K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

The Venture Capital industry as a whole does a terrible job of giving things the right name and so we end up keeping the same name, but changing the meaning out from under it. Scaling venture capital breaks it. Venture capital is, and should remain, a boutique industry (See The Venture Boutique , blog post from 2008).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Venture Capital Firms. By 2006, he was still only dabbling in the occasional work-for-equity deal. Because many of these businesses dont yet have revenue, valuation discussions arent very scientific, and the process requires some haggling.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 29, 2019

When we started Techstars in 2006 we had one core goal in mind – helping entrepreneurs succeed. These companies grew collectively to well over $200 million in revenue and had nearly $1 billion in exit value combined.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Given the predictability of SaaS GAAP revenues on a quarterly basis, the fact that the 08/09 projections were unchanged is not a surprise. Given that the revenues are not growing very fast, this means that most of the companies have reduced their sales force and focused on productivity improvement. Venture Capital. (3).

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Venture Capital. (3). ► 2006. (7). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Explore Venture Capital. The recession created opportunities! Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6). McKinsey highlights. (1). Online Gaming. (1). Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2).

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

This strong recovery has highlighted the resiliency of the recurring revenue model in a downturn as well as the stength of the shift to soaftware-as-a-service and cloud computing. In other words, how much of the decline in revenue growth is due to signing up fewer customer vs lower revenues from each new customer. internet. (6).

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 19, 2015

If you read this Techrunch post profiling 50 of the current YC companies you will notice that many of them are up and running with customers and revenues. In the words of an alum from the 2006 cohort: Companies are joining YC at a much later stage. That relates to a second change he observed: Companies are much more ambitious now.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

It is intriguing to see the M&A dynamics in the space, highlighting the interest of tech companies for recurring revenue streams - even SAP announced in their analyst call earlier this month that they were moving from perpertual licenses to five year term licences. Venture Capital. (3). ► 2006. (7). internet. (6).

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 24, 2015

For example, if you look at SaaS comps, the average FWD revenue multiple is around 5.4x This is very similar of where these comps were in 2006 when I started in venture. CNBC SaaS TV interview Venture Capital' for a growth rate of 25%. I would say that the private market environment is definitely very inflated.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Cloud accounting is all about matching revenue and costs to consumption…well, except for professional services! Venture Capital. (3). ► 2006. (7). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Explore Venture Capital. Support, support, support! Leverage and monetize the data asset (more.)

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

This represents an outstanding 2,298% growth vs. 2006 (this type of growth seems big but you get used to it when reading business plans is you day job). Venture Capital. (3). ► 2006. (7). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Explore Venture Capital. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6).

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

While it may make sense to offer very slight adjustments for favorable payment terms and one time revenue, net additions to MRR should dominate the sales rep’s thoughts. 1 of MRR generates $12 of annual revenue, so $1 commission equals 1/12=8.3% of Year One Revenue Sounds high, but is that considered a reasonable package?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 28, 2017

In January of 2006, Clark started a one-man blog, Copyblogger , which quickly evolved into an influential digital trade magazine for the online industry. Copyblogger never took venture capital and made it to 8 figures in annual revenue without advertising.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

As I was building the spreadsheet, I also included the revenue multiples for this set of companies, both for the trailing 12-month (TTM) and the forward 12-month (FTM). Venture Capital. (3). ► 2006. (7). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Explore Venture Capital. Favorite Podcasts.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2012

Revenues have continued to increase every year and investors couldn’t be happier with what brave Mr. Drexler has done for J. Their patience paid off months later when big name venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital invested $25 million in Google. Under Drexler’s leadership, J.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 20, 2015

Especially this time of year - when so many of us are assembling and committing to our professional resolutions and goals, questions arise as how to best develop financial (growth, revenues, and profits) projections for our businesses. to proposals, to sales, to retention, to ongoing revenue. How Big is My M arket? M arket size.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

The fact that SaaS valuations are being more affected by the downturn than the Nasdaq can be surprising given the supposed resiliency of the SaaS model (recurring revenues) but it translates the public investors belief that SMB software spend is going to be hit very hard by this recession. Venture Capital. (3). ► 2006. (7).

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Saturday, December 16, 2006. whereas traditional software companies of this size have a growth rate of less than 10% and revenue multiples of 2-2.5x. Venture Capital. (3). ▼ 2006. (7).

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Up and Running

AUGUST 11, 2015

Here’s what Investopedia says: “A situation in which an entrepreneur starts a company with little capital. An individual is said to be bootstrapping when he or she attempts to found and build a company from personal finances or from the operating revenues of the new company.” We used service revenues to invest in products.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

The margins were small given the competition (~10–20% depending on the item), but I grew the revenues at a pretty impressive clip and sold the business two years later. The book Small Giants by Bo Burlingham, which originally came out in 2006 and published a ten-year anniversary edition in 2016. The fifth business was Coremetrics.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I then went to Pepperdine University School of Law and graduated in 2006 with a Certificate from the Geoffrey H. A few years ago “venture capital” was a revenue model. Today, there is still seed capital to be found, but you have to show the investors (especially very early stage investors) that you have a viable business.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 1, 2016

Especially this time of year - when so many of us are assembling and committing to our professional resolutions and goals, questions arise as how to best develop financial (growth, revenues, and profits) projections for our businesses. to proposals, to sales, to retention, to ongoing revenue. How Big is My M arket? H istoricals.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

We should end the year with a few million in fully recurring revenue and we’re projected to double next year. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. Probably revenue based. I think a couple of million or revenues is probably a reasonable goal.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

It quickly became impossible to raise venture capital. When Salesforce.com decided to buy my company in December 2006 I dropped everything and focused religiously on closure. It isn’t even a story about raising venture capital or M&A. If you remember your history the market crashed the next week. Any deal.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

With each hand, a small percentage of the pot is scraped off by the dealer, which in essence becomes the “revenue” for the casino. While casinos use the term “rake,” a plethora of interesting word choices exist which all describe the same thing – keeping a little bit of the revenue for the company that is running the service.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 As can be seen the average (mean) pre-money valuation for recent pre-revenue deals is $2.1

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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

A similar trend is happening in alternative energy, the industry that has greatly benefited from both venture capital and US government assistance over the past decade. This does show that venture backed companies have a huge impact on the US economy. Labels: Andy Grove , economics , venture capital. Venture News.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 3, 2006

I just got back from a week in Israel having spent some time in Jerusalem for an Answers board meeting and then making my way to the Ohalo Resort on the Sea of Galilee for Kinnernet 2006. Yahoo, on the other hand, prefers to buy companies that have some nice user base, maybe no revenue model yet, but also before a VC round.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Although Intermix was doing well during that period, bringing in around $75 million annual revenue, all of the explosive traffic growth was occurring at one property, MySpace – the jewel for which FIM ended up acquiring the whole Intermix crown. by February 2006).

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Tim Keane

JUNE 13, 2006

« How do you present your venture to an investor? » June 13, 2006. Of course, it goes without saying that no one would bottom-up an expense budget then fill in revenue to make it “come out,” right?). By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled? April 2013.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Billion by Sandisk in 2006, etc. Since a large portion of the growth capital and revenue required for Israeli startups to reach unicorn status depends on the US, Israel’s ability to continue to generate unicorns in this fast pace is dependant on the recovery of the US economy. Lucent acquired Chromatis for $4.8b

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Tim Keane

APRIL 24, 2006

The Equality Conundrum: Where 50-50 equals Zero » April 24, 2006. Last night, Bob Zieserl, Venture Capitalist, and general partner at Stratus Ventures, was the keynote speaker at the Marquette University Business Plan Competition. "Over the last twenty years, 11,000 companies have had Venture Capital investments.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 25, 2010

A few highlights from the different keynotes and speakers On top of Jason, we also had the chance of having many great speakers at the event and here are a few quotes and notes that I have taken during the different keynotes and panels: Joe Payne, CEO of Eloqua moderated the panel on Revenue Performance Management. Venture Capital. (3).

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Venture capital is one method of getting a company off the ground, but it’s not the only method. Venture capital is also not a guarantee of success. Venture capitalists invest in multiple companies because they know that not all of them will succeed. Dan says: October 13, 2006 at 9:01 am Re: Number 3.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ). Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will be eating the world. Some examples: AI will be the new mobile.

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