Founder Lean PR Valuation 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. The Rise of the Lean Startup.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. In addition to FOMO it is partly driven by massive increase in valuations for earlier-stage companies who raised money at bit seed prices but who still have product risk. This post originally ran on TechCrunch.
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Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 10, 2017
TL;DR: Using a “tiered” valuation cap structure in a convertible note or SAFE can provide flexibility that bridges the gap between (i) what founders expect their company to be worth in the near future, and (ii) what investors are comfortable accepting now. Did you get a “good” valuation? What a valuation cap isn’t.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
The law of large numbers (of customers) says you cant help but make at least some money - your valuation is determined by how well you monetize the tidal wave of growth. In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc.
ConversionXL
AUGUST 11, 2021
All companies that This Week in Startups’ audience of entrepreneurs, company founders, and marketers would be interested in. A sponsorship strategy should cover five areas: Assets Audience data Asset valuation Activations Market identification. Asset valuation. PR Week does this in a Twitter poll. What do they dislike?
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
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. Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits from the inflated valuations. Carpe Diem.
crowdSPRING Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
The Founders Lie About Comfort Zones – [link]. Investors Need to Lose Their Egos and Founders Need to Gain Some Confidence – [link]. The problem with a Lean Startup: the Minimum Viable Product | Paul Kortman – [link]. … Checking In on Foursquare’s Valuation – [link]. Just got acquired?
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