Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 19, 2015
The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Two of these, Uber and Xiaomi, are already above $40 billion.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 23, 2012
By 2015, over 200 million Americans – about 65% of America – will have smartphones or tablets. One thing is clear: mobile gaming – an industry whose market value is projected to exceed $54 billion in 2015 – is highly lucrative for the brains behind the games. Mobile Gaming. And such business is very profitable.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 3, 2015
The visibility of Google, Facebook and a few others continues to propagate the myth that the ultimate objective of every entrepreneur should be to take their startups public via an initial public offering at the earliest opportunity. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/24/2015.
Austin Startup
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
For much of 2014 and 2015, I banged my head against a plane window flying back and forth between Austin and Silicon Valley while trying to raise institutional VC money for Localeur. I never did find a VC to lead a round of funding for Localeur, but two things happened by the end of 2015. but it’s true. I can relate. May never be.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 7, 2016
Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to decrease, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. In fact, IPOs are down again this year, with just 31 companies going public in the U.S. Everyone dreams of becoming a billionaire overnight.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 7, 2015
This means an acquisition or initial public offering that will generate at least five times your fifth-year revenues, at a commensurate equity ownership. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/28/2015. That means they don’t like your projections and will wait for results.
Version One Ventures
JULY 20, 2015
Consensus estimate of approximately $270M for 2015 revenue. for 2015 GMV. YoY growth for most recent quarter (ending Q1 2015): 45%. YoY growth of at least 30%. Take rate of about 10-15%. Taking Etsy as an example…. Take rate of about 11%. Etsy had a market cap of about $2.22B as of July 20, with a revenue multiple of 8.2
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