Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

Maybe you’re thinking about startups to invest in, or making decisions about where to place resources in your company. A big technical challenge we studied was piping streaming video over networks. But it’s hard to say, even with hindsight, that we could have predicted Wikipedia, let alone forecast when it would occur. (If

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan.   Think about having the same discussion in a different way - by preparing your sales forecast by making your assumptions explicit. How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan. October 2012. April 2013.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011. It’s a deceptively simple question:  what is the optimal way to finance a new startup? It’s a deceptively simple question:  what is the optimal way to finance a new startup? October 2012.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. « How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan | Main.     "In a networked world, trust is the most important currency."     "In a networked world, trust is the most important currency." October 2012. April 2013.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   In a bottom up approach, the forecast is built from actual user projections.   Posted at 04:19 PM in Funding startups | Permalink.   In a bottom up approach, the forecast is built from actual user projections. October 2012. Funding startups.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   For an example written by a VC, see A Startups Guide to Market Sizing from DocStoc. .    For an example written by a VC, see A Startups Guide to Market Sizing from DocStoc. Posted at 11:19 AM in Funding startups | Permalink. October 2012.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 14, 2008

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. As one example, think about forecasting sales based on market potential and competition, rather than simply on historical results by salesperson. If that leads us to needing additional sales people, can we forecast the benchmark for productivity based on past results? October 2012.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

As you may recall from last year, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (called the JOBS Act) was passed and signed by President Obama in April, 2012. This was predicated on the SEC writing the crowdfunding regulations by December 31 2012 like they were supposed to. But this never happened.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Its axiomatic that a bunch of bright people can dream up any number of ideas for startups. Its axiomatic that a bunch of bright people can dream up any number of ideas for startups. Posted at 04:50 AM in Startup ideas | Permalink. October 2012. Funding startups.

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Tim Keane

AUGUST 21, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. If the venture leaders keep rolling forward on the projection, without really determining what is going on, they have begun a process of convincingly telling themselves and their constituents that the projection and forecasting process is unimportant. October 2012. Funding startups.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 13, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. In other words, if you are forecasting 100 orders in the next quarter, at $10,000 each, I’d ask how many potential orders there are in the market, whether there is any existing competitive experience, and how you derived your timing. Posted at 05:08 AM in Funding startups | Permalink.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

That idea – a way to organize, in the cloud, every aspect of your physical mail – is the crux of the two men’s venture, called Outbox, that is opening up to public beta in San Francisco on February 26 after a 6-month test in Austin, Texas, in 2012. Outbox seems remarkably simple – for $4.99

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

As part of The Startup Magazine Interview Series , we interviewed Mr. Richard Bearman. TSM: In what industries do you see startups having the most disruptive impact? Since 2012, it has delivered more than 67,000 loans to business owners across the UK amounting to more than £534 million. The UK’s 5.7 million people.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

As we have seen with the recent speed bumps at highfliers like Groupon and Zynga, taking “lean startups” from foundation to creating sustainable, scalable, profitable business models is a very rare and special task. There are three sides to the network: the consumer, the venue and the advertiser. Really hard.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 1, 2011

In April, the Bank of Israel raised its 2011 growth forecast to 4.5% Broadcom provides system-on-a-chip and embedded software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. LIMELIGHT BUYS TEL AVIV STARTUP ACCELOWEB.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

If you want to see what was on my mind – I started foreshadowing change publicly in October 2015 with a forecast of what I expected in 2016 VC funding markets at a presentation I gave at the annual Cendana VC/LP conference hosted by Michael Kim. Some startups will have a hard time reorienting. Total customers grew 20% year/year.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

No matter its size or age, every brewery was once a startup. Most small businesses and startups that are looking to grow— hire a new employee , or buy a new piece of equipment, or open a new location —need to think hard about cash flow, or making sure they have enough money in the bank to meet payroll and other financial obligations.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For the twenty years ending 12/31/2012 the S&P 500 Index averaged 8.21% a year, an attractive return. According to CB Insights, there is little to no relationship between financial runway and startup success. I think there are many more opportunities to disrupt the space.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 9, 2012

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (called the JOBS Act) was passed with support from Republicans and Democrats alike and signed by President Obama in April, 2012. You will have more data available to work into your plan and forecast.

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