 million from the proceeds of the PayPal acquisition in 2002, he re-invested everything to build the next big thing: $100 million in SpaceX and $100 million in Tesla. In other words, there are universal metrics that smart investors require to make investing decisions.

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San Francisco Churn Rate Silicon Valley Engineer 48

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. And we can offer investors metrics to play Moneyball – with the Investment Readiness Level. We think we can do better. Here’s how.

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Oakland Incubator Lean Metrics 326

Hearpreneur

JULY 20, 2018

NorthSide Metrics is a digital marketing agency based in the Chicagoland area. The colors + location were combined with my love of data to bring in the metrics. I had a few variations of the name and after asking 3-5 people which they liked or hated I ended up settling in on NorthSide Metrics. Thanks to Ebooks4fashion ! #6-

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Naming OTC Entrepreneur PPC 76