YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

There is an old management adage which says that “you cannot manage what you cannot measure” This saying may be true in all parts of a company, but is especially pertinent in finance. Fourth, aggregate functions and processes within your organization to reduce inefficiencies as much as possible.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

If your business needs financing, consider equity crowdfunding; its distinctive traits will lure investors desiring the rewards of investment returns and investor protection, in addition to the goodwill generated by their support. Set a Fundraising Goal. Evaluate the amount your business can reasonably collect.

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Equity SEC Technical Review Security 125

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. And some of their best and brightest have ended up in the organizations like the 2nd Bureau, Unit 61398 tasked euphemistically for “Computer Network Operations.”. (They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.)

China 324

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 324

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

And I think that we need to start thinking much more about these seemingly unlikely events and how they'll change our companies, because it turns out that well, any one of these might be unlikely and aggregate. And they fit into four buckets, financial, operational, external change and strategic change. Are strategic change.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Networking United States Artificial Inteligence 62

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

a language corporate innovation groups can use to communicate to business units and finance. We collect the complete narrative of what they discovered talking to customers as well as aggregate interviews, hypotheses to test, invalidated hypotheses and mentor and instructor engagements. —-.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Certain experts have described the situation as a Keynesian supply shock, a negative event that triggers aggregate supply shortages with bigger impacts than the prior reduction in labor supply. One area of supply chain operations that have undergone only a little change is deal management. Yet, they get more complicated.

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B2B Cost Management Forecast 153

David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Katina Stefanova : The government is looking for effective ways to increase transparency in the aggregate risk of the system and hold investment managers accountable. In aggregate, the investment management community performs below the market benchmark when fees are taken into consideration.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 30, 2020

I wrote recently about the The Finance Assistance Network (FAN) , that I helped set up (along with Lew Visscher and Phil Votteiro) three weeks ago to offer pro bono financial advice to small businesses affected by COVID-19. I though it was worth sharing here as well. Please join us by registering at [link].

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 13, 2017

You’ve got to take steps to improve your operations and that begins with technology , like incorporating a cloud-based accounting system and social media management tools. Streamline your day-to-day tasks. As your business grows, your already enormous workload as an entrepreneur could become overwhelming.

Small Business 100

Small Business Small Business Administration Social Media Aggregator 100

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. And some of their best and brightest have ended up in the organizations like the 2nd Bureau, Unit 61398 tasked euphemistically for “Computer Network Operations.”. (They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.)

China 216

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 216

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

I’m an Ashley Mayer superfan so beyond the affinity, have been fortunate enough to also bring her into Homebrew as an advisor to our portfolio companies, and invest in Coalition , a venture firm she founded along with three other amazing female operators. Years later, I wrote about several of my hard-won lessons from Box’s IPO process.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. There’s different flavors or derivations of these… e-tailers and marketplaces are both e-commerce businesses but differ in operational model, growth patterns, and profit margins. From Google Finance.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

It means relying on your own savings and revenue to operate and expand.”. It is also important to realize that, statistically speaking, most startups become operational without any venture capital or external funding sources. Thus, you must manage your available finances wisely. And, most startup owners are also solopreneurs.

Bootstrapping 85

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Although any given early-stage company is quite risky, when aggregated across a large portfolio, returns are very attractive. We provide hands-on support through our in-house operating team, plus a proprietary network of outside mentors who work with portfolio companies on an as-needed basis.

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Early Stage Private Equity Portfolio Aggregator 148

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) They have aggregated talent into similar locations to learn from each other and made it easier for high-profile mentors to meet many companies at once. They have raised company profiles and made follow-on financings easier.

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Early Stage Venture Capital Los Angeles Coder 290

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This post is intended to be a dynamic document, and I will attempt to update it from time to time with new questions that may arise or as financing trends evolve. Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed? Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. Q: Define Pre-Seed?

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Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

We could for example, find warning signs in popular literature about e.g. finance suggesting rapid maturation in bond trading. A serious study here: [link] concluded that younger people being more creative is a highly predictable at the aggregate level. Warning sign? Say 40 years = 20 years real direct experience. At best. ~

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 223

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 15, 2010

ineze search dissects the content of each page caught by its web-crawler – Physical, Technical, Environmental, Operational and other characteristics. The aggregated product data can be easily queried, and thus compared, matched and filtered with unprecedented ease and power.

Stealth 75

Stealth Cofounder Matching Artificial Inteligence 75

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 15, 2010

ineze search dissects the content of each page caught by its web-crawler – Physical, Technical, Environmental, Operational and other characteristics. The aggregated product data can be easily queried, and thus compared, matched and filtered with unprecedented ease and power.

Stealth 80

Stealth Cofounder Matching Artificial Inteligence 80

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The United States is the 3rd most startup-friendly nation in the world, behind Germany and Japan, according to US News, but startup entrepreneurs in America still need to keep operating costs under tight control in order to build their companies and make them profitable.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Kevin Rose at TechCrunch , April 20, 2009: Digg founder Kevin Rose almost sold his wildly popular aggregator to Google in 2008, and subsequently turned his resources toward creating a much stronger independent business instead.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

Our digital platform (ICAS®) is designed for healthcare operators on a mission to modernize the way they design, build and operate their healthcare facilities. This way we can make sure that we deploy a targeted approach that will not disrupt the customer’s operations.

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Technical Review Founder Saudi Arabia Cofounder 128

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

When the NVCA or PriceWaterhouse surveys come out at the end of year I’m not saying they will necessarily will show aggregate $$$ or deal numbers up. The fact that Twitter recently raised money at more than $1 billion valuation in just 4 years of operations energizes VC’s to believe that there is money in them thar hills.

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IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

ithacaVC

JANUARY 24, 2013

Having a relatively small about of convertible debt on your balance sheet prior to your Series A financing is not a bad thing. The X and Y are negotiated, with the Y typically being a date shortly before the convertible debt is all used up by the company in its operations. I am a big fan of convertible debt (with appropriate terms).

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Valuation Balance Sheet Option Pool Dilution 53

www.usv.com

MAY 29, 2012

Venture firms operate a bunch of different ways. Finally, networks can also be networks of data, such as what DuckDuckGo (search), Indeed (jobs) and Flurry (mobile apps) are doing that then provide aggregate data-level benefits to users from that data network aggregation.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 30, 2020

Boosting the World of Finance. The finance industry is spearheading the AI revolution. Many financial institutions are leveraging AI-powered chatbots to provide personalized services to their customers and cut down operational costs. It is revolutionizing our economy and helping companies cross critical business chasms.

Artificial Inteligence 59

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Retention Aggregator 59

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 6, 2016

Well, in these first few days of the New Year when hope is fresh, as we do our goal-setting let me suggest we set solid Attainable Goals that as we accomplish them in their aggregate add up to Stretch Goals that tickle the loins and fire the imagination ! Repurchase Rate. per year (20% more often).

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Sales Aggregator Campaign Revenue 48

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Compared to the million-dollar startup, they are operating at micro-scale. First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. but few step back and really examine the underlying assumptions of startup finance. How does that stack up?

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

In 2005, Kiva launched a micro-finance platform that allows people to lend small amounts of money to entrepreneurs in developing areas. Issuers must file annual reports with SEC and provide to investors reports of results of operations and financial statements as the SEC determines. such other information as the SEC may prescribe.

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SEC Securities and Exchange Commission Accredited Investor Private Placement 58

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. We are also seeing technology evaluation as an increasingly important part of LP operational due diligence. To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The best board books I've seen track nearly 20-30 key metrics (some financial, some operating) from meeting to meeting and those metrics are usually covered in the first 20-30 minutes of the meeting, setting the stage for more strategic discussion. just.a.guy David -- this is a great article. Great stuff!

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Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. By the first quarter of 2016, the late-stage financing market had changed materially.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

healthcare system does not operate as a free marketplace with the type of open-competition that we often associate with capitalism. As an example consider Pediatrics After Hours which operates in Dallas as a pediatric urgent care facility. Likewise Walmart operates Care Clinic in many of its stores. Who Is the Actual Customer?

Customer 59

Customer Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 59

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

No doubt you’re thinking about myriad administrative and organizational needs relating to accounting and finance, staffing, your product and service roadmap for the year and more. Since you have access to intelligent information, the question becomes — how will you aggregate and leverage all this data? Time to Act With Analytics.

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Artificial Inteligence Sales Cycle Colorado Retention 127

viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The key to your startup’s success is your sales, editorial or marketing operations most of which will be mainly happening offline. I have a degree in finance. Sales / Marketing. The tech stuff is *really* easy and replicable by many. Examples: Initial prototypes of Gilt, Groupon, Thrillist, Gawker Advice: Hire a Programmer.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Your operating budget for the holidays could very well be higher than normal, but you also need to think ahead to January and February. Stephen Sheinbaum is the founder of Bizfi , the premier fintech company combining aggregation, funding and a participation marketplace on a single platform for small businesses.

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Small Business Management United States Aggregator 100