Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems. Expect extra costs for development, testing, documentation, and support. Price with recurring low subscription payments. Low price base, make money on disposables.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2016

For example, there once was a social network called Friendster , often credited with starting the social networking boom way back in 2002. When the business starts to scale, you need documented processes and people with the right skills and training who can do the right work without you.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. 38 New Social Media Resources You May.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits from the inflated valuations. Carpe Diem.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. The YCombinator founder believes this means great things for entrepreneurs. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

Don’t try to talk your way to a deal before you have the documentation. Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal. To make this work, you will need an initial valuation of at least $5M. Both operating executives and top advisors count.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Include a current valuation estimate. This is how you will make money, who pays you, and gross margins. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 29, 2011

Through a series of conversations, Jane and Dick have come up with the idea to develop a social network tailored to the medical community. That narrowed the possibilities down to an equity transaction, which would in turn require a conversation about valuation. of the company ($50k/$2M = 2.5%).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Include a current valuation estimate. This is how you will make money, who pays you, and gross margins. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

In a convertible note structure, Im penalized for increasing your valuation. Instead of getting a 2-3x multiple from seed to Series A, I get a discount off of the Series A, so Im better off financially with a lower valuation. You may say, if you are investing in the next facebook or google, why care about valuation?

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Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Include a current valuation estimate. This is how you will make money, who pays you, and gross margins. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Include a current valuation estimate. This is how you will make money, who pays you, and gross margins. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I hired a senior exec from the building materials industry (we were a document collaboration company for the engineering & construction industry) who was also ex McKinsey. The expectations of our company having raised $16.5 million were enormous. We had to ramp up our team quickly and ramp we did. He was to head up UK operations.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Thought it would be appropriate to share his questions and my answers below related to the topic at hand: The main questions have to do with presentation of documents to VCs. I also typically, write a text document summarizing the assumptions, validation for the assumptions and key metrics. The importance is what is behind the numbers.

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. Well, we point to Monster, LexisNexis, and other information service providers and say, “Whatever multiplier you applied to the last 3 slides — about how networks amplify the value of companies like eBay and PayPal — apply that now to LinkedIn.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal. Don’t try to talk your way to a deal before you have the documentation. To make this work, you will need an initial valuation of at least $5M. Create an investment-grade business plan.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Bonus tip: better documentation and usability count as bug fixes for software. Instead, freemium where free version is functionality limited instead shifts the valuation away from the service itself and instead puts a price on just the premium features you’re paying for. Just make it work, and the support burden drops like magic.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Managewith.us - Collaborative Task Manager Mavenlink - manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments Industrial Logic – Agile eLearning Misc Office Help Google Apps – cloud mail server, calendar, docs, etc. Lighthouse – Issue Tracking Tool.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 27, 2022

Yuga Labs, the team behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), announced earlier this week that it had raised $255 million seed round led by A16Z at a $4 billion pre valuation. Decentralised tech, centralised ownership? In addition to the Bored Apes, Yuga Labs also owns the two other most expensive NFT collections: Crypto Punks and Meebits.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

For modifications, please edit the original document here. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Scanning / Document Management. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Mavenlink -Â manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

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. HealthTab acquires Avvo Health to double its doctor network.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

(there’s a great story from Jonah in the video but you have to watch to hear it :)) But it’s undeniable that it has become a digital media powerhouse having raised around $500 million in capital with a valuation reported at $1.7 billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million).

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