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. Monetization: virtual goods (1/3 of total revenues); Partnerships with major brands (currently partnered with H&M and Travel Channel); forecasted to hit 6mm users by end of Summer 2010.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

You have to be prepared for the grueling rigors of fundraising and repeated rejections, and difficult negotiations over valuation. Because we’ve learned the hard way that $100,000, which is six months of runway in Silicon Valley, is a retirement jackpot in half of Southeast Asia. Have we confirmed a CHANNEL to reach our market?

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

At this point, Greg is in the process of bringing in two additional investors, and the primary topics of our discussion were valuation and ROI issues around the new investors. We also discussed Dan's options vis-à-vis channel partners. If that does happen, I would say the investors will have done extremely well. Social Pulse.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

To turn your company’s stock into cash, you engaged a top-notch investment bank (Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs) and/or their Silicon Valley compatriots (Hambrecht & Quist, Montgomery Securities, Robertson Stephens). As long as the CEO’s behavior affects their employees not their customers or valuation, VCs often turn a blind eye.

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 21, 2011

As he embarks on his long-anticipated IPO road show, Groupon’s founder and CEO Andrew Mason will need to channel a bit of Howard Roark. I want Groupon to settle in at a strong valuation that generates wealth and further fuels the Chicago entrepreneurial ecosystem while returning capital to liquidity-starved investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. I would take a lower valuation in exchange for bringing in world-class investors that can create the right structure for future success.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

At the end of this post, we’ll discuss the valuation at each step (how much the investors value your company and therefore how much of it you need to give up to get this money) and how much revenue you should generate at each step.). On the other hand, in a SaaS business $1 in recurring annual revenue equals ~10x in valuation.).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did. The lesson was learned over 30 years in Silicon Valley: you create ecosystems where third-parties can innovate and thrive and you become the legitimate center of it all and can tax the system later.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here. You can register for the next roundtable here. She has founded three companies, writes a business blog, Sramana Mitra on Strategy , and runs the 1M/1M initiative.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here. You can register for the next roundtable here. She has founded three companies, writes a business blog, Sramana Mitra on Strategy , and runs the 1M/1M initiative.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

The missing link is finding the right channel and investment partner. Beyond Silicon Valley investors. Valuations that are unreasonable with no room to maneuver are a dead end and lead nowhere due to the entrepreneurs’ belief they’re the next Instagram. Branch out to other regions of the world.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. Billion Valuation, Multiple VCs Say – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. How Chicago Is Beating Silicon Valley At The Patent Game – [link]. Spotify Is Raising At A Stunning $3.5 – [link].

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. So how did this happen? Where is it going?

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

According to an interview with Elon Musk, this campaign cost Paypal about $60 million , which most Silicon Valley historians would consider money well spent. They return the favor by doing more banking business with said banks, and some of the windfall-money comes right back to the bank via other channels.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Posted by: Steve Weir | February 19, 2010 1:44 PM Awesome article!! Very inspiring. Posted by: Andrew Mager | February 19, 2010 2:45 PM Thanks Matt for sharing this insight.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Many complained about her communication style, finding it to be abusive when specific employees or groups were singled out on company Slack channels— particularly customer service employees when she thought the company was failing its customers. Maybe he’s just nicer in Slack channels? I have my doubts.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Roku Channel Store. Silicon Roundabout. silicon valley. Silicon Valley Bank. Silicon Wadi. Valley Venture Capital. valuations. Useful blogs and links for startups. Best of Y-Combinator Startup Advice. Best of Y- Combinator Startup Advice. VC Experts.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

and Excite in particular as well as all of the Internet companies with grandiose stock market valuations. What Zynga understood is that you need to go where the consumers are, capture those audiences, build a direct relationship and then diversify channel partners. At the time all telco’s were envious of Yahoo!

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