Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

April 17, 2011. GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. Quinstreet priced at $15.00/sh

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Up and Running

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Gift certificates are great stocking stuffers and offer a great opportunity to cross-sell (see #2!). . The auto repair store can offer jumper cables or fix-a-flat canisters—all as nice little carriers or stocking stuffers for the gift certificates! Editor’s note: This article originally published in 2011. Send gift ideas.

Sales 92

Sales Customer Campaign Stock 92

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

14 – 20, 2011. Global Student Entrepreneur Awards: Students across the globe will convene at the New York Stock Exchange to compete for $150,000 in cash and business services as well as one year of mentorship with RedBox founder Mike DeLazzer.

Global 167

Global Non-Compete United States New York 167

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

June 5, 2011. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. Run Rate Revenue: $2.6B (Q1 2011 annualized). Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). Run Rate Gross Profit: $1.1B (Q1 2011 annualized). Featured merchants (may not have tipped): 56.8K (Q1 2011), 66.3K (2010), 2.7K (2009).

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011. For example: If an advisor meets with the founding team monthly, is involved in recruiting talent for the business, and takes a few customer calls, then that advisor would be entitled to 1 percent of the company in the form of restricted stock or options, vesting over a two-year time frame. 2011 Holiday.

Equity 94

Equity San Francisco Startup Silicon Valley 94

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). US VC versus stocks. So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage. But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages? Was this a lost decade for venture capital?

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). US VC versus stocks. So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage. But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages? Was this a lost decade for venture capital?

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

Usually a small company can sell about 20 percent of its stock in an IPO. The timing of an IPO is driven heavily by the state of the economy in general and the stock market in particular, in concert with your profitability. Of course, you’re going to have to perform well to make that stock useful in the acquisitions process.

IPO 223

IPO Social Media Media Exit Strategy 223

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Top 10 Blogs for Writers 2011- The Winners – [link]. Good rebuttal from Reed Hastings directed to people shorting Netflix stock – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 97

Social Media Small Business Design Media 97

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). Mark: 10% warrant coverage is like stock options. Icing is the warrant for banks – stock they can buy in future but don’t have to buy so they make their $$ later in the future.

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Warrant Customer Term Sheet 304

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. I always remind this to journalists who ask me about public stocks. It allows you many more exit opportunities.

Startup 418

Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. I often take stock in lieu of cash. I have a file drawer full of worthless stock certificates and I continue to add to it. Not all start-up stock is created equally. what kind of stock you are getting.

Equity 40

Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 25, 2014

How can some people get rich off the stock market while others flounder or even just get lucky for a while before losing most or all of what they invested? Of course, everyone has both short and long-term financial goals, but when it comes to investing in stocks, you need to remember you’re making these investments for the long haul.

Stock 279

Stock Portfolio Marketing Management 279

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Week three’s breakdown covered topics like how hard momentum is to turn around, and how participating preferred stock works. He did $5M in 2011 sales and is projected $7.2m I’ve been writing up reviews of this season’s Shark Tank pitches from a silicon valley VCs perspective. BACK 9 DIPS.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Technical Cofounder Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 110

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The 2011 Inc. The 2011 Top Lists. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. Any stock grants you issue have to qualify for exemption under state and federal securities laws. Telecom and Wireless.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 24, 2014

Sophisticated algorithms are gradually taking on a number of tasks performed by paralegals, contract and patent lawyers, particularly by scanning thousands of documents to assist in pre-trial research (Markoff, 2011). Consider thou what the invention could do to my poor subjects.

Artificial Inteligence 96

Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Technical Review Stock 96

Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

In-stock status. In-stock status. Only 15 left in stock. Or, 1 in-stock in the REI store next to your office. I love the nudge they have built-in showing how many in my size are in stock (only one!)…. Checkout the Kimbao Sauvignon Blanc you can see sales and would buy it again rates since 2011.

Conversion 124

Conversion eCommerce Artificial Inteligence Aggregator 124

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

An IBM study in 2011, “ From Social Media to Social CRM ”, discovered significant gaps between what businesses think consumers care about and what consumers say they want from their social media interactions with companies. Stocking up is the traditional way of converting cash into commodities. That was a decade ago. How about today?

Programming 150

Programming Turkey Social Media Redemption 150

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). US VC versus stocks. So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage. But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages? Was this a lost decade for venture capital?

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2020

That 2008 crisis mostly hit banks, mortgage,insurance, automotive – all of which were primarily big, publicly owned stock companies. During that 2008-2011 period, for the first time, the number of business starts fell below the number of business failures. Today’s crisis hits and potentially harms nearly every type of small business.

Small Business 162

Small Business Social Media Stock Employee 162

Startup Company Lawyer

AUGUST 31, 2012

” As a result, Ted introduced the Series Seed preferred stock documents as an alternative to convertible debt for early stage investments. As a result of this risk, some people like Adeo Ressi, have declared that 2011 will be the “ year of the startup default.” Why convertible equity is better than preferred stock.

Convertible Security 73

Convertible Security Equity Security Preferred Stock 73

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 14, 2011

In fact, it doesn't fit any of our stock ideological categories very well. For example, you probably didn't notice that on April 27, 2011, the President issued Executive Order 13571, with the sonorous title "Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service." Something interesting is happening in Washington, DC right now.

DC 167

DC CTO Hire Fractional CTO Silicon Valley 167

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The 2011 Inc. The 2011 Top Lists. Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. During the first Internet boom, companies that provided services to tech start-ups were all too happy to work for stock. Copyright © 2011 Mansueto Ventures LLC. Intellectual Property. 500|5000 List.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

  vesting (of founders stock) is a way for founders to protect themselves from one another.    vesting (of founders stock) is a way for founders to protect themselves from one another.  November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. March 2011. Posted at 03:46 AM | Permalink. April 2013.

Burn Rate 60

Burn Rate Angel Groups Seed Stage Startup 60

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

As far back as the 2011 census , the Muslim community in the UK was at 1,012,823. Joint Stock. When it comes to joint stock companies, according to Sharia law, the shareholders have no agency rights and are considered co-owners. Of course, those numbers have grown exponentially since then.

Finance 162

Finance Stock Sales Acquisition 162

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 10, 2012

2011 Winners: Coffee Joulies 1. We launched with a bone stock template that Shopify provided instead. We ended up going right through the holiday season and then some, over $300k on that bone stock template. Tim, take it away: This is the third year of the contest, and so I wanted to get some perspective from past winners.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Framework Lean Stock 167

Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2012

As marketing experts look back at the best and worst of 2011’s branding campaigns, it is likely that Netflix—and a now notorious pair of its endeavors—will be resoundingly branded in the category of very worst. Image via Wikipedia. Will the Netflix Brand Ever Truly Recover?

New York City 68

New York City Marketing New York Public Relations 68

Babbling VC

AUGUST 10, 2011

OK, hands up, who's truly surprised by the drop in the stock markets or the postponed tech IPO's or even the upcoming slowdown in venture financing? If you're a private investor in stocks, you better get ready for a financial beating unless you sold everything a couple weeks ago. . No really, who is surprised? What is the reality now?

Germany 76

Germany Stock IPO Valuation 76

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2012

Marsh shares that according to the business school’s 2011 Masters in Management Employment Report, while 21% of its 2011 class came from a non-business study discipline – tourism, international relations and media, for example – 96% of the class secured an offer of employment withint three months of graduation.

Management 187

Management New York Stock Global 187

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Driven by the return to normalcy in the stock market, at long-last signs of life in the residential and commercial real estate markets, and most excitingly by veritable boom-time conditions in “Web 3.0” technologies like social networking, mobile gaming, and interactive advertising, in 2011 new fortunes and legends are being made.

Social Network 63

Social Network Technical Review Stock Early Stage 63

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

So let’s take stock: What do we offer? The company has a checkered past, but it was the first corporation in history to issue stock in exchange for capital. This legal-financial ingenuity lead to the creation of the world’s first stock exchange in 1602: the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. hrs (2011). Not in my view.

Netherlands 143

Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

May 26, 2011. And obviously all the liq prefs went away in the IPO when pref stock converted to common. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story. Previous Entries.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2018

Invest in Stocks. There are three lucrative investment types that can make a lot of money; the first is investing in penny stocks which is highly risky but with a high ROI. There are three lucrative investment types that can make a lot of money; the first is investing in penny stocks which is highly risky but with a high ROI.

Angel Investor 124

Angel Investor Stock Cofounder Advertising 124

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

But when it’s all over and they define the era of this mini run up in stock prices I suspect they’ll include 2011 in the “over valued&# category. Some people argue that we’re not in a bubble because the prices are not as crazy or as inflated as they were in the late 90′s. That may be.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Getting to know each other before exchanging money for stock certificates is important for both sides. 2011 is one big cocktail party all over again. I worry about that.&#. Since I invest in lines, not dots , I worry about the rushed decision-making and over-hyping of deals. AngelList isn’t hot. It’s hotter than hot.

Southern California 267

Southern California Angel Investor Early Stage Silicon Valley 267

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

There were 89 million shoppers on Black Friday in 2012, and 86 million in 2011. The average shopper spent $423 over the Black Friday weekend in 2013, which is a 7% increase over 2011. According to the NRF, Black Friday weekend sales topped $61 billion in 2013, up from $59 billion in 2012, and $52 billion in 2011.

PPC 193

PPC Advertising Louisiana Sales 193

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Index vs. Concentrated Investing In the traditional stock market an index is a small sample of the market that represents the stock market as a whole. AngelList is operating very much like the NASDAQ stock exchange of the startup investment world, where deals and angel investors are public. Just look at AngelList?s startupcto

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50