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14 Interesting Findings From The Startup Genome Project

YoungUpstarts

This week Blackbox , founded by entrepreneurs Bjoern Lasse Herrmann and Max Marmer, released its first Startup Genome Report — a 67-page in depth analysis on what makes Silicon Valley startups successful based on profiling over 650 startups. Startups that pivot once or twice times raise 2.5x better user growth.

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Spectacles and $SNAP’s $20B Valuation

Austin Startup

In order to achieve 20x growth, Snap needs grow both of those metrics 4–5x. Had Facebook not purchased Instagram, Facebook’s aggregate numbers likely would have dipped as millennials have largely abandoned Facebook for Instagram and Snapchat. In summary: Snap’s current business doesn’t justify a $20B valuation.

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” Free Template for Great Startup Pitch Decks, Direct from VCs. What Are Your Valuation Expectations? ’ like all startups have to, but also “why invest now?'” Your pitch deck is central to fundraising success. ” (Rob Go).

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Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

Steve Blank

The solution I’m exploring is a just in time learning methodology that accelerates founders’ learning curve by aggregating relevant content, peers and mentors.&#. He set up Blackbox.vc, a seed accelerator for technology startups (and one of the tour stops for entrepreneurs from around the world.) Startup Genome Report.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. to motivate their angel community to support their startups. are using AngelMob.co

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As a VC or angel investor, how has your approach to investing changed over time?

Gust

Having now invested in over 85 startups, and finding that my personal metrics are very similar to aggregated industry ones, it is clear that (a) there is little to no correlation between my home runs and my personal favorites, and (b) angel investing done correctly really *can* produce a consistent IRR in the 25%-30% range.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995.