Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
It turns out that to build a successful company you ultimately need this strange thing called “revenue” that people don’t just hand you: You need to earn it. And there’s this other thing called “gross margin,” which shows the quality of your revenue. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?
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APRIL 20, 2010
I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. I don’t believe it. Either your core is innately technical or it’s not. In summary.
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JULY 21, 2014
We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. And importantly we’ve had revenue. When I start to see revenue figures I always want to know the details behind the revenue: Who championed the project?
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MAY 23, 2012
This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. This never existed a decade ago.
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MARCH 11, 2011
I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. I see this emerging in Seattle and the passion of “a few key individuals&# who can help shift the game.
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JUNE 29, 2011
With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. If they hit a product / market fit (meaning you suddenly see a massive uptick in usage and/or revenue) then these companies need to go “fat.&#
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