betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Before there was Fab there was fabulis, a social network meets places guide targeted to the gay community. When we pivoted from fabulis to Fab, from gay social network to design, we made the decision within 10 days to focus exclusively on our new One Thing, and we set a rule that not one person on the team could still do the old thing.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Social networking.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 11, 2012

In just 551 days, the photo-sharing mobile app zoomed from zero to 30 million-odd users, and 10 million U.S. visits by March 2012 , up 1000% since December 2011. Its valuation outstrips that of the 116-year-old New York Times. Instagram Cashed in on the Mobile Explosion.

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San Francisco Mobile Social Network Community 165

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

RCSMs premise is that they can reach an investment decision (and valuation) based on an application completed by the founders and take gut feel out of the decision process. They have launched a valuation tool that is free to try out. Labels: due diligence , early stage investing , moneyball , valuation. ► 2012. (1).

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Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco 48

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

February 2, 2012. Filing Date : February 1, 2012. How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

In a convertible note structure, Im penalized for increasing your valuation. Instead of getting a 2-3x multiple from seed to Series A, I get a discount off of the Series A, so Im better off financially with a lower valuation. You may say, if you are investing in the next facebook or google, why care about valuation? Newer Post.

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San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

One comment made by Jason was that angels tend to be less sensitive than VCs on valuation and can potentially make it difficult to get a venture financing done at acceptable valuation. We are typically looking at either smaller exits or require a lower valuation to get a reasonable step-up to a venture round. ► 2012. (1).

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Term Sheet Angel Investor San Jose Venture Capital 32

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 22, 2012

That’s very healthy revenue, but significantly below the revenue needed to justify a 100 billion dollar valuation. For example, there are five major markets where Facebook is not the top social network : China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. Estimated mobile display spend in the U.S. It’s not.

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South Korea IPO Russia Stock 88

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Another comment which probably deserves more discussion is around valuation. One of the panelists mentioned that they have gotten very valuation sensitive (nothing wrong with that) and like to purchase preferred stock rather than invest in convertible notes. Labels: angel groups , valuation. See you next time. Steve Bennet.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. The importance is what is behind the numbers. Newer Post.

Silicon Valley 35

Silicon Valley San Jose Hockey Stick Venture Capital 35

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

A Comparison Between Novice and Serial Entrepreneurs" Her research shows that there is a positive correlation between prior founding experience and new venture performance due to stronger and more diverse social networks, access to capital, reliance on collaborators and other factors. ► 2012. (1). Newer Post. Older Post.

San Jose 28

San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

I am no longer an insider, so dont have any view into current financials, but do know that total financing is now 10X the original plan and at the current accelerating growth rate, revenues will still not hit that $185M until 2012 or 2013, so double the time. ► 2012. (1). Guess that means I had less experience than as well.

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I asked him how the deal came out for investors since the sale price was significantly lower than the valuation on the round they were raising when we met. ► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? August 24, 2011 4:13 PM. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post.

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Acquisition San Jose Angel Investor IPO 31

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

On the financial analysis end, you have multiples far and away the most common valuation method over DCF, Simulation and Option analysis. ► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Valuations were enormous relative to progress in companies. Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations.

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