IP IPO Operations Revenue 
Steve Blank
APRIL 23, 2014
buy out an entire company for its revenue and profits. VCs like acquisitions as much as IPOs because the acquiring companies often can rationalize paying large multiples over the current valuation of the startup. The founding team is testing for the right combination of product, market, revenue, costs, etc.
VC Cafe
AUGUST 2, 2022
billion revenue in 2021 for Epic Games and was played by 83.3 monthly active end-users who are engaging with content created or operated by Unity solutions in 2020. billion revenue in 2021, a 107% increase year-on-year. In April 2022, the company announced it has raised $2 billion (at $31.5 Fortnite generated $5.8
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million.
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.
NZ Entrepreneur
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Addressing real world problems, they thrive in uncertainty, generating new jobs and new revenue streams in new markets. It is not uncommon for startup directors to be more deeply involved in the operations of the business when the company is entering a new market, hiring critical team members or raising capital. pivot the business.
David Teten
MARCH 14, 2018
I’ve listed them below in *very* roughly descending order of efficiency, measured by increased dollars one can put to work, divided by the operational dollars required to implement each strategy. . Sophisticated VC and private equity funds have a wide array of options for leveraging outside operating executives.
This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 19, 2012
I don’t know exactly when the agency to product transfer happened at Buddy, or at what point you can start calling yourself a software company (when service revenues dip below subscription/license revs?), They try to move more of their revenues to be recurring streams than to be hourly charges to a client.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
332 
Let's personalize your content