David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

You may be able to generate revenue, but VCs want exponential growth. The market for our product was global, and we had unique advantages in terms of our product and how we distributed it to customers. Like you, they’re looking for opportunity. Be ready when it counts. But I also faced some significant hurdles.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 118

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Maker announced it has raised $62 million this year, acquired an amazing off-YouTube distribution network and grown its business in monetary terms by almost 300% year-over-year off of an already large base. but not that this justifies take a 45% revenue share. This revenue share comes after the YouTube split.

Networking 366

Networking Media Distribution Video 366

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

To illustrate, let’s investigate two typical company scenarios: Company Scenario #1: A company lacking great financial traction - slow revenue growth, little profit - but one that competes in an industry attractive to strategic and financial buyers. Many distribution, manufacturing, and service businesses fit this description.

Harvest 48

Harvest IP Software Review Forecast 48

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2019

IP & Technology. It’s important that you know the value of your IP and position yourself for a good startup exit. If you have real IP, patents, and trademarks, your startup is going to be worth a lot more. Distribution & Customers. Acquiring revenues can be very important. Sometimes they sue instead.

Intellectual Property 102

Intellectual Property IP Acquisition Startup 102

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Part 6: Distribution channels in Life Sciences. Part 7: Revenue Streams in Life Sciences. If they didn’t have a compelling value proposition for the insurers (cost savings, increased revenue, etc.) In medical devices, understanding reimbursement, regulation and IP is critical. They learned a ton.

Lean 241

Lean Customer Development IP Agile 241

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

This slinging of whatever against the wall to see what sticks does not a market make, is to me a sign of too much capital in the wrong hands, and it's already the most over invested area in recent years- in both human and financial capital- particularly relative to revenue. Otherwise it's a great idea.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Trend to watch : an equivalent to MCNs (Multi Channel Networks) on the early days of YouTube where creators band together to generate economies of scale (and share revenue). Copyright, or the lack thereof – it’s hard for creators to prevent illegal distribution of their IP.

Aggregator 207

Aggregator Vertical Audience Seed Stage 207

Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

They’ve learned the best distribution channel to get the product from their company to the customer. They’ve figured out the revenue model (subscription, license, direct sale, etc.) Therefore, in a large company, failure to meet a goal – revenue, product delivery, service, etc.– and how to price the product.

Widget 120

Widget Lean Business Model Metrics 120

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Sure, the revenue & margin will be significantly lower than traditional TV. Before this South Korean wonder spread across the globe I had written about a trend in global audiences that exists when the costs of production are nearly zero and the costs of distribution are also nearly free. think Apple.

Video 380

Video Audience Global Distribution 380

Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

Last week the teams tested their Revenue Models hypotheses: what are customers willing to pay for? The concept of Partners , took some explanation as some teams confused partners with the Distribution Channel.). Of real interest was their evolving view of their revenue model. Any IP you need to license? How many people?

South Dakota 217

South Dakota Business Model Lean United States 217

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Company plans to use money to expand inventory and distribution capabilities, and build more social features. Revenue of ~$160mm in 2008. TechCrunch. GroupSpaces.

IPO 242

IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2023

So I've got my three year plan and it's mapped out exactly what's gonna happen, you know, 36 months from now where our revenue's gonna be and this is a plan and we're sticking to it. So the example I give is we call a turn in a roadway, A turn, but it's really not, it's just a non-linear distribution of asphalt.

Technical Review 66

Technical Review Cofounder Kansas City Tulsa 66

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Justin is looking for a more efficient customer acquisition model, and my suggestion to him was to look into using distributors, instead of trying to do all the development and then also all the distribution himself. The IP vendor does about $2 million to $3 million a quarter, but the market leader is EDA giant Synopsys. D-Logic Inc.

Bootstrapping 113

Bootstrapping IP India Silicon Valley 113

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. Furthermore, the steady cashflow in the Western market also comes about because of one key factor: the distribution model. The relatively straightforward distribution model in the US for mobile app developers is contrasted by a landscape in China that is simply put, a maze.

China 122

China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

Either protectable IP or at least hard IP. Direct Revenue : The company must have a direct revenue model. No distributed teams, and no outsourced product development. Technical Product : The product must have some technical depth. No retail, no cleantech, no biotech etc.

Seed Stage 61

Seed Stage San Francisco IP Portfolio 61

Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

In grocery, which represents over half of Walmart’s revenues, it plans to add 1,000 online grocery order pickup locations in 2018 in stores around the US; in December 2017 it unveiled a meal kit option and a partnership with Buzzfeed that will integrate Buzzfeed recipes with Walmart groceries. Increase in-store efficiency.

Acquisition 94

Acquisition Hawaii Partner Non-Compete 94

The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

If a startup gets paid via a revenue share arrangement, the potential exists for the large company to exercise their early-termination rights and get their white-label app’s users free-of-charge (or worse, the IP). The Distribution Channel. Tags: Startup Issues IP mobile applications white label.

Mobile 50

Mobile IP Intellectual Property Vesting 50

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model.   Pre-bubble Siliicon Valley deals were popularly valued at multiples of revenue. This is why a bottom up approach is more credible.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

If a startup gets paid via a revenue share arrangement, the potential exists for the large company to exercise their early-termination rights and get their white-label app’s users free-of-charge (or worse, the IP). The Distribution Channel. Tags: Startup Issues IP mobile applications white label.

Mobile 44

Mobile IP Intellectual Property Vesting 44

Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

From choosing a legal entity or jurisdiction to properly documenting IP assignments and stock issuances to complying with securities laws and avoiding potentially enormous tax penalties in the future, there is plenty here to warrant consulting a professional. Strategic partnership or distribution agreements.

Intellectual Property 139

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Delaware Stock 139

Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

In case you don’t know, many of them of have the pleasure of only paying 1% tax on their revenue. Their ‘so called’ profit numbers are much lower than you’d expect them to be based on their revenues. So low, that you’d probably close down the business if your profit to revenue ratios ever got that low. tax on $10 of revenue.

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Australia Singapore Government 48

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Bunting worked with At Home In The Country to add personalized product recommendations to their site, which resulted in a… 13% increase in revenue. The onboarding process brought more people to the core value, thus increasing revenue and improving retention. 3% increase in average visit duration. increase in conversions.

Web 48

Web Software Review Jordan Technical Review 48

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

flavor of a question-and-answer, poll-your-friends site with a distant revenue model and no user acquisition strategy. Ran if for two years before we shut it down with almost no revenue achieved. Whether or not the new distribution models ultimately took off, its a good bet that the world would be a little less red today.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

To be specific, AdWords is currently 16 years old, and last year alone it generated well over $50B in revenue. Because she understood the potential for IP-based syndicated content technology, Alex started searching for new and useful ways to put this technology to use. Legal wasn't used to distribution via IP enabled devices.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups. Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP.

SBA 124

SBA Technical Review Startup 124

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

One thing worth considering is that your gross margins will tell you whether certain distribution channels are viable?—?for Have you thought about how potential IP theft would impact your business? These add up very quickly. for instance, success at Costco requires a particularly high margin type of product.

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Gaming as a category generated $200 billion in revenue in 2021 and is expected to continue to grow, especially amongst the younger generation. billion revenue in 2021 for Epic Games in 2021, much of it on users purchasing ‘skins’ or clothing for their virtual avatars. Fortnite generated $5.8 Cloud Gaming Hiccups.

Cloud 198

Cloud Bandwidth IP Global 198

VC Cafe

JUNE 7, 2010

A quick review of the terms shows that Kehalim will pay 70% of the affiliate revenue generated through your site’s links. Similar to Adsense, payments are accumulated until the site reaches $100 in revenue, and are paid 30 days after the end of each calendar month.

Widget 74

Widget Software Review Affiliate 74

Growthink Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

The movie business of today is all "pre-sold" IP. revenues from internet video services spanning user-generated content to television shows and movies will exceed $7 billion this year. Toy Story 3? Karate Kid 3? Iron Man 2? Sex and The City 2? The A-Team? Where are all of the NEW Ideas in Entertainment? How about Internet Video?

Los Angeles 76

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Technical Review IP 76

YoungUpstarts

JULY 14, 2014

The result – a lot of anxiety, stress; and in the case of businesses, lost productivity and revenue. RAID 5 mode incorporates “distributed parity”, which allows the array to survive the loss of a single drive, allowing continued access to your data as the faulty drive is replaced.

Cloud 160

Cloud IP Networking Security 160

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Startups are developing IP relevant to the disruption. For example, Google’s acquisition of Nest (which had customers, revenue and a distribution channel) allowed it to enter the connected home market immediately. (We’ll cover “ corporate moonshots ” in a subsequent post.).

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Acquisition Boston Early Stage 120

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The start of the argument is that you need to separate using the Internet into “infrastructure & cloud services&# (basically the protocols of the Internet such as HTTP, TCP/IP, SMTP, etc. + Lock users into proprietary rights management, distribution or consumption models? But what about the “fixed&# world (e.g.

Web 300

Web HTML AJAX China 300

VC Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2011

Celeno - Celeno is a leading vendor of standard-based WiFi silicon solutions capable of distributing up to 4 HD video streams, with full home coverage (over 500 sqm) and carrier grade robustness. 264 and multi-screen, the ICE Video Platform is the clear leader for Every Screen video processing and distribution.

Mobile 113

Mobile Media IP Distribution 113

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

They use geo/ip to work out where I am. It shows the normal distribution of XS, S, L etc, but it also shows, how cool is this, the Model's size (S in this case), her height, bust, waist and hip size! Don't you love happy customers and big revenues? I press a button and – boom! – Music! I love this.

Web 164

Web Design Marketing Security 164

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. I have a proposal written up including full cost and revenue projections. Once you’ve done that – then. 5% I believe.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109