allthingsd.com
AUGUST 24, 2012
ethics statement bio e-mail RSS. Fenwick VC Survey: Q2 Funding Valuations Shoot the Moon. According to Fenwick & West’s latest Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey , fundings in the second quarter of this year showed the highest valuation increases in more than five years. Kara Swisher. Follow @@karaswisher.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!
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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.
techcrunch.com
SEPTEMBER 2, 2012
As a refresher, a convertible note is a loan that automatically converts into equity upon the closing of a Series A round of financing. Sometimes these loans have a valuation cap and/or a discount. The point, he says, is to avoid time-consuming valuation negotiations and allowing a variable amount of capital to be raised.
www.entrepreneur.com
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Entrepreneur Homepage Startups Starting a Business Home How-To Guides Startup Basics Business Ideas Business Planning Startup Financing Success Stories Home-Based Business Starting a Business Play Video How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business (Video). Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway.
Cracking the Code
FEBRUARY 23, 2011
Add RSS feed. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Yahoo Finance. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble? Post a Comment. Newer Post.
www.avc.com
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
This is NOT your 409a valuation (we call that "fair value"). This "best value" can be the valuation on the last round of financing. Whatever approach you use, it should be the value of your company that you would sell or finance your business at right now. RSS Twitter Tumblr. startupcto
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