VC Cafe
JANUARY 24, 2021
“It follows that the goal of forecasting is not to see what’s coming. It is to advance the interests of the forecaster and the forecaster’s tribe.” As a fan of prediction lists, I collected a number of interesting reports and expert forecasts for 2021 in the spaces we cover at Remagine Ventures. Fortnite alone made $1.8
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 23, 2017
An early example occurred in 2010 when UBS Analyst Neil Currie accessed satellite imagery to monitor activity in Walmart parking lots, running the data thru a mathematical regression to translate it into customer activity for better earnings forecasts. Underwriting. Revisiting our components let’s see why. And they’re trying!
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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 1, 2009
The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% Bad stock markets mean less IPO’s and lower prices for M&A. Eventually it becomes self healing, but I don’t believe consistent growth will happen too quickly. That said, the IMF (international monetary fund) is more bullish.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats. of the global population. a leading provider of procurement intelligence, the global business intelligence market is estimated to reach $30.9
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). In another we decended into a debate about our 5 year forecasts (I built the models so fielded most of these questions), and it became clear they probably weren’t the best fit for our Series A round (this group is no longer in the early-stage VC business).
The Next Web
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
Neil Helm is Chief Executive Officer at OzForex , a global provider of online international payment services. If you’re planning to sell your business or are considering an IPO, think about running both paths to exit with what is sometimes called a ‘dual track’ process. Engage good IPO advisers. Invest in your forecasts.
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
In all these cases, capital is provided to fuel forecasted growth without creating a commitment to a particular vision for future funding rounds, exit goals, and associated blitzscaling. The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO). The State of Flexible VC.
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