Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. million and my A Round in 2005 was only $500,000 (and that’s all I ever raised). I launched my first startup in 1999 so I know the economics of launching from first-hand experience. The “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Plus, most early-stage M&A fails so this isn’t likely a good use of capital for a young company). Valuation.
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Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
In another we decended into a debate about our 5 year forecasts (I built the models so fielded most of these questions), and it became clear they probably weren’t the best fit for our Series A round (this group is no longer in the early-stage VC business). It was a pretty good valuation for the time. It was a $4.7M
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
JUNE 28, 2011
I will argue that when the dust settles, although we will have fewer firms, each type well end up more focused on traditional stage segments that cater to the core competencies of that firm. These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry.
500hats.com
AUGUST 2, 2012
A few years before all this scandalous VC behavior occurred, in 2005 Paul Graham ) started Y Combinator. YC now runs 2 programs per year, with over 80 companies in the current batch, and is highly respected both by VCs and entrepreneurs all over the world (and their valuations reflect that as well). and no, we didn’t.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2015
If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon.
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