Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2016

When asked how he figured out who his target market was, he responded, “I looked at the volume of sales in my city, from the property valuation administrator, and then looked for the ‘sweet spot.’ Step 5: Getting financed. That said, Morgan did do a fair bit of research himself. From there, I aimed for the upper end of that group.”.

Reputation 60

Reputation Cofounder Naming Business Plan 60

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

These people are true founders and entrepreneurs just like any venture backed company. Chaia was the result of our matched style toward food and our wish to bring seasonal, vegetable cuisine to DC. HW: How have you financed your business to date? BS: As co-founders, Suzanne and I are equal business partners 50/50.

Caching 70

Caching DC Social Media Finance 70

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

These people are true founders and entrepreneurs just like any venture backed company. Chaia was the result of our matched style toward food and our wish to bring seasonal, vegetable cuisine to DC. HW: How have you financed your business to date? BS: As co-founders, Suzanne and I are equal business partners 50/50.

Caching 48

Caching DC Social Media Finance 48

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. Knowing these will help a founder position her pitch to get investors’ attention. Founders need to keep their eye on the prize — not just the next funding round. Step 5: Series, C, D….

Cofounder 429

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. You may happen to emphasize the right points that pique an investor’s interest, but you shouldn’t leave your financing up to chance. Second, understand the broader financing climate. The professional domain will be one massively valuable network.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

The meme was kicked off by Chris Dixon with this post saying that term sheets need to be simplified and align investor / founder interests. Last to weigh in was Brad Feld whose blog post argues that the only 2 terms that should be negotiated are amount raised & valuation. I had multiple term sheets to do my Series A financing.

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Founder Vesting Vesting Founder Term Sheet 252

www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Valuation is an important aspect of VC deal terms, and a major determinant of your ultimate outcome. I unexpectedly found that it was more helpful to think about the company valuation as an output variable in the fund-raising equation. The net effect was more money raised, higher valuation and the same percentage of equity sold.

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Valuation Channel Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 42

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. Co-founded a company in the private jet business – sold to Virgin America. Part 2/3 of Interview: AngelList: A Quick Introduction and Interview with Founders Babak Nivi & Naval Ravikant – [Minutes: 23:00 – 55:00].

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Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Some of the delay is just overhang of a bad market but we may be delaying true supply/demand matching through the well-intentioned government’s attempt to stem price declines. VC funding is definitely back from the constipation that was 2009 replete with frothy valuations chasing dreams of the next Facebook, Groupon or Zynga.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Technical Review Balance Sheet Government 298

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 20, 2011

As you’d suspect, I was similarly ignorant of such things while watching the sale of ITWatchDogs (where I was a co-founder), and still harbored misconceptions as I went into the sale of Smart Bear. There’s many possibilities, each of which will cause a different valuation of your company. On top of that is lost time.

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Sales Channel Cofounder Valuation 260

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors. Investment banks simply do not match supply and demand. The vast majority of all bond offerings are priced using the order matching system.

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IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82