Haystack

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Fitbit was started in a previous startup era, raised about $65M in venture capital, went public in 2015, and reached heights of over a $4B market cap. in revenues (with 100M devices sold, about 25% still in use). 1/ High End And Low End Disruption – Fitbit ended up owning nearly one quarter of the wearables market.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Venture Capital Aggregator Mobile 100

Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2013

on medical device revenues, regardless of profitability delays or cash-flow breakeven. Venture Capital Issues. Early stage Venture Capital for medical device startups has dried up. The amount of capital being invested in new device companies is at an 11 year low. Venture Capital.

Startup 294

Startup Venture Capital Lean IPO 294

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Given the predictability of SaaS GAAP revenues on a quarterly basis, the fact that the 08/09 projections were unchanged is not a surprise. Given that the revenues are not growing very fast, this means that most of the companies have reduced their sales force and focused on productivity improvement. Venture Capital. (3).

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

But Chicago-based startup MentorMob ( www.mentormob.com ) wants to change that – the free, community-based collaborative service aims to aggregate and organize the best online educational content on any topic, so it’s easier to find. The company is currently seeking first-round venture capital and institutional funding.

Illinois 165

Illinois Aggregator Chicago Widget 165

Venture Chronicles

MAY 26, 2010

This is the “tastes great, less filling&# debate that recurs on a regular basis in the venture capital and entrepreneur communities. I’d be willing to bet that more investors lose a great amount of aggregate capital here than at any other stage.

Lean 40

Lean Early Stage Valuation Startup 40

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

He is on the board of the Angel Resource Institute, and is a partner with Montlake Capital (a late stage growth capital fund) and with Revenue Capital Management (a royalty based lender). This is absolutely competitive with venture capital returns. He’s c0-authored two books and many academic articles.

Angel Investor 103

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 103

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Yesterday I wrote Part 1 of the series on the changes to the software industry over the past decade that has led to changes in the venture capital industry itself. The Amazon AWS-led revolution of startup innovation has led to a massive increase in the aggregate number of startups. This led to an explosion in startups.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Most importantly, the phrase “ bootstrapping a startup ” translates into “growing your business with little or no venture capital or outside investment. It means relying on your own savings and revenue to operate and expand.”. It is worth noting that while this is challenging to achieve, it is incredibly rewarding to do so.

Bootstrapping 85

Bootstrapping Global Startup Hungary 85

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . 645 Ventures released a cap table simulator to help level the playing field. Capital has built a free online tool for founders to calculate their cost of capital.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

I recently had an extensive debate with Tom about why and whether small funds (like mine, ff Venture Capital ) tend to outperform large funds (like his). I argue that, just as with hedge funds and mutual funds, the larger the venture capital fund, the more difficult it is to generate strong returns.

LP 114

LP Securities and Exchange Commission Silicon Valley Venture Capital 114

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

You see, Dan knows more about venture than most people; and if Dan isn’t aware that “pre-seed is a thing,” then I haven’t done a good enough job of explaining to the world what I and K9 do! Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. 6M-$15M used to scale customer acquisition and revenue).

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Eloqua is bringing this revolution to the B2B marketers by providing on-demand applications and best-practice expertise for B2B marketers to execute, automate and measure effective marketing programs that drive revenue. Venture Capital. (3). Explore Venture Capital. Favorite Podcasts. (1). internet. (6).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This round was led by the prestigious global funds of Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital. At the time of funding, their revenue for the year to date had already exceeded $200 million. It is understandable why venture capital money is flooding in, as Lightricks is seen as a leader in a fast-growing market.

Venture Capital 167

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Valuation Social Media 167

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 6, 2016

A classic Business Stretch Goal is the subject line of this post: Doubling Your Business’ revenue in 12 short months. To demonstrate, let's break that “Double Revenues in 2016” Stretch Goal down into a series of Attainable Goals whereby we improve performance of the below four key business processes by just 20% each : 1. 20% Better.

Sales 48

Sales Aggregator Campaign Revenue 48

The Entrepreneurial Mind

JULY 7, 2010

Most people forget that the majority of businesses fail within six years, leaving them with zero revenues." Nor does it need to be for them to make an aggregate impact on economic growth. He is at it yet again in a post at Small Business Trends. Let me address a few of his comments in this post. Nor should it be.

Small Business 67

Small Business Venture Capital Government Aggregator 67

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The company has just missed its quarterly revenue forecast. Lets take an example, and look at how they might do this: They will be able to tell you that revenue is composed of deals. To compute revenue, you multiply average deal size by number of deals. Bookings is the pre-cursor to Revenue. Obvious, isn’t it?

Metrics 55

Metrics Design Entrepreneur Startup 55

Growthink Blog

MARCH 14, 2018

No, those next levels of competitive business striving - toward double digit and beyond revenue growth, real and tangible profit, meaningful asset aggregation, and toward brands, cultures, and reputations that stand the test of time.

Balance Sheet 48

Balance Sheet Jordan Non-Compete Aggregator 48

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

We faced this same problem in entrepreneurship and venture capital, but we are getting past it. What is the right revenue model? The problem is that there are no other metrics they can look at to judge the content of a book to know if it’s worth reviewing. In other words, what is the minimum viable product ?

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

I run through the math here , with the net result of revenue increasing by 2.4X The key is having the know-how to source the right vendors and then leading them such that they seamlessly work together as to “de facto” become in their aggregate part of a full-time, in house team. via these “cascading” 20% improvements. #4.

Aggregator 48

Aggregator Global Business Plan Demand 48

Pascal's View

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Seller financial performance: acquisitions remain heavily weighted toward Sellers with revenue, and Sellers in the aggregate continue to show improved earnings since 2009. Earn-outs: usage of financial metrics (revenue and earnings) and multi-metric achievement tests is declining, accompanied by a shift toward longer earn-out periods.

Acquisition 31

Acquisition Merger Dilution Aggregator 31

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Most large healthcare IT systems are chosen based on one primary objective: revenue management. healthcare system is complex and difficult, and most of these large EHR systems’ number one purpose is to deliver revenue. Our venture capital firm, Benchmark, has made four investments consistent with the “customer-first” theme.

Customer 59

Customer Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 59

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

As a result, AdWords boasts over one million customers and over $30B in annual revenue. Unfortunately, conversion improvements typically are the aggregate gain of 100 tiny improvements, not one silver bullet. Nearly every Internet company on the planet has invested in some form of the first activity, customer acquisition.

Metrics 93

Metrics Conversion Internet Acquisition 93

Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

What is revenue going to look like? That if you are getting venture capital money, that if you are an angel investor, you’re going to want a business plan and if you are going to a bank, you might need a business plan, but other than that, I don’t need a plan. I want to have enough revenue to hire a manager.

Forecast 60

Forecast Video Business Plan United States 60

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue. Competition also has access to capital.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. During this year they.

Cofounder 89

Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 89

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding, try our free Funding Recommendation Engine to identify a list of angels, venture capital and state grant programs that best match your business. spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. Think of it as 7 bonus post-mortems on the house.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 11, 2010

Marissa Meyer as a non-founder at Google or some new female tech entrepreneur who statistically won't create nearly as many jobs and revenues as Marissa does everyday--because startups, no matter what the color or gender of the founder, are hard. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. Most of them don't work.

San Francisco 108

San Francisco New York City Aggregator New York 108

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

12 cloud IPOs in the past 2 years: One from Europe SaaS companies are thriving in the public markets, with their aggregated market cap grew 350% since 2011, and 12 cloud companies going public in the past 24 months. These 12 have performed well, with an aggregate $2.6 Nothing is perfect, and we might have missed some great companies.

Europe 83

Europe Cloud API 83

Gust

DECEMBER 12, 2011

OK, read the next two words slowly: generate revenue. Sorry, yes, I know how retro this sounds. Of course, I fully appreciate that all these social networking things are very, very different from the wishful days of the 90s, when “aggregated eyeballs” were as good as currency (until the tech crash came). Are you sure?

IPO 70

IPO Social Network Revenue Aggregator 70

David Teten

JULY 21, 2011

ff Venture Capital is launching a periodic Meetup for people who work in the innovation community and who are parents of pre-teen children. Our Venture Partner Michael Yavonditte (father of a 2-year-old) and I (girls ages 6, almost 4, and 8 months) are leading this. ”, which in aggregate is quite a large company.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Affiliate Aggregator Community 60

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list!

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 17, 2010

could all be little applications that built on top of the audience, offered by the organizer, that Eventbrite aggregates right at the start of the event participation process. A marketplace of apps could be a major revenue driver for the company—it is for the hosting companies who have site creation tools that they sell a la carte.

API 94

API Cloud Venture Capital Widget 94

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The timing is perfect, there is more than a little overlap with Vivek Wadhwa’s guest post on venture capital earlier today. Tony P great, though meebo’s place as a “successful&# start up is still open to debate – from consumer IM aggregator to white label IM, still not making big $$. Johnny Good post.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world. 41% of them feel that they qualify for venture capital funding. Add to this that 72.7%

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

Expect to see an uprising of startups providing software layers to protect end users and aggregate public data on them so they have awareness of what their digital footprints look like. In any case, all shareholders care about is the aggregate profit and ROI. Australia might possibly be one of the worst offenders. Sleeper cars…?

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

Start Up Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

Expect to see an uprising of startups providing software layers to protect end users and aggregate public data on them so they have awareness of what their digital footprints look like. In any case, all shareholders care about is the aggregate profit and ROI. Australia might possibly be one of the worst offenders. Sleeper cars…?

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Australia Artificial Inteligence 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

T he response rate has been overwhelming and we ended up with 40+ companies and 80+ attendees, most of them CEOs and CxOs of leading public and private saas companies representing around 80% of the revenues of the SaaS industry in 2007. Your key business metrics are CMRR (Contracted Monthly Recurring Revenue) and cash. internet. (6).

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48