K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Low supply of companies with traction drove the valuations and deal sizes up. In that presentation, I said that Seed is not the first round of financing any more and that K9’s investments were mostly “pre-seed”. Valuations are rising to match. The risk here is what I refer to as the curse of over-capitalization. The Epilogue.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Entrepreneurs with businesses in Asia know that fundraising here can be a daunting task. With this in mind, I would like to use my experience as an entrepreneur, having closed several sizable rounds of investment around Asia over the last six years, to help explain the landscape as it currently stands.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

A couple weeks ago, I attended the 13th Silicon Valley Annual VC/Entrepreneur luncheon organized by NVCA. china tour beijing tour beijing travel china tour tibet tour tibet travel computer monitoring software employee monitoring. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation.

Software Review 48

Software Review Silicon Valley Technical Review Software 48

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ll focus for now on the business itself, there’s plenty of other info on the web if you care to understand the equity ownership or financing history of Facebook and frankly this has been fairly well known for awhile. ==. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Facebook, Inc. Author howerl.

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IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. I have been talking about my concerns about valuations for the past couple of years because, well, they’ve been rising very rapidly the past two years!

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Much of the valuations around the consumer web are rationalizing, and because of that, investors are once again focused on understanding business models. We can perhaps look to China, where social platforms are much more fragmented and organized around interests and demographics. There is no “Facebook of China.”

Social Media 47

Social Media Vertical Advertising Distribution 47

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The IPO market remained closed to IT startups, but there were big acquisitions like Google buying YouTube for $1.65B (Fall 2006) and late stage financing rounds for companies like Facebook (Microsoft round at $15B valuation in Fall 2007). Kevin Rose was on the cover of BusinessWeek.

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LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

of the world’s population — has more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any country in the world save the United States and China. Sixty-three percent of startups currently scaling up are run by Israeli entrepreneurs with prior founding experience. For good reason: A tiny country of only 8 million people — 0.1% That’s the good news.

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

china tour beijing tour beijing travel china tour tibet tour tibet travel computer monitoring software employee monitoring. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Yahoo Finance. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. anecdotes.

Software Review 48

Software Review Software Technical Review Cloud 48

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. So I agreed to offer my current thinking on the economy and what it portends for the VC industry & fund raising for entrepreneurs. raise money now to weather any storms).

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Balance Sheet Government 298

www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Heres What That Led To Explosive Growth For Chinese And Indian Entrepreneurs. Heres What That Led To Explosive Growth For Chinese And Indian Entrepreneurs. Look How Much More Expensive Luxury Items Got In China This Year. Look How Much More Expensive Luxury Items Got In China This Year. Clusterstock. Your Money.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup Valuation Venture Capital 54

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

china tour beijing tour beijing travel china tour tibet tour tibet travel computer monitoring software employee monitoring. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Yahoo Finance. buy wow gold. My Investments. CornerstoneOnDemand.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

China has simply become the factory. Risk capital has emerged in China, India and other countries where risk taking, innovation and liquidity are encouraged, on a scale previously only seen in the U.S. A 20 th century VC was likely to have an MBA or finance background. or Euro-centric phenomenon.

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Restful Silicon Valley Puerto Rico San Jose 243

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Managewith.us - Collaborative Task Manager Mavenlink - manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments Industrial Logic – Agile eLearning Misc Office Help Google Apps – cloud mail server, calendar, docs, etc.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

A group of Seedcamp entrepreneurs started a startup tools wiki for that purpose, and we thought it would be well suited here. easy business finance software. Sourcing in China. Smart China Sourcing. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. List of Angel/SuperAngel Investors for entrepreneurs.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

I believe the massive valuation increases in cryptocurrencies we’ve witnessed of late are not based on any fundamentals other than speculation and a drive for a quick profit by many who have gained from the market hype. China has already made moves to massively curtain Bitcoin activities so that should be a clue of what is to come.

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Government Distribution Stock United States 280

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Essentially, we got here by entrepreneurs having too much of a good thing. And because capital requirements are lower, entrepreneurs are holding onto more ownership, making it a lot easier to flip your company for less than, say, $30 million and become very rich. More cash equals more entrepreneurs who get to start companies.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93