Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If you had huge customer growth but just didn’t focus on revenue that’s a different story. One of them is profitability.
Version One Ventures
JULY 22, 2014
More money is flowing in from a new crop of angels, newly wealthy from a number of tech IPOs. If not, revenue from your customers will be your best source of financing. News Angel investor AngelList Bootstrapping funding Seed money Series A round Startup company venture capital' Is your opportunity at least $100M?
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Version One Ventures
DECEMBER 14, 2016
At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. Of course, upcoming IPOs like Snapchat will bring some added excitement to the industry. They make their products cheaper and easier to use in order to appeal to more customers. Looking ahead to 2017.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 17, 2017
I want to understand how many units the company is selling, whether this is increasing over time and how well they’re doing at retaining the customers that they do acquire. Do 20% of the customers make 80% of the revenue or do the top 3 customers represent 80% of the revenue. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 18, 2012
Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. Sign up customers who are paying you money for a service you can’t 100% guarantee is going to be operational for the full period that they’re expecting.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 31, 2019
It’s meant to support and grow a business until an “exit” in the form of an IPO, a merger or acquisition, or in less than ideal scenarios, a company shutdown. First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital. Morgan credit card business to acquire tons of Square customers at a very low cost.
Gust
OCTOBER 2, 2014
Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. Sign up customers who are paying you money for a service you can’t 100% guarantee is going to be operational for the full period that they’re expecting. Many times it’s less.
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