SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. Was this a lost decade for venture capital? Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. Ok, let’s jump in. during this time.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Kevin Federline Search Engine Realistic Entrprenuer's Guide to Venture Capital Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple F2F Still Matters 8 Ways the Internet has Changed Software Marketing. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

Early-stage investors in technology startups are only looking for growth-oriented companies that can achieve an “exit&# someday – either via selling your company to a larger company or via an IPO. It was early 2000. I saw this kind of pricing when I first entered the VC market in 2007. That was market.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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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. I still wanted K9 to be the first institutional money in a company and work with “frighteningly early-stage” companies. Pre-Seed is the New Seed.

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Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Friday, July 06, 2007. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Different models require different performance metrics. The MRR is a great metrics, but it can be perfected. Cracking The Code.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. Was this a lost decade for venture capital? Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. Ok, let’s jump in. during this time.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 17, 2009

it's up to the Board or CEO) One or more financial metrics Balanced scorecard For very early stage startups (e.g.  It is just too hard to see out 12+ months with any certainty to be able to pick meaningful metrics.  But today I got an interesting question the answer I wanted to share here.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“Because COVID is shaking our habits and beliefs it opens the door to discussion to whether we should change our whole system,” says veteran investor Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the man known as “the father of British venture capital” .

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Business model viability, in the majority of startups, will come down to balancing two variables: Cost to Acquire Customers (CAC) The ability to monetize those customers, or LTV (which stands for Lifetime Value of a Customer) Successful web businesses have long understood these metrics as they have such an easy way to measure them.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

Education plays a major role in venture capital. Harms (2007) found that economic value was one of the strongest motivators for crowdfunding supporters. Those early donors are simply personal connections of the project creator: “Friends and family funding plays a key role in the early stages of fundraising.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We found a way to make our venture capital last when it shouldn’t have, at around the same time one of my all time favorite New Yorker cartoons was published on this topic. I thought that, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

What do you get when you combine 7 panelist plus one moderator on to a stage for 30 minutes to talk about a serious topic? There are real changes in the venture capital industry and it would have been fun to talk about them. This is evidenced by the current price creep that we’re experiencing for early-stage deals.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Effectively measuring and understanding your CAC and CLTV metrics are key to future success. Bessemer SaaS Law #1: Your key monthly business metrics are: CMRR (Committed Monthly Recurring Revenue), Churn, and Cash flow - “Bookings” is for suckers. Brian, Paglo www.paglo.com. Great list! Great list! Philippe Botteri.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2013

AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant concludes , “The real winners here are going to be the seed funds and early stage VCs that can write a $1 million to $2 million check. All exits occurred between 1990 and 2007—the vast majority after 2000. Only one metric showed statistical differences between these deals and others.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Its Ok to Exit a Little Early -StubHub was experiencing great growth and hitting its metrics when Ebay acquired the company in early 2007 It is quite possible that Jeff could have gotten a higher price for the company by waiting, but felt there were a number of benefits to exiting when they did. Venture News.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Everyone seems to know someone who has raised huge amounts of venture capital without ever putting together even back of the envelope projections. What are the key drivers and metrics? Byron Deeter has a good blog post on SAAS metrics. Labels: entrepreneurial finance , financial analysis , venture capital.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 16, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 16, 2007 F2F Still Matters Kathy Sierra has a great post today: Face-to-Face Trumps Twitter, Blogs, Podcasts, Video. Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. As an aside, I personally question that view.

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