Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Median valuations for early-stage valuations tripled from around $20m pre-money valuations to $60m with plenty of deals being prices above $100m. In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal. But I thought a better way of thinking about how we manage our portfolios is to think about it as a funnel.
View from Seed
MARCH 4, 2020
In a few months, we are likely to see the annual Forbes Midas list of top performing early stage VC investors. Since I’m mainly doing this for my own interest and this isn’t supposed to be a scientific analysis, I’m going to instead look at the 2019 list and compare it to the 2009 list. The S&P500 was in the 700’s.
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Hunter Walker
JANUARY 3, 2021
Google’s internal management approach has sustained and scaled pretty impressively over the years. Underpinning it all are OKRs — Objectives and Key Results — the framework by which individuals, teams and the entire company is managed. OKRs are sensible, straight forward and on a planning cycle managers understand.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. What are Early Stage VC’s Really Asking? Reply Richard Jordan , on November 5, 2009 at 3:36 pm Said: Steve, best article yet.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 24, 2014
As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. That company was Invoca, which just announced a $20 million fund raise led by Accel. 5 years ago.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers. OTHER DEALS: 1.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 21, 2018
According to the 2017 Kauffman Startup Activity Index , the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity reached 86 percent, more than 12 percentage points higher than in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever.
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