Rob Go

MAY 26, 2016

I’ve been thinking a little about non-recurring revenue businesses. I’m coming to the belief that these are under-appreciated categories of investment, especially since the gospel of recurring revenue, subscription commerce, and SaaS has been preached in recent years. That is not good. Some categories just are this way.

Revenue 53

Revenue NPV Valuation Forecast 53

SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

Bob is heavily focused on ROI (and team/product). For example, TCA’s evaluation criteria first bullet is: A market opportunity sufficiently large to create a business that can grow to at least $50 million in annual revenues. But it seems like Bob would be a candidate. But, this is not my experience with Angel groups. So get real.

Hockey Stick 205

Hockey Stick NPV IRR Valuation 205

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

Valuation 270

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 270

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

Pre-Money Valuation 246

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 246

Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. Image via eHow.com. This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

Valuation 234

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Startup 234