Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

In particular, Bill Sahlman’s Entrepreneurial Finance course was excellent. I think a lot of entrepreneurs don’t fully understand how venture capital works. It’s not like after completing the class I was prepared to negotiate a term sheet. For example, MBA students take classes on accounting and finance.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2017

CDFIs may be credit unions, economic development entities, nonprofit lenders, small banks, microfinance lenders, venture capital firms, or community development corporations focused on low- to moderate-income housing. CDFI program awardees financed 13,300 businesses. To find a CDFI, visit the Opportunity Finance Network.

Community 117

Community Technical Review United States New York City 117

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Today, Europe and Israel have generated 23 public companies worth $231B and private cloud financing reached c. The $900M of SaaS VC funding in 2015 now represents less than Europe's largest financing round, with Celonis raising $1B in June this year. Private cloud companies in the US, Europe and Israel have raised a whopping $78B YTD.

Global 62

Global Europe Software Review 62

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Finance where needed. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. Venture capital is an industry best served up from 7-year aged casks. We need some visibility. Let’s make sure each has enough cash.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. Metrics like Return on Net Assets, Return on Capital and Internal Rate of Return are the guiding stars of the board and CEO.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Finally, for those of you who need some additional infusion of courage, please study the story of Ryan Allis in North Carolina who bootstrapped his company iContact to $1 million in revenue and THEN raised venture capital to get to $40 million. So, please don't get discouraged; there are many paths to success.

North Carolina 116

North Carolina San Diego Entrepreneur Balance Sheet 116

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Personal balance sheets are still stretched: The problem in the US starts & ends with “consumerism” that was fueled by artificially high real estate prices, which drove up spending and the stock market. I’m a venture capital investor so I will still be looking to make investments. In the end.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Technical Review Balance Sheet Government 298

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

No doubt you refer to your income statement and your bank account for the basics, but the truth is most businesses ignore the most powerful financial tools in the accounting arsenal: the balance sheet and the cash flow statement. The Balance Sheet. An income statement is usually prepared monthly, quarterly or annually.

Balance Sheet 136

Balance Sheet Small Business .Net Finance 136

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

It’s a lot easier to get these numbers to look great by outsourcing everything, getting assets off the balance sheet and only investing in things that pay off fast. Second, the leaders of these companies tended to be those who excelled at finance, supply chain or production.

Architecture 227

Architecture IRR Balance Sheet Liquidity Event 227

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

The combination of Venture Capital and technology startups is only about 50 years old. Rather than invent a new form of corporate governance, venture investors adopted the traditional board meeting structure from large corporations. Silicon Valley, New York). Here’s how. Because We’ve Always Done It This Way. The Wrong Metrics.

Silicon Valley 290

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 290

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

The combination of Venture Capital and technology startups is only about 50 years old. Rather than invent a new form of corporate governance, venture investors adopted the traditional board meeting structure from large corporations. Silicon Valley, New York). Here’s how. Because We’ve Always Done It This Way. The Wrong Metrics.

Silicon Valley 258

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 258

Up and Running

MAY 30, 2022

This includes financial statements such as your profit and loss, cash flow, balance sheet, and sales forecast. Which can lead to more funding down the road from both venture capitals and banks alike. It forces you to think through all aspects of your business, from marketing and sales to operations and finance.

Business Plan 150

Business Plan Balance Sheet Revenue Metrics 150

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

For startups and high-growth businesses, as you scale and encounter new milestones and obstacles, you will be faced with the question of how to finance and plan for that growth. Luckily for founders, the ways in which you can finance your startup are varied based on your business model, your preference, your goals, and timeline, and so on.

Covenant 60

Covenant Institutional Investors Balance Sheet Warrant 60

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

What I want to talk about today is one of the insider baseball discussions of our industry this past week: The odd fact of the $500 million financing round completed just before the company sold for a B. Just checked their balance sheet. They have $339 million in cash on their balance sheet. Was this a good thing?

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Valuation Balance Sheet Dilution Term Sheet 316

Haystack

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

venture capital to date (more on this in a separate post), unfortunately relegating billion-dollar exits as “ho-hum” events to the technology crowd. price tag squeezed out by BlackBerry represented *over half* of the actual cash reserves it had sitting on its balance sheet. 1/ Cash Is King: The $1.4B

Acquisition 62

Acquisition Artificial Inteligence Balance Sheet Cofounder 62

David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

I’ve often found it helpful to have on hand a simple model showing the impact of each financing stages on all team members, suitable for sharing with everyone in the company. Enter Raul: This capital table startup options valuation model was created with the purpose of valuing options for an illiquid, early-stage start-up.

Employee 155

Employee IRR Startup Mexico 155

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2017

This was an artifact of the last 30 years of venture capital, where VCs often would use the board meeting as the way to primarily engage with the company. It includes P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements. Historically, the number of board meetings I had per company was all over the place.

Balance Sheet 70

Balance Sheet Metrics SEC Distribution 70

Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

Not to worry, I was busy working on closing the Series B financing for iControl Networks. I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. Labels: CFO , home security , M and A , venture capital , venture financing. Venture News.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Balance Sheet 28

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

There are three key financial documents of any business that go here: an income statement, a balance sheet, and a cash flow statement. times the size of the global venture capital industry today. Both partners devote comparable finances, resources, and labor into making the business work. Financial plan.

Angel Investor 85

Angel Investor Small Business Business Plan Intellectual Property 85

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 7, 2015

private equity firms and $515 billion on the balance sheets of leading tech. Barring that, on balance for entrepreneurs and executives out there seeking to make their mark, 2015 is looking nice and juicy. Business Planning Entrepreneurship Financing Investing Jay Turo Management Venture Capital'

Balance Sheet 48

Balance Sheet Private Equity Venture Capital .Net 48

Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. million for the year, which is the first time it has been below $5 million since 2001, a sign that capital efficiency will be even more important than it has.

Venture Capital 28

Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I took a job in corporate finance as an intern my junior year at First Interstate Bank and I did system design on the side, as my main job was corporate planning.

NPV 337

NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Price shifts at the top of the market, starting with the public markets and quickly spreading to the public market investors who had been dipping into the late stage private markets and continuing from there, will and are clearly changing pricing across all stages of private market financings.

Marketing 48

Marketing Balance Sheet Valuation Venture Capital 48

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

The combination of Venture Capital and technology startups is only about 50 years old. Rather than invent a new form of corporate governance, venture investors adopted the traditional board meeting structure from large corporations. Because We've Always Done It This Way. What's Wrong With a Board Meeting?

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

Growthink Blog

MARCH 14, 2018

With your balance sheet? Does Your Business Have REAL Competitive Advantage? Are you beating the competition in all aspects of your business? With your marketing? With your culture? With your strategy? With your profits? Well if so, kudos to you and keep on keeping on!

Balance Sheet 48

Balance Sheet Jordan Non-Compete Aggregator 48

BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 14, 2004

Finance: -Plan vs. budget – income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement. R&D: -Summary development plan of key features to be delivered for quarter and current progress -Bug report broken out by severity-should also track resolution and time outstanding against prior months/quarters.

Balance Sheet 99

Balance Sheet Technical Review Framework Stock Options 99

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

You should have a good solid executive summary, you should have full financials, and that means a projected balance sheet, P&L and cash flow. This is the part that people hate the most, unless you’re a finance geek. Pitching a Business entrepreneur funding pitching startup venture capital webinar'

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Financial Strengths : Our balance sheet is strong and our cash flow is predictable. Sales Strengths :Our marketing-to-sales to conversion is excellent, perhaps driven by a great sales culture, CRM technology, etc. Operations Strengths : Our operational systems allow us to deliver high quality at low cost.

Balance Sheet 48

Balance Sheet Non-Compete eCommerce Differentiation 48

Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Everyone seems to know someone who has raised huge amounts of venture capital without ever putting together even back of the envelope projections. How much needs to be shown in the form of a cashflow statement, and balance sheet? Labels: entrepreneurial finance , financial analysis , venture capital.

Silicon Valley 35

Silicon Valley San Jose Hockey Stick Venture Capital 35

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

billion shekels and a combined balance sheet of 20 billion shekels will be entitled to a company tax rate of 8% in the center of the country if they invest at least 800 million shekels in capital improvements. in 2010, and for employees in the banking, finance and insurance sectors 64%.

Architecture 92

Architecture Dividend Minneapolis 92

www.theverge.com

JUNE 20, 2012

A string quartet played a medley of pop radio hits as several hundreds startup founders, Goldman Sachs bankers, and venture capital investors, chatted over drinks inside a gleaming neon temple of Angel Orensanz in lower Manhattan. The IPO was so bad for finance that there were ZERO IPOs in June, the first time in 40 years.

IPO 48

IPO Stock Switzerland Valuation 48