Conversion Matching Revenue Seed Stage 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2013
The confidence, energy, passion and humor that are hallmarks of Jonathan became muted in the pressures of needing to show financial successes to match one’s enormous product vision and ambitions. His vision for social analytics and tracking the conversion funnel was better than any I had heard at the time (or since).
Hunter Walker
JULY 22, 2014
Hey founders, want to hear something incredibly frustrating about seed financing? You know the one that inevitably has you at $100 million in revenue by Year Three? Just* committing to grow customers or revenue or usage can still create a hollow company. Important to make sure your forecast and your operating plan match up!
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Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008).
Austin Startup
MAY 19, 2018
This one comes from personal experience, months into conversations and after reference checks (which went well) one particular VC decided he didn’t have commitment to the space. The number of those VCs who didn’t know our stage or who had some other part of their thesis that we didn’t match was also staggering.
mashable.com
NOVEMBER 3, 2010
For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. and Path Intelligence.
Agile VC
JANUARY 12, 2012
When a startup doesn’t match the stage where a particular investor focuses, founders may get a response along the lines of “This is interesting to us, but come back once you get from X phase to Y phase” That could be from seed stage to a larger Series A financing need, or to progress from pre-product to post-revenue.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 29, 2013
But they’ll sit up and pay attention when you talk about the customers and revenues of the business. We spend tremendous energy recruiting between 100 and 200 angels and seed-stage investors who may invest in your business. Have we built a SOLUTION that matches that problem? ii.actual REVENUE? TRACTION and GROWTH?
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