B2B B2C Early Stage Valuation 
OnlyOnce
DECEMBER 8, 2021
I divided my response into “early stage” and “later stage” founders. Here’s a summary of what I said about early stage founders. Have you run your idea or wireframes by different segments, different buyers, different sizes of company (if B2B) or lots of different demographics (if B2C)?
Steve Blank
MAY 29, 2011
Max and his partners interviewed and analyzed over 650 early-stage Internet startups. Today they released the first Startup Genome Report — a 67 page in-depth analysis on what makes early-stage Internet startups successful. longer to reach scale stage compared to a founding team of 2 and they are 2.3x
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OnlyOnce
OCTOBER 31, 2013
If you’re fortunate enough to have built a really strong early stage company, you will find yourself in the position of being able to pick from a number of potential venture investors. Look for VC portfolios that have a lot of “like” companies (B2B, B2C, media, tech, etc.).
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. 1) Market fund. 6) Negotiate deal.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 21, 2020
Topics we covered: B2B Companies You haven’t seen the full extent to how the correction is going to affect you. B2C Companies We talked about how some companies saw an immediate decline in purchasing (for example if you’re in travel or hospitality). Optimize for a 1 not a 0 more than exact valuations now. Raise when you can.
The Startup Toolkit
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
Vision for B2B, sales-driven technology. Vision for B2C, virality-driven community. The financials immediately jump out when we talk about term sheets: what’s the valuation? In an early stage deal, you check the numbers to avoid getting exploited, but you make your decision based on the investors. The people.
The Startup Toolkit
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
Vision for B2B, sales-driven technology. Vision for B2C, virality-driven community. The financials immediately jump out when we talk about term sheets: what’s the valuation? In an early stage deal, you check the numbers to avoid getting exploited, but you make your decision based on the investors. The people.
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