YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
If you’re goal is to get a valuation and sell then you need to be especially sure you have a good idea. Go the extra mile to find the coder who stays up all night and the graphic designer who spends their free time in museums. If you decide to be the manager/overseer, then stick to that role.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 6, 2014
My personal policy is to get the idea going, make it sustainable, hire passionate and experienced managers to take my place, then move on to the next challenge. I remain the major shareholder in a number of what we consider “built-to-last” companies, all with strong valuations and ROI potential.
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thinkspace.com
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
Manager or Junior Engineer 0.2 - 0.33. Along the way, I was hired full time (I believe about 8 months after I started), a coder from India was hired and another contractor was added to the team. already some initial funding does the company already have a valuation? Title Range (%). CEO 5 - 10. Board Member 1. link] Peter Chee.
Diego Basch
JULY 1, 2014
One manager talked about how they were a bit bummed because Yahoo had just surpassed their market valuation. Nobody seemed excited about open-sourcing the code, the original people were leaving, the coder gurus projected strange attitudes to a lowly candidate. During lunch came another red flag. I didn’t want to work there.
ReadWriteStart
MARCH 27, 2011
All these factors combined make it more likely for a single coder to create a one-time hit. Flips, on the other hand, thrive on trends: what better time for an entrepreneur to create a startup than when valuations are up, investments are quick, exits are plenty and deal flow is increase? Here's a tentative methodology for flips.
www.quora.com
JANUARY 16, 2011
Tools that technical people have had for years (project management methods and tools, programming frameworks, etc.) The more structured the effort of the 'distribution' people will be, the clearer the communication with design and technical people and the higher mutual respect/valuation. There is no cookie-cutter formula.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 9, 2011
Valuations were enormous relative to progress in companies. Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations.
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