Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

In the early Internet days, it would cost a million dollars to get this far. Those that do it right also have the unprecedented opportunity to join the elite ranks of 250 unicorns (relatively new companies with a current valuation of over $1 billion). Participate in networking platforms and events for support.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. If nothing else, it shows how many billions Meta is willing to commit in order to advance Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the future of the Internet. Here we go! Epic Games. but still lost $2.8

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

They come at the early stage while a startup has no revenue or valuation, so professional investors are hard to find. Provides networking with cofounders and strategic partners. New products emerge, as diverse as networked-art installations, Internet-of-Things innovations, and many other hybrid software-hardware solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

They have also become great networking events for meeting other like-minded entrepreneurs. They come at the early stage while a startup has no revenue or valuation, so professional investors are hard to find. Network with potential cofounders and strategic partners. Low-cost design and fabrication tools are extremely valuable.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

He was part of the Sandbox network - a group of incredibly smart under 30 year olds.). They went to work gathering deep knowledege of what makes successful Internet startups. Max and his partners interviewed and analyzed over 650 early-stage Internet startups. Max dropped out of Stanford after his first quarter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

With the advent of the Internet, the size and address of your office is irrelevant. With the unlimited access to “how-to” videos and detailed instructions on the Internet, you shouldn’t need to hire experts for most things. Use your networking to get advice, but all jobs can be do-it-yourself.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Let’s take an example – In the case of an internet or app business, the user traction and market penetration is a must. Accelerators and incubators support the startups with a small amount of funding, mentorship, networking opportunities, resources, and workspaces. ? Point number 3: Never raise money with an increased valuation.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. It’s enough to see the rapid adoption of new social platforms from Signal in messaging to Clubhouse’s $1 billion valuation in less than a year. Consumer trends 2021 prediction bingo by Visual Capitalist.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. Tune your investor pitch and funding expectations accordingly.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Also during this time, the underlying metrics in that business can change positively, potentially trapping companies to accept the initially-agreed upon valuation. by a mile, continued to soar in volume and valuation. 1/ Social Network Interference. the firm may have a right to raise up to $100B but may not call all of it).

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2011

The report was co-authored by Berkeley and Stanford faculty members along with other contributors including Steve Blank , the Sandbox Network and blackbox teams. However, this does not mean that investors don’t have a significant effect on valuations and M&A). Here are 14 of the report’s key findings: 1. better user growth.

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Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. Pre-revenue software, internet, mobile and telecom deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. billion valuation. They only recently raised $30 million at around a $300 million valuation and THAT raised eyebrows.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). It was a $4.7M

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. 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. Show and talk at conferences, be on lots of blogs, use social networks and build a brand. Carpe Diem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

With the advent of the Internet, the size and address of your office is irrelevant. With the unlimited access to “how-to” videos and detailed instructions on the Internet, you shouldn’t need to hire experts for most things. Use your networking to get advice, but all jobs can be do-it-yourself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. Tune your investor pitch and funding expectations accordingly.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

Before the advent of cloud technology and the Internet, company files had to be stored away in physical data rooms (PDRs). The switch from PDRs to VDRs resulted in deal cycles and increased valuations. Extranet is secure because the general public has no access to the network. percent between 2009 and 2014. Human Resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. It should answer every question an investor or associate might ask, including current valuation, funding needed, and exit strategy. Network to the maximum with investor connections. Finalize your financial model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Who would not want to joint the unicorns (recent startups with a current valuation of over $1 billion)? Networking no longer is primarily a face-to-face serial activity. But for founders who do their homework, the cost of entry is lower and the opportunity is higher than ever. The cost of social media done well is low.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. internet. (6). How the use of internet is transform. Feedburner Network. Paperblog network. anecdotes. (13).

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. 2011 Angel Group Valuation Survey.

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation St. Louis 125

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

The firm is solely focused on capital efficient business sectors, most frequently but certainly not always internet-enabled companies. In the sector of internet-enabled services where a majority of the Micro VC investment has transpired, startups can fundamentally do more with less. Structural. That’s no secret.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. It should answer every question an investor or associate might ask, including current valuation, funding needed, and exit strategy. Network to the maximum with investor connections. Finalize your financial model.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The other day, I noticed an eye-catching headline: "Internet Funding Boom Ends as Fast as It Began". How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? Perhaps I need to rethink that.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: Europe Consumer , internet. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. internet. (6). How the use of internet is transform. Feedburner Network.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

This has a tangible impact on the valuation of start-ups and the pace of investment. It is also a result of pent-up demand. In the following post I argue that this increased pace may be temporary. Bad stock markets mean less IPO’s and lower prices for M&A. If the stock market holds then the pace of VC may hold steady.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In other words, any correction in public valuations happened quickly and has now stabilized. From Series A and onwards, fundraising takes longer and valuations are typically below the expectations and benchmarks of 2015. Every 10-15 years, a major cycle reshapes the computing landscape: PC (1981), Internet (1994), Mobile (2007).

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

In the software an internet space a number of companies obviously had strong public offerings (LinkedIn, Yandex, Pandora, RenRen, et al). And even other strong, but perhaps not standout, companies like Active Network and Demand Media completed their own offerings.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

For me this dates back to pre-Internet days of bulletin boards, CompuServe , Prodigy and the like. What I notice is that people further the conversation, talk with each other, network, try to get noticed (linking to their websites, etc.). At an $86 million, pre-money valuation Benchmark sure did pay up for this investment.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

So, if you reference Software as a Service, you might want to add, “A piece of software you access through the internet and is paid for on a subscription basis, like Salesforce.com.” It doesn’t have to be at a formal networking event. Be realistic about your valuation. Oh yeah, now it makes sense. ABP: Always be pitching.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

We’re running our new and improved accelerator program back, we’re doubling our offering and raising the valuation cap (hello $400K) , and we’d love for you and your team to apply. We’re upping our offering from $200K to $400K and raising the valuation cap upon acceptance into the program. Why we started the program in the first place.

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. internet. (6). How the use of internet is transform. Feedburner Network. Paperblog network. at 11:03 AM.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. internet. (6). How the use of internet is transform. Feedburner Network. Paperblog network. at 5:29 PM.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Valuations are out of control” is the mantra of others. If you look at some high-profile tech companies funded in the last big VC cycle you had eBay, Amazon, Salesforce & Google each go public having raised < $100 million in VC TOTAL prior to IPO and their last private-market valuation were all sub $400 million.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The SEC’s proposed rules (mandated by the JOBS Act of 2012) amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow the offer and sale of securities through an internet crowdfunding campaign, similar in some respects to donation crowdfunding campaigns conducted on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Grow Your Network.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

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