View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

90% of the airtime around ownership and valuations is focused on what happens when the first check is written. Effective post money is the effective valuation of an investor’s dollars at any one time. at exit due to dilution. Also, being too dogmatic isn’t very fun J. What matters is effective post-money at exit.

IRR 156

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 156

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Kayak Software Corporation. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Kayak generates both distribution (i.e. Founding Date: 2004. Series A-1 Preferred.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

90% of the airtime around ownership and valuations is focused on what happens when the first check is written. Effective post money is the effective valuation of an investor’s dollars at any one time. at exit due to dilution. Also, being too dogmatic isn’t very fun J. What matters is effective post-money at exit.

IRR 136

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 136

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Why Innovators Love Constraints | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Valuations in the Series A and Series B Market are Booming – [link]. Avoiding Undue Diligence: My Strange Approach To Angel Investing – [link]. An Ode to Distributed Teams | iDoneThis blog – [link]. Penn – [link].

Social Media 106

Social Media Small Business Technical Review Design 106

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What seems to be the best way to create customers and revenue may result in a business model that is out of vogue with the investment world and shortchanges you on enterprise valuation. As a founder cognizant of finding revenue anywhere you can, you are not likely to turn away today’s dollars for a conceptual future enterprise valuation.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Nevada Silicon Valley 48

ConversionXL

JULY 16, 2021

Gumroad , a software that allows content creators to easily sell digital products, gets straight to the point with their unique selling proposition (USP) : They state exactly who their target audience is: creators. Naturally, somebody will copy Dollar Shave Club in due time. Make sure to update and re-distribute them as needed.

Audience 127

Audience Framework Differentiation Software Review 127

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

If they have, then we should be able to see some evidence that the dominant public technology companies are moving towards bubble valuations. Apple’s valuation is now a case for business historians to discuss because I don’t think there are modern precedents. Software is eating the world. Ex-cash it’s 13.5.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 76

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

I also reviewed the TechStars documents last year and they are similar in concept to the Y Combinator documents as the chart below indicates.). If you really want to understand the nuances in venture capital financing documents, please review the NVCA model venture capital financing documents. . under $500K). under $500K).

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Snapchat may be a company with no revenue and an unrealistic valuation, but it is changing the way people think of messaging. Hack stars making app development and learning to code easier are abundant. Leap Motion promised to change how we interact with computers and got off to a pretty good start in accomplishing that goal.

Startup 60

Startup Cofounder San Francisco Software Review 60

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The distribution of investors should mirrorthe distribution of startups, which has the usual power law dropoff.So Youdnegotiate a round size and valuation with the lead, whod supplysome but not all of the money. Butthere may not have to be just one valuation. In the old days, the standard m.o.

Startup 93

Startup Valuation Non-Compete Deal Flow 93

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 8, 2022

A CPA must have completed a certain amount of required coursework, pass a challenging exam consisting of four parts, and agree to abide by a code of ethics. Audits and Reviews. A review is an inferior form of an audit, and customers may prefer reviews due to the cheaper cost of inspections. Consultation.

CPA 110

CPA Dallas Software Review Technical Review 110

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Business Software. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Like a venture capitalist reviewing business plans, he now weighs the potential of every company Arizona Bay works with. Advertising.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits on the inflated valuations (regardless of whether or not the company should have ever been public.) The valuations for acquisitions were nothing like the Internet bubble, but there was a path to liquidity, difficult as it was.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes? How do VCs originate investments?

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Agile VC

JANUARY 13, 2016

A realignment of valuations by late stage investors? Potential for instant global distribution (mobile app stores, Facebook, etc). A pure software company might have 80-90%+ gross profit margins, but a commerce company might at best be 30-50% and service marketplaces might be far lower when measured on a gross revenue / GMV basis.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review .Net Revenue Software Review 157

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Think about your own behavior: if you are like me, you hate having to deal with sales people, and greatly prefer to do your own research starting with search engines, and leveraging free trials, on-line videos, blogs, reviews, and your social network. Read Get Found using Inbound Marketing to find out more.)

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

Addepar is precisely trying to collect and convert into software these best practices. (ff Teten : I’m not sure I agree, as inevitably some people will look like geniuses in a random distribution of outcomes. However, it was the right thing to do from a valuation perspective. It was a nutty thing to do at the time.

Software Review 114

Software Review Due Diligence Venture Capital Portfolio 114

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Our startup made software for making online stores. We knew that ifonline shopping ever took off, these sites would have to be generatedby software, so we wrote some. Slowness in Launching Companies of all sizes have a hard time getting software done. Itsintrinsic to the medium; software is always 85% done.

Startup 108

Startup Software Review Hiring Detroit 108

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

By day I did my job, but at night I wrote a piece of software to automate my job,” he recalls. “At At the end of my four-month term, they brought me on part-time to run a team that built out a system around the software I’d developed at night.”. Kik has simply become the browser done right for mobile,” Livingston says.

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Mobile 167

Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

Looking across these nearly 50 companies, the study finds that founding CEOs consistently beat the professional CEOs on a broad range of metrics ranging from capital efficiency (amount of funding raised), time to exit, exit valuations, and return on investment. Knowledge of exactly what’s strong and weak about the code base.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 78

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2013 | MIT Technology Review – [link]. Job Titles Aren’t That Important | Matt Ferguson-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Downfalls of Distributed Startups – [link]. The Only Thing Apple Really Sells | Gizmodo – [link]. An Interview with Marc Andreessen – [link].

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Seed Stage Valuation Guide – [link]. Remarkable valuation for Zynga – but their profits might actually justify it – [link]. Interesting to watch Google’s approach to its digital distribution model – compared to Apple’s – [link]. – [link]. – [link]. Is Apple a bit too greedy?

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Valuation: $1M – $3M. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. Software is by far the most sought-after class, with 94% of VCs investing in it. software”); 43 invest in 2 types of technology (e.g.,

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Global warming, by accentuating drought and melting glaciers, will have a key impact on water resources distribution and will increase the unbalance. Cracking The Code on Facebook.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review San Jose Venture Capital 48

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. You can write back end code in javascript, one language conquers all! Code Igniter. Code Hosting and Version Control. code spaces (svn). WorkingPoint.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

“Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. Lastly, seed-stage entrepreneurs who have pushed for the maximum valuation possible haven’t done themselves any favors. Meanwhile, their seed investors aren’t particularly incentivized to get them a Series A that crams the previous valuation down.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2020

To form a digital development fund to coordinate the R&D and the distribution pathways with our like-minded partners. I think there’s only been two defense related startups that have had a valuation north of a billion dollars in the last couple decades: SpaceX and Palantir. Hardware vs software. Now we’ve tried.

Technical Review 235

Technical Review Technology China Taiwan 235