Entrepreneur Internet Valuation Viral 
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 7, 2023
As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. Or ask PlanetRx, an online service for prescriptions, before the Internet was pervasive. More than one smart entrepreneur has been caught in the lofty lifestyle of big money investors, viral growth, and movie star status.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 16, 2016
Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. In that context, I offer you my latest collection of popular investor-to-entrepreneur terms and concepts. Frothy startup valuations. Seed-round investment.
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reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
. × At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Entrepreneurs often ask me for help with their pitch decks.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 12, 2020
As an entrepreneur mentor and startup investor, I see with sadness the 50 to 90 percent that fail. Or ask PlanetRx, an online service for prescriptions, before the Internet was pervasive. More than one smart entrepreneur has been caught in the lofty lifestyle of big money investors, viral growth, and movie star status.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
We’re now in the second Internet bubble. 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. For VC’s and entrepreneurs the gold rush to liquidity was on. Carpe Diem. 1970 – 1995: The Golden Age.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 10, 2014
Should they focus on increasing revenues and profitability, or entice more and more users with free services to increase their valuation. These days, you need customer evangelists who see the value and will pull in their friends through viral actions to keep the business growing. entrepreneur revenue startup user count'
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!
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