BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Along these lines, we are starting to hear serverless more and more from the Fortune 500 and see this trend reflected in the sales pipeline at iopipe which has gone from mostly startups to larger companies. Watch for startups solving this problem with a focus on observability, reliability, security and automation.

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Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. However, our overall goal is to invest in the full spectrum of seed. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2012

You have a million things to get done at your startup, yet you only have a handful of people to do them. What is the Minimum Viable Team, if you will, for a startup? I can break down all the things a startup needs to do into three ideal people. Now we’re down to nine core business functions on a small startup team.

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PR Technical Review Seed Stage Design 144

Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

I’ve observed what may be an emerging trend, at least in some startups, that I find somewhat unsettling. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

– a seed-stage fund. is a $6.25M fund that is designed to do concept and seed-stage investments in technology companies. Direct Revenue : The company must have a direct revenue model. No distributed teams, and no outsourced product development. K9 Ventures, L.P.

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Seed Stage San Francisco IP Portfolio 61

View from Seed

JUNE 17, 2015

I’ve observed what may be an emerging trend, at least in some startups, that I find somewhat unsettling. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups.

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Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Getting investors to trust you with their money is always a challenge, and it’s even more difficult in the early stages, where you don’t have a significant revenue stream, a few customers, or maybe even a product yet. At these stages, it’s all about you, and your ability to communicate and execute effectively.

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Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Seed Stage 120

Genuine VC

JANUARY 3, 2013

According to all of the blogosphere chatter over the past month, seed-funded internet startups are entering this year gearing up for the now-near-infamous Series A Crunch. Instead, startups are now empowered to create focused services which benefit a small niche audience.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

In other words, they are facing conditions of extreme uncertainty, just like startups. One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. So I generally feel right at home in these conversations.

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Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

I’ve observed what may be an emerging trend, at least in some startups, that I find somewhat unsettling. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups. But I think it’s important to discuss, particularly given today’s heady environment for startups.

Startup 100

Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 100

K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

Instead, it was more of a result of over-funding at the seed stage. There was simply too much money coming in to the seed stage, which increased the supply of companies at the seed stage. Threshold for an IPO is higher Ten years ago, if you had $20M in revenue you were ready to go public.

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Mezzanine Seed Stage Early Stage IPO 134

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Thirty years later we now realize that its one the causes of early startup failure. This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. It has become an integral part of startup culture. The irony is that few startups fit these criteria.

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Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 260

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

which was a $6.25M fund designed to be deployed over 3-4 years, making initial investments between $100K – $250K in concept and seed stage technology companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Direct Revenue : The company must have a way of getting direct revenue from its customers (“I deliver value to you, you pay me”).

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

which was a $6.25M fund designed to be deployed over 3-4 years, making initial investments between $100K – $250K in concept and seed stage technology companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Direct Revenue : The company must have a way of getting direct revenue from its customers (“I deliver value to you, you pay me”).

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2015

Most new entrepreneurs assume that great investors will find their startups based on the compelling solution the founders have created. Don’t wait until your startup is out of money before looking for an investor. Don’t be afraid to ask an investor group leader for its track record, sweet spot and connections to startups funded.

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Cost Angel Groups Due Diligence Silicon Valley 120

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In this post, I wanted to deconstruct the various pieces of the flywheel that drives the Creator Economy, as well as the challenges, and opportunities for startups in this space. Copyright, or the lack thereof – it’s hard for creators to prevent illegal distribution of their IP. Source: A16Z, 1,000 true fans?

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Aggregator Vertical Audience Seed Stage 207

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. For the first time, we asked for data from specific business sectors, as follows: All pre-revenue deals. Pre-revenue life Science, biotech and medical device deals. Number: 30.

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

Agile VC

MAY 23, 2012

How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. within the extent of my professional lifetime) there’s a great opportunity for newly formed startups to disrupt vast swathes of the economy with internet-enabled innovation. How To Think About The Future. May 23, 2012. link] leehower.

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Internet Silicon Valley IPO Seed Stage 182

Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 30, 2013

And I’ve been dying to get my hands back into a true startup. Now, the city’s most buzzed-about techpreneur thinks Atlanta has the chops to also build sustainable business-to-consumer mobile startups. David Cummings , who last year sold his marketing automation startup for $95 million, will launch a “mobile app studio.”

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Atlanta B2C Georgia Los Angeles 77

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

There are two reasons to raise money: You have a killer idea that is only partially validated, that you think can get to $50M+ of revenue in 5 years with 80%+ gross margins (if margins are lower, you need a lot more revenue)and you need money to get to product-market fit, or. Not all startups need outside investment to grow.

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

With the rise of startups and growing businesses , it has become more critical for investors to have a thorough understanding of equity to be aware of all of the advantages they are receiving from the companies they have invested in. The market regards equity as an ownership “share” in a corporation’s income revenue stream.

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Valuation Equity Warrant Common Stock 108

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 This method compares the target company to typical angel-funded startup ventures and adjusts the average valuation of recently funded companies in the region to establish a pre-money valuation of the target. million to a high of $3.4

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

And 2 seed stage companies that haven’t launched yet. It’s one thing for a company at the scale of Apple to be developing custom machinery for their processes, it’s a whole other ball-game for a tiny startup to take on something like this (I strongly recommend against it unless there is no other viable option for it).

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Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

Ann Miura-Ko is a founding partner at Floodgate , a seed-stage VC firm. Among her early investments are Lyft, TaskRabbit and Modcloth, which, as our recent conversation shows, are only part of the reason Forbes called her “the most powerful woman in startups.” I've been in venture now twice.

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Founder Lean Venture Capital Cofounder 68

View from Seed

MAY 27, 2015

Everyone likes to say that startups should do things that don’t scale. So, given the general topics of most startup podcasts and our goal to be more narrowly focused, here are examples of what we WON’T discuss: What’s the latest trend in drones? We don’t try to share a playbook because, at the seed stage, there IS no playbook.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Early Stage Non-Compete Silicon Valley 120

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

This led to an explosion in startups. Amazon in turn led to the formation of an earlier stage of venture capital now led by what I call “micro VCs&# who typically invest $250-500k in companies rather than the $5-7 million that VCs used to invest. The Explosion in Early-Stage Innovation. They should start “lean.&#

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. I found your suggestions in the article “Startup Mistakes: The Partnership Gone Sour&# especially useful.

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Technical Review Fractional CTO Partner CTO Hire 40

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Israel has been branded the “startup nation.” Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. The bad news is that Israeli startups are struggling to scale. For good reason: A tiny country of only 8 million people — 0.1%

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

Rob Go

MAY 27, 2015

Everyone likes to say that startups should do things that don’t scale. So, given the general topics of most startup podcasts and our goal to be more narrowly focused, here are examples of what we WON’T discuss: What’s the latest trend in drones? We don’t try to share a playbook because, at the seed stage, there IS no playbook.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Early Stage Non-Compete Silicon Valley 28

Rob Go

MAY 27, 2015

Everyone likes to say that startups should do things that don’t scale. So, given the general topics of most startup podcasts and our goal to be more narrowly focused, here are examples of what we WON’T discuss: What’s the latest trend in drones? We don’t try to share a playbook because, at the seed stage, there IS no playbook.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Early Stage Non-Compete Silicon Valley 28

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

As the Greylock team has learned after decades of partnering with early-stage founders, the best approach is establishing a core set of fundamental questions that can be tailored to each individual company, rather than looking at a rigid set of metrics. HOW DOES GREYLOCK EVALUATE COMPANIES AT THE SEED-STAGE?

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. The phrase is quite ambiguous.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

View from Seed

APRIL 23, 2015

In the startup world, one POTAJ that’s easy and worthwhile to defend is the need to focus on building great products and innovative technology instead of trying to over-sell lousy solutions. ” Founders must address distribution in their pitches both overtly and succinctly. You can find those here. ).

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Founder Distribution Viral Seed Stage 120

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Essentially they became micro-VCs, still investing at the seed level but with much greater resources behind them. Incubators, too, helped flood the markets with even more startups, and AngelList played its part too. A name like 500 Startups says it all. Startups are scrappy, and many turn to AngelList when the money runs out.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93