David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

A startup called Corpora made headlines for all the wrong reasons after tech bloggers ran an image search to find the company logo. You want your company to show up first in the search results whenever someone is looking for a product you sell. There are three main factors to consider: Fit. The name needs to match the business.

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Naming Semantic Venture Capital Startup 114

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The sales productivity ratio (measured with the Customer Acquisition Cost or CAC ratio) are also fairly similar for the two groups (except for a small cap dip in Q4 09) and therefore do not explain the difference Why is scale so much rewarded by public markets? Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). My Investments.

Software Review 101

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

is an elegant way to model any service-oriented business: Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue We used a very similar scheme at IMVU, although we werent lucky enough to have started with this framework, and so had to derive a lot of it ourselves via trial and error. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?)

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

But what is at play with Reid is another principle called “authority.&# Again, even though VCs are populated by Stanford & Harvard MBAs who all seemed to graduate near the tops of their classes – we’re all in search of authorities we trust to help guide our decisions.

Silicon Valley 293

Silicon Valley Technical Review Southern California Angel Investor 293

Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is a state licensed professional who offers various accounting, auditing, tax, financial analysis, business valuation and consulting services. Ask what the firm’s specialties are (tax, audit, business valuation, etc.). Do I need to hire a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for my small business?

Small Business 87

Small Business CPA Government North America 87

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why not go further, develop more valuation, customer experience, and really, deeply validate the business? Her main questions were around customer acquisition and financing. As far as customer acquisition is concerned, we discussed, again the power of organic search engine optimization.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

#2- Cut down customer acquisition costs. Since the pandemic our company has scaled down on our advertising spend with Google Adwords and other paid ads and focused on organic search optimization. With the changes we plan to make, we’ll be able to upgrade and update our valuation process to make it easier to use and faster.

Entrepreneur 118

Entrepreneur Mobile Valuation Global 118

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

As a forensic accountant, it will be your job to look at the books and records of a company to search for waste, fraud, and embezzlement. You will also want to build a website and start blogging so that it ranks higher in the Google search rankings. It’s an investigator of sorts but in a financial sense.

CPA 113

CPA Salary Valuation Social Network 113

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

We covered the following and much more: - FourSquare ( rumors of both an $80m pre money or a $100 million acquisition ). My answer: “no.&# I believe that the team is high potential but the valuation seems stratospheric to me for the stage of the company. Quora ( funding led by Benchmark at a crazy valuation: $86 million ).

Venture Capital 232

Venture Capital IPO Valuation Deal Flow 232

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits from the inflated valuations. Carpe Diem.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2015

It will be no different for mergers and acquisitions and small business sales. There are many more qualified buyers searching for good business opportunities than good businesses available for sale. Buyers may be able to expand their business operations and overall value during this time through savvy acquisitions.

Denver 100

Denver Cofounder Merger Colorado 100

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

While poised with a limited number of transactions this year, the world of public Cloud Computing and SaaS companies has been marked by two events in the past few months: the acquisition of Omniture by Adobe and the high profile IPO of LogMeIn, a leading provider of PC remote access and support with a very interesting freemium model.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review IPO Cloud 48

The Startup Magazine

MAY 30, 2019

Crowdify also has its own Start-Up Incubator and is uniquely positioned to advise the next generation of potential UK Unicorns (start-ups which reach a market valuation of $1bn). And that’s what Crowdify is all about,” says James Rix, the 36-year old entrepreneur and CEO of Crowdify.

Marketing 76

Marketing Agile Social Network Valuation 76

www.mattbartus.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

How to pump up your VC valuation. Let’s say you receive a term sheet for a $1 million investment at a $3 million fully diluted pre-money valuation, and you’re kind of disappointed. One possibility is to negotiate a higher valuation and offer warrants (i.e., and the acquisition price. A View from the Valley.

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Warrant Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 40

Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

On the consumer facing side, the number of companies doing multiple acquisitions of $100M+ was extremely short… Google, eBay/PayPal, Amazon, and Microsoft are at the top of the list. <$100M) acquisitions for several years now, but they’ve mainly been acquihires. IAC and Yahoo! Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized.

Acquisition 162

Acquisition Silicon Valley B2B Seed Stage 162

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

The SaaS growth recovery does not seem to take a "V" shape 2) Sales productivity is ramping up: bottom was hit in the first half of 2009 However, the sales and productivity of the group, measured by the median "Customer Acquisition Cost ratio" or "CAC ratio", seems to be recovering more steeply. SaaS 13 Index Valuation. My Investments.

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

For example, for a company that has been reliant solely on paid acquisition the growth team should experiment with developing organic channels such as search engine optimization, content marketing, or social media marketing to complement the paid efforts. Open Up the Ideation Process.

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Algorithm Channel Analytics 127

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

This added exposure can result in indications of interest (investment, acquisition, partnership, etc.) Rather than limiting your search to venture funds, therefore, consider the full range of startup options. information will end up being disseminated broadly into other sites based on geography, industry, etc.

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

gigaom.com

JULY 10, 2012

The contexts are Web Search, Business Search, Voicemail-to-Text transcription, SMS speech transcription, Question and Answer, TV and a category called Generic used for general dictation purposes. Previous What’s wrong with the tech valuations? For instance, the question “where is Trenton?”

API 50

API Technical Review Artificial Inteligence RSS 50

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The size of the red bars (IPO’s) versus blue (mergers and acquisitions) illustrates that while venture-backed startups did get acquired, the IPO market was booming. But unlike an IPO where you sold stock to the public and got to run your company, in an acquisition your company is gone, and the odds are in a year or so you will be too.

Venture Capital 297

Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

One of our prior investments was an e-commerce company that grew primarily through organic search. Most corporate VCs today understand the rights and responsibilities of startup minority shareholders, and don’t try to push for onerous requirements like ROFR on an acquisition or egregious information rights.

Strategic Investors 120

Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

But does Larry hate cloud computing that much or is he hiding a potential future acquisition of Salesforce.com? Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. In search of Europe's next tech stars. A funny video of Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle on Cloud Computing. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Cloud Technical Review Venture Capital 48

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

#2- Cut down customer acquisition costs. Since the pandemic our company has scaled down on our advertising spend with Google Adwords and other paid ads and focused on organic search optimization. With the changes we plan to make, we’ll be able to upgrade and update our valuation process to make it easier to use and faster.

Entrepreneur 62

Entrepreneur Mobile Valuation Global 62

The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Facebook and Google are the second and twelfth most valuable companies in the US (accurate at 22/6/15 see here ), they both rose to prominence extremely quickly setting records for rapid valuation growth on the way, and as a result they are both very aware that their shelf life could be limited.

Social Media 60

Social Media Acquisition Curation IPO 60

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

to fund the company at a $6M post money valuation from a number of investors including Selena Gomez. pre money valuation and planned to use the money to market the app. pre money valuation). pre money valuation. pre money valuation and a $2.7M The smartphone app that enables this is free but it costs $2.49

Pre-Money Valuation 167

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Dilution Distribution 167

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 29, 2013

back in 2006 AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google were all credible potential acquirers, and we spoke to all of them before ultimately selling to AOL, and I’m sure that the existence of those other players as alternative suitors helped us complete the AOL deal quickly and at a better valuation. When we invested in buy.at

Advertising 98

Advertising Valuation Acquisition Search 98

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 23, 2021

For example, if you haven’t achieved product-market fit, instrumenting every aspect of customer acquisition is overkill. I’ve seen entrepreneurs make the mistake of focusing all their efforts on customer acquisition when they also needed to fix a leaky funnel or customer churn. Just track metrics that help you improve the product.

Venture Capital 46

Venture Capital Metrics Investment Bankers Framework 46

Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

Example two:  Explosive market share growth and revenue in an expanding market with acquisitive players available. 2] One of the huge mistakes entrepreneurs make at this stage is accepting friends and family money and assigning huge valuations to the company to reduce the size of future payments required.  five years.).

Finance 83

Finance Bootstrapping Startup Equity 83

Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

acquisition of Jet.com in August 2016 transformed the company beyond the addition of the Jet platform. Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. POTENTIAL ACQUISITION TARGETS. Walmart’s $3.3B

Acquisition 94

Acquisition Hawaii Partner Non-Compete 94

Software By Rob

JULY 1, 2010

The lesson: build a product that does not require customizations, and completely automate your order fulfillment process. Teachable In a traditional business you leverage the time of your employees.

Software Review 54

Software Review RSS Startup Vertical 54

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike believes the reason AltaVista didn’t become Google ( despite their market leadership position ) was because they didn’t focus on search. Instead, they tried to use their search position to offer a portal like Excite and Yahoo! Of course, monetization of search became one of the best business models in the history of business.

Semantic 302

Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Coalesce address the more general problem of searching through large data sets for best fits. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. A number of analysts have particular focus on serving the customers of technology companies, e.g., Gartner and 451 Research , and their work is also relevant for investors.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Up and Running

JANUARY 14, 2022

Our major challenge was how do we compete with companies that have billion-dollar valuations, millions in investor funding, and millions in revenue? Our answer was simple– SEO (search engine optimization). For a more granular look, you can also break it down depending on the search query that brought them there.

SEO 104

SEO Software Review Search Acquisition 104

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. The numbers of potential buyers had decreased dramatically both because large companies were shedding jobs and because many past buyers simply lacked resources to make acquisitions.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

When a top 10 company by valuation like Facebook, changes its name and focus to the MetaVerse – it is going to generate a lot of attention. A google search of the term now has 141 million results, a more than 100 fold increase on a year ago. Zuckerberg really needs this to work. Hype or Reality?

Social Network 48

Social Network Government Valuation Advertising 48

Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2019

This will require an accurate valuation. Buyers and sellers don’t always agree on what’s valuable and what isn’t, which is why hiring a valuation consultant or a CPA who has experience valuing businesses is a good idea. There are a number of critical documents you’ll need to have in order to arrive at an accurate valuation.

Valuation 92

Valuation Small Business CPA Balance Sheet 92

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

These companies report gross ad revenue but then subtract out “TAC” (Traffic Acquisition Costs) which is basically accounting-speak for the revenue share they pay to the partner sites where the ads actually appear. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 4 days ago Search. link] leehower. Great point Steve.

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