Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Other angel investors and smaller funds also copied this innovation, and many of these new Micro-VC fund managers (like me) came from operational backgrounds at companies like PayPal/eBay, Yahoo, Amazon, or Google, rather than finance backgrounds from investment banking or Wall Street. They are operators, through and through.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

And it’s not just that VCs cut their investment pace but they also indicated overwhelmingly that valuations of investments had dropped with 76% of all VCs surveyed suggesting 2016 had lower valuations than 2015. So if funding from VCs slowed, valuations dropped and burn rates were slashed, WTF happened to winter again?

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Genuine VC

JULY 30, 2012

By communicating pricing expectations with potential lead investors, I mean sharing either an “ask” or even stated floor for the pre-money valuation of the company (with a priced preferred round) or explicitly stating a valuation cap (for convertible note round).

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. In the past few years, hundreds of small companies have been snatched up by private equity firms willing to agree to ever-rising valuations. Graham is careful about whom he chooses to partner with. Franchises.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 1, 2011

At today's roundtable, we announced 1M/1M Premium company Freshdesk's $1M funding from Accel Partners. I then discussed some of the lessons of the Freshdesk financing. As a result, they were able to get multiple competitive term sheets and negotiate both valuation and terms to their advantage with confidence. Discuss.

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 13, 2014

The idea is that a couple of highly-qualified VC conversations will follow the 80/20 rule of a “good enough” financing in a relatively short amount period without taking the time of an extended process to truly optimize the funding outcome. becomes the “pace-car” for that lap.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. The business is already profitable with $2.9

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. Start-up | Mondays. Technology | Thursdays. Franchises.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end.

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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. There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners.

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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. There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 22, 2019

Investment firms are staffed with analysts, partners, and others to ensure deals are soundly vetted. Venture capitalists act as limited partners, providing help to build successful companies in a market they have deemed has potential. Small business loans and crowdfunding will also finance a start-up business.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Since I first wrote about the Golden Age in 2014, valuations for tech companies have only increased?—?rather So I’ve got some familiarity with this territory, and here is my take on your five-step program to entrepreneurial freedom. For example, you get on the phone with a business partner and they kiss up to you.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 23, 2021

If you go the third-party route your first step will be choosing a partner to go with. Just recently they raised another huge round of funding ( source ) and secured a 95 billion valuation. If you have some form of online membership program or a digital good such as an eBook or video course, ClickBank could be the right choice for you.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2017

Generally, investors focus on growth, profits and valuation. The right corporate form enables the company to raise capital from the right investors and partners. Created the Community Gardens and Environmental Education program for awareness of health disparities for communities of color. How will you measure your impact?

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View from Seed

MAY 2, 2019

My experience is that YC partners tend to encourage founders to hold off on taking more money shortly after getting into YC, arguing that their value will increase significantly in just a few months. So your net dilution may end up worse and you may miss out on working with a really hands-on pre-seed partner early in your company’s life.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

Many (Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, True Ventures, GRP Partners, Mike Hirshland at Polaris Ventures) do it the right way – we treat it as a normal investment and we don’t have a “options&# strategy with our investment. In these cases we proactively offer to lead their next round of financing.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

On Wednesday, my partner David wrote about how we’ve been using our office space (and network and other resources) to support pre-seed companies. When we talk about seeds, we mean your first outside round of financing at the earliest stages of your business. You can find that here.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. I wont bother going into details on start-up financing terms ( see this post for an overview of typical VC terms) except to say if you dont know and understand: the firms cap table and valuation. Post a comment.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

Bettina Stern: My business partner Suzanne Simon and I have been cooking together for many years. BS: We are using a number of different software programs to help facilitate and streamline our business. UberEats – we recently partnered with this behemoth to get our food to more customers. How did it all begin?

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

With three accelerator cohorts under our belts and 17 graduated teams to turn to for feedback, we’re more confident than ever that our white-glove approach has lent itself well to the kind of program our industry was lacking. Read on to learn more and decide whether this is the right program for you.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 30, 2010

I asked this question to a number of angel investors (all with institutional angel funds or running Y-Combinator like programs) and the results were mixed. While all of this year’s Y-Combinator investments have apparently been structured as convertible debt, that’s not the case with other programs.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

A partner from the law firm (sponsor, covers the drinks and food) tosses out some softball questions to the panelists, the audience chimes in with Q&A and finally, culminates with the meet and greet where the panelists are flooded with business cards and pitches on the next great thing, which is often very similar to the last great thing.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

Bettina Stern: My business partner Suzanne Simon and I have been cooking together for many years. BS: We are using a number of different software programs to help facilitate and streamline our business. UberEats – we recently partnered with this behemoth to get our food to more customers. How did it all begin?

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

which will help with recruiting employees, finding the best partners, fast-tracking distribution in key countries, and landing marquee customers. Unlike other countries, China’s business environment is quite insular and having the right investors can be the reason you’re able to connect with important potential customers or partners.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. If they don’t have the right skills or resources, they’ll pick them up along the way by hiring someone, partnering with someone, or just learning it themselves. In particular, Bill Sahlman’s Entrepreneurial Finance course was excellent.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. If they don’t have the right skills or resources, they’ll pick them up along the way by hiring someone, partnering with someone, or just learning it themselves. For example, MBA students take classes on accounting and finance.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Eloqua is bringing this revolution to the B2B marketers by providing on-demand applications and best-practice expertise for B2B marketers to execute, automate and measure effective marketing programs that drive revenue. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark).

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

These startups completed an intense 10-week program featuring hands-on, personalized engagement from NextView partners to push the company forward, peer communications, expert education sessions, advisor introductions, and more. THE GOAL : The culmination of this accelerator program ISN’T a demo day or a big show.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

A wise man told me one time that "A good sales compensation program should do 2 things; 1) Tell your sales people where to spend their time and effort 2) Tell the sales people what the company values" Both apply in this plan which is good! Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. SaaS 13 Index Valuation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We’ve also worked with our Partner, Dana Kibler who is also our CFO for nearly 20 years. Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures Focus on Cash While the headlines in 2020 & 2021 touted many massive fundraising events and heady valuations, we believed that for savvy investors it also represented an opportunity for real financial gains.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 18, 2017

I worked as a public television editor while in highschool, and in college worked two different jobs in finance while I started to develop Waiakea. Then when I was in the Entrepreneur program at USC, I saw an opportunity in the beverage and premium bottled water world. I also did a lot of volunteering.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

This will lead to a lot of opportunities for insurance companies willing to blaze that trail and for SaaS companies and other partners who can help them do it. For example: Hangzhou Intime Department Store (China): They partnered with Taobao to sell items online through social media, contactless shopping was encouraged. 19- Silvertech.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 6, 2015

You''ve been in VC long enough to see lots of different funds, partners and deals. I think humans are generally programed to look out for themselves first. There aren''t a lot of fees, so you really don''t get much in the way of current income and nice offices, or non-partner help. I think I''ve been good about that so far.

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