Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

” This is a frequent theme of mine when asked to speak to audience about the VC industry. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital! Instant growth = huge valuation from follow-on investors = big VC mark-up on our quarterly reports = LP interest. And headlines. And approbation. Grow or die.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

What matters to investors now is to drive startup valuations into unicorn territory (valued at $1 billion or more) via rapid growth – usually users, revenue, engagements but almost never profits. And if the company does go public, the valuations are at least 10x of the last bubble.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I asked what the audience most needed to hear. This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. In addition to FOMO it is partly driven by massive increase in valuations for earlier-stage companies who raised money at bit seed prices but who still have product risk. Why does all this matter?

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

ConversionXL

JULY 16, 2021

This will help you gauge who your audience is and how to speak to them at every customer touchpoint. Gumroad , a software that allows content creators to easily sell digital products, gets straight to the point with their unique selling proposition (USP) : They state exactly who their target audience is: creators.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

.” Let’s meet in the virtual world – Even as IRL events return, expect these virtual destinations to continue as a way to make events more accessible to a global audience, according to Ketchum. From virtual concerts to conferences, art installations and shopping events… this is the beginning of the metaverse.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

90% of the airtime around ownership and valuations is focused on what happens when the first check is written. Effective post money is the effective valuation of an investor’s dollars at any one time. Some folks in the audience jeered because I was young, inexperienced, and hadn’t been an investor when the internet bubble burst.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Lean product development strategy or MVP (Minimum Viable Product) refers to creating a product with core features and offering it to a specific audience to get feedback. They were able to take their market valuation to $1.0 Follow lean product development strategy (MVP strategy). billion just with the iOS MVP. . Do your design first.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

90% of the airtime around ownership and valuations is focused on what happens when the first check is written. Effective post money is the effective valuation of an investor’s dollars at any one time. Some folks in the audience jeered because I was young, inexperienced, and hadn’t been an investor when the internet bubble burst.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

As an appraiser, you would organize the valuation and sale of the contents of a property. People are living a lot longer, and that opens a new target audience. In most jurisdictions, you do not have to be licensed to start a business as an estate appraiser. However, research the requirements in your area to be sure.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2021

In recent years we’ve seen mega-rounds of investment and sky-high valuations. billion Series D round giving the company a valuation of about $14 billion!* Marketplaces are also catching the eye of investors. One of the highest we saw in 2020 was Ke.com , a Chinese platform for buying and selling properties. They raised a whopping $2.4

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

90% of the airtime around ownership and valuations is focused on what happens when the first check is written. Effective post money is the effective valuation of an investor’s dollars at any one time. Some folks in the audience jeered because I was young, inexperienced, and hadn’t been an investor when the internet bubble burst.

IRR 136

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 136

Gust

JULY 12, 2012

The goal was to share our experiences in the realm of angel investing with an array of global audiences, by participating in various lectures, discussions and workshops. On Wednesday, April 18th, I gave a keynote speech on US Startup Valuation Trends for the 1st Irish Angel Meetup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Here are eight key questions that will you get in the right ballpark with the right investors: Who is your investor audience? The average valuation for angel investments is $2 million, which will get you $500,000 for 20 percent of your startup. Every type of investor has comfortable ranges and limits.

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View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

What Are Your Valuation Expectations? But mainly we did it because these corporate VCs were among the only groups willing to invest at PayPal’s somewhat inflated post-money valuation, during the middle of the dot-com crash when traditional VCs pulled back sharply and other sources of funding were constrained.” ” (Rob Go).

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

And, if 2022 has taught us anything, it’s that brands need to be adaptable to change and meet their audience where they are. 29- Continued use of online market valuation tools Photo Credit: DJ Parker I have seen the use of apps and online market valuation tools intensify over the last few years and I think that will continue in 2023.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2020

Here are eight key questions that will you get in the right ballpark with the right investors: Who is your investor audience? The average valuation for angel investments is $2 million, which will get you $500,000 for 20 percent of your startup. Every type of investor has comfortable ranges and limits.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The company’s success has been largely driven by its developer-led freemium model, going from Series A funding to a valuation of $2.6B So you have to ask yourself if your free use case targets an audience large enough to create such a community. Guy: You’ve got to focus on the audience that’s likely to convert.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

As an early-stage investor that is not always aligned with my goal, which I would express as, “pay the right price for the stage & risk in a way that is fair to the founders yet preserves our ability to grow into our valuation at the next financing event.” It makes it extraordinarily hard to raise the next round of capital.

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Deal Flow Early Stage Investment Bankers Technical Review 347

VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

Donations/pledges – Patreon, the early mover of creator monetisation tools, raised $155M on a $4 billion valuation in April 2021 , tripling the valuation from a previous round in Sept 2020. Most creators build their audiences on Platforms etc. CREATORS SHOULD MAKE MONEY FOR THEIR WORK also DONT CHARGE ME FOR YOUR PODCAST

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Draw upon connections to help get an audience. Have a reasonable attitude about your early-stage valuation, and don’t get too hung up on it. Before sending an email to potential investors, take a look at their website and see what types of companies they’ve already invested in. Just make sure that the number you land on is sustainable.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 14, 2020

More importantly, it decreases your channel risk through diversification and also helps increase the overall valuation of your business. Connect With Your Audience. In addition to serving as a potential new source of customers for your store, a multichannel approach can also considerably up the value of your ecommerce business.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

The problem with this approach is that most of this information could be disseminated before the meeting and the time you have with what should be some of your most important mentors is wasted as they turn into an audience vs. counsellors. Your goal should be to have discussions with your board.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As a testament to the growing power of “the creator economy,” visual content creation app development startup Lightricks has secured an impressive $130 million investment round, at a valuation of $1.8 Audiences constantly consume information through the different content channels daily.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

As an early-stage investor that is not always aligned with my goal, which I would express as, “pay the right price for the stage & risk in a way that is fair to the founders yet preserves our ability to grow into our valuation at the next financing event.” It is not my proprietary deal flow. I haven’t built Y Combinator.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2019

Are you fresh out of Y Combinator with $1 million in funding at a $10 million valuation? Blenders don’t exactly energize an audience, but that didn’t stop Blendtec from developing a popular YouTube channel around their product. You must be the man (or woman)! Did the former head of the SEC just join your board of directors?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

intellectual properties or proprietary technologies) are giving you a competitive advantage, what makes your brand attractive to its target audience, and what tangible or intangible attributes are elevating your reputation in the marketplace.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Both businesses scaled beyond what their market could absorb, and revenues did not build at nearly the rate of audience increase. Venture investors need large scale to make large exit valuations, or in many cases are not interested in maintaining marginal companies. Adding to this is the extra risk undertaken by premature scaling.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2018

Valuation of finance metrics shall certainly give you an edge in the field. Targeting the wrong audience may prove to be a waste of time and resources. One of the integral parts of being proficient in business is the ability to prevent you from being used by others. Making assumptions. Money saved is money earned!

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 30, 2019

“Challenger brands, new entrants and start-ups don’t need expensive press, magazine and TV advertising campaigns that take a PhD to calculate the results for – they need cut-through, they need to build audience fast and they need to see quick return on their investment.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

… Checking In on Foursquare’s Valuation – [link]. Venture-Backed Commerce Sites Banking on TV Ads to Lure in Audiences | AllThingsD – [link]. Venture-Backed Commerce Sites Banking on TV Ads to Lure in Audiences | AllThingsD – [link]. Just got acquired? – [link]. Want to create a new habit?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Current round: $35mm in Series C (extension of Series B at higher valuation) from General Atlantic, Matrix Partners. Tested platform on San Francisco’s Live 105; then scaled out for national syndication with positive audience uplift. -CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why not go further, develop more valuation, customer experience, and really, deeply validate the business? Kristen's primary audience is young professional women 25-45 shopping for themselves, with creative or professional interests, contemporary lifestyles, and residing in urban areas.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The law of large numbers (of customers) says you cant help but make at least some money - your valuation is determined by how well you monetize the tidal wave of growth. The spread between your LTV and blended CPA determines either your profitability or your rate of growth, and a high valuation depends on balancing these two factors.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Her background includes senior roles in both the banking and tech sectors, and she has launched four data businesses—including her current firm, New Frontier Data , which boasts a $20 million valuation and has received $5 million in funding. Giadha Aguirre de Carcer via Her Agenda. Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake, via the Los Angeles Times.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

And look at the valuation creep across the board in the past year. Perhaps our audience isn’t always each other (although I read Fred & Brad daily). Whatever the situation is – it’s now clear that even if they WANTED to collude they couldn’t. They don’t have market power. So my final word?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

A new flock of startups has launched to support content creators to craft (videos, art, newsletters, music, games, courses, etc), find an audience, generate income (subscriptions, tipping, ecommerce, NFTs, etc) and engage their communities. The creator economy market map, Singalfire. I’d love to chat!

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 20, 2021

My audience loves it, as for me, it has shown me that no matter where I am, I can still create good content for my audience if I can find the inspiration. 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. Thanks to Thomas Fultz, Coffeeble ! #5-

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