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.

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Software Media Social Media Advertising 105

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

This slinging of whatever against the wall to see what sticks does not a market make, is to me a sign of too much capital in the wrong hands, and it's already the most over invested area in recent years- in both human and financial capital- particularly relative to revenue. Otherwise it's a great idea.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

The company’s lost nearly 80% of its value from the peak earlier this year, in the run up to Facebook’s IPO, and currently trades below $3/share… a fraction of it’s IPO price of $10. Zynga’s trailing revenue is nearly $1.2B trailing revenue multiple. That much we all know.

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Andrew Payne

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I’m reminded of FTP Software, which went like gang-busters selling a TCP/IP stack for Windows. Their revenues fell very quickly after Microsoft started shipping TCP/IP as part of the OS. (The I can’t wait to see their IPO. On Quora, I wrote : I think “slow fade” is another probable outcome.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Revenue multiple? Maybe an IPO – who knows? How will you price the next round? Your A round? Him: On metrics. We’ll have some proof points by then. What proof points? How will the lead determine a value? EBITDA multiple? Cashflow projections? I’m not sure. A few M&A transactions. Employment. Stock Option plans.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 24, 2024

Gaming IP is crossing to TV and movies Another catalyst for investment is the growing appetite from TV/movie studios to adapt popular gaming IP into shows and films. As this transmission plays out, it unlocks new revenue streams and increases the strategic value of gaming IP. Can Big Exits Reopen the Floodgates?

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Andrew Payne

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

I’m reminded of FTP Software, which went like gang-busters selling a TCP/IP stack for Windows. Their revenues fell very quickly after Microsoft started shipping TCP/IP as part of the OS. (The I can’t wait to see their IPO. On Quora, I wrote : I think “slow fade” is another probable outcome.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Next, they carefully consider the range of multiples being used today to value companies being acquired or doing IPOs in the market that the business is in. So, after having built a working business model with a bottom up projection, let’s assume the five year number in this example is $91MM in revenue. times the investment.).

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Agile VC

AUGUST 1, 2012

The best example of this was Facebook’s disclosure during their IPO process back in May that “mobile” usage was increasing significantly but FB’s monetization of mobile users lagged considerably. Gaming is still the largest category, where you see multiple mobile game companies with $100M+ revenue (e.g.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

On July 27th, 2001 Accenture IPO’s and many of the partners grew fabulously wealthy. Since that date the S&P 500 is up 2.45% while Accenture stock is up 206% with revenue of $23 billion and a market cap of $32 billion. Double-down on great people, process & IP. The things that always differentiated Accenture?

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. Performance-based deals are healthy for all parties.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Revenue multiple? Maybe an IPO – who knows? How will you price the next round? Your A round? Him: On metrics. We’ll have some proof points by then. What proof points? How will the lead determine a value? EBITDA multiple? Cashflow projections? I’m not sure. Lawyers don’t make money on your seed round in any instance. Employment.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

The Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA) announced last week an immediate infusion of NIS 500 million (approximately $141 million) to qualifying startups (significant IP, previous funding) and less than 12 months of runway. Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

How do you sustain growth that precedes the highest IPO in history for a software company? Results from Snowflake’s ABM efforts post-IPO. How uniting reporting increased revenue from target accounts by 21% for Schneider Electric. Increase in revenue from 21% of target accounts; Faster sales cycle; Accelerated pipeline velocity.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

This is done by enriching transaction data points such as name, email address, and billing and shipping address with around 2,000 extra data points, such as an IP latency check to measure the real distance from the user, IP connection type, distance between key strokes, and email name match.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

But its hard to raise money with an IP cloud over your head, becauseinvestors cant judge how serious it is. Before you consummate a startup, ask everyone about their previous IP history. In those days you could go public as adogfood portal, so as a company with a real product and real revenues,we might have done well.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

This single decision wound up costing the company significant revenue and over the course of several months sent its customer growth into decline. Users also asked that IMVU identify and aggressively act to eliminate the source of such products up to and including IP bans. We couldn’t have been more wrong.

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