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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

We had nascent revenues, ridiculous cost structures and unrealistic valuations. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

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Financing Your Business During COVID-19

Up and Running

Many small business financing options feel as though they have evaporated in the wake of the crisis caused by COVID-19. 2020 Will Be An Interesting Year For Small Business Financing. In the aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008, many lenders reduced their customers’ credit lines or canceled them completely.

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9 Business Model Components For New Business Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. Every business needs revenue to provide investor returns and offset costs. Free” is not an attractive revenue model to investors.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

The seeds of cheap cloud computing, social networking & mobile were planted and then the 2008 financial crisis brought a hurricane that swept much of the old, dead brush from the venture capital industry and ushered in a new phase perhaps best punctuated by Sequoia’s famous and now ironic presentation “ RIP Good Times.”.

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Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008! The second part of the year has seen a lower flow of blog posts, but part of my 2008 resolutions are to remedy to this shortfall, so be prepared for a strong 2008. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ▼ 2008. (11). Cracking The Code. Add RSS feed.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# And time is the enemy of all deals so start sooner rather than later, as anybody who was planning to raise in October 2008 will tell you. Or worse yet they may never get financed. and profits!

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. revenues while large caps are trading at 6.4x. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. What happened?