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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

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The reality of CAC is both the when you scale your acquisition “channel” costs usually go up plus when you find a great channel others notice it and drive up the costs as they compete with you in that channel. This can be a spectacular situation IF there is freely available capital to fund the company at good valuations.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. 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.”

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

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Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. 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.”

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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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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What’s it Like Being a VC?

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My job doesn’t involve the daily grind of customer complaints, product outages, business partner / channel problems, hiring / firing, etc. That is in stark contrast to the late 90’s goldrush where VC partners made millions overnight as their companies IPO’d for crazy valuations.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

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The trend of funding anything from the first $25k to funding $50 million at a billion+ valuation is unlikely to last as the skills and style to be effective at all stages are diverse enough to warrant focus. That makes both of these amazing companies great channels for startups. Facebook is a “platform cloud&# provider, too.

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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

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They monetize via high-priced advertisements during the prime-time airing on TV, via syndication to international audiences or less-watched channels after the original series has run and via DVD sales in retail channels. Of course it’s their right to do so and there is so much money involved you can hardly blame them.

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