Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

[Email readers, continue here…] Arthur: This is a matter between the owner of your IP (you) and the would-be user of your IP. The license to use your IP can be in the form of a one-time payment or structured as a continuing fee. He’s bought the royalty, an intangible, entitling him to a percentage of your revenues.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Given these key advantages, I believe that Lightning (or something like it) will ultimately eat all of the USD payment networks and create the foundation for MoIP (Money over IP). . And >40% of that revenue is coming from in-game purchases. synthetic stocks or futures) and prediction markets.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

[Email readers, continue here…] Arthur: This is a matter between the owner of your IP (you) and the would-be user of your IP. The license to use your IP can be in the form of a one-time payment or structured as a continuing fee. He’s bought the royalty, an intangible, entitling him to a percentage of your revenues.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

We also know lots of valid reasons why the company could be valued at far less than it once was including: Stalled Growth – revenue essentially flat over the last 4 quarters. So I can appreciate why public stock investors would be leery of Zynga and why the stock price has been punished recently. as of this post.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Just as I was getting the swing of things the world shifted beneath my feet and the stock market went into a free fall and venture capital all but shut down for nearly a year. I mentioned that we sold our position in Kyriba for > $1 billion but when we invested it had virtually no revenue. Over the past 2.5 Over the past 2.5

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

We particularly help companies in winning revenue from our LP network and raising capital for subsequent rounds from top-tier late-stage investors. Typically they get cofounder common equity, in addition to the preferred stock that a conventional VC gets. – Launch a “ venture studio ” or “ foundry ”.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

To illustrate, let’s investigate two typical company scenarios: Company Scenario #1: A company lacking great financial traction - slow revenue growth, little profit - but one that competes in an industry attractive to strategic and financial buyers. Many software and healthcare businesses fit this description.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. As a financial planner, money was my stock in trade; however, I discovered true wealth was in good health and relationships. An interesting aside: revenue continued at old levels, even after slashing work hours by 60%).

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I recall that MSA’s stock increased 5X or thereabouts after our deal, which by no means implies that Peachtree deserved sole credit for all that. Hurricane Irma had a major negative revenue impact on one whose fall book of business was mostly in Florida. I got the message.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Revenue multiple? If you’re wildly successful early on or if they help you achieve a great valuation they actually pay a significant price for their eventual stock even though they took much more risk than a future investor and backed you early. Less than you’ll probably grant your most junior employees in stock options?

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

Revenue needs to grow 20x, and margins must expand dramatically. I won’t dive into cost structure in this blog post, but let’s think through how Snap could grow revenue 20x. I won’t dive into cost structure in this blog post, but let’s think through how Snap could grow revenue 20x. Global smartphone revenue is about $420B.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Button-down IP ownership and assignment issues (see post here ). Don’t issue stock options unless a proper option plan is in place and a valuation has been done in compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (see post here ). Put proper privacy policies in place and make sure you adhere to them (see post here ).

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Enter into agreements between Newco and founders, early contributors, outside advisors or service providers under which they contribute or assign all intellectual property related to the company’s business to Newco in exchange for the issuance of founders’ stock (Common Stock). Make escrow arrangements for restricted stock (i.e.,

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Revenue multiple? If you’re wildly successful early on or if they help you achieve a great valuation they actually pay a significant price for their eventual stock even though they took much more risk than a future investor and backed you early. Less than you’ll probably grant your most junior employees in stock options?

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model. Term-sheets for preferred stock offerings are designed to protect the investor in case things don’t go as well as planned.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

In grocery, which represents over half of Walmart’s revenues, it plans to add 1,000 online grocery order pickup locations in 2018 in stores around the US; in December 2017 it unveiled a meal kit option and a partnership with Buzzfeed that will integrate Buzzfeed recipes with Walmart groceries. Increase in-store efficiency.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Between day one and your first confrontations with those issues, particularly if you’ve raised any outside capital, you will have formed a board and stocked it with people you can really get to work on your behalf. I am very surprised when that cool thing actually meets a customer need or drives revenue.

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Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Button-down IP ownership and assignment issues (see post here ). Don’t issue stock options unless a proper option plan is in place and a valuation has been done in compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (see post here ). Put proper privacy policies in place and make sure you adhere to them (see post here ).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

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. It’s why as an investor I look for talented teams with long-term vision, a unique point-of-view, differentiated IP and a desire to build something enduring.

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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. The final straw came when I asked the latest 25-year old a simple ‘yes / no’ question related to stock options.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Bunting worked with At Home In The Country to add personalized product recommendations to their site, which resulted in a… 13% increase in revenue. The onboarding process brought more people to the core value, thus increasing revenue and improving retention. Low in stock alerts. 3% increase in average visit duration.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I learned how to retain employees when stock options were no longer a real currency. and we ultimately sold when we hit $14 million and had more than $30 million in backlog revenue. I learned about revenue recognition. They seed funded my second company and even let me buy some IP in exchange for debt to get started.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Hate mail started streaming in from everywhere - including emails directly to Bill Gates who would forward them on to the team with messages like "this is depressing MSFT's stock price. To be specific, AdWords is currently 16 years old, and last year alone it generated well over $50B in revenue.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Should the Warhol foundation, owners of Andy Warhol’s IP be paid out if you decide to “paint” a bottle of Scope in the AI-trained style of his Campbell’s Soup Can? That being said, I’d hate to be a stock photography model these days. There are broader implications than who owns what and how things are monetized.

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blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It outlines key points of agreement between founders around IP ownership, equity ownership, vesting, etc. For example, without a clear vehicle (a company) to contribute intellectual property into, a founder who walks away may mean that the future company won’t own its own IP. An email would do. The FastIgnite one is two pages.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The way to getrich from a startup is to maximize the companys chances of succeeding,not to maximize the amount of stock you retain. The problem is, for the company to exist, you have todecide who the founders are, and how much stock they each have. Before you consummate a startup, ask everyone about their previous IP history.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

If anything changed (stock market crash, real estate crash, somebody trying to buy Salesforce.com, whatever) I could end up with goose eggs. If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever. I was obsessed with the closure date.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

Have you thought about how potential IP theft would impact your business? Many new DTC entrepreneurs will raise just enough to successfully launch their brand and show brand-market fit, but as they start to scale customer acquisition, they aren’t prepared for the massive costs associated with keeping enough inventory in stock.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

That's why the Corona Initiative is a Public Benefit Corporation--a for-profit company dedicated to the public good that aims to fund its research with its revenues. A lot of the same mechanisms, you can buy and sell stock, you can sell the company, you can go public. I just thought of it as I just really like revenue.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

They use geo/ip to work out where I am. Shows me again if the product is in stock. Underneath are two, mostly likely stock, photos of Farmers "Chuck" and "Frank" bearing copy that is almost certainly lawyer-approved – it is bereft of any passion. Don't you love happy customers and big revenues?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I had a really fun 20-minute interview with Howard Lindzon of Stock Twits as part of a 5-part series on whether the web is dead. The start of the argument is that you need to separate using the Internet into “infrastructure & cloud services&# (basically the protocols of the Internet such as HTTP, TCP/IP, SMTP, etc. +

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. I have a proposal written up including full cost and revenue projections. Once you’ve done that – then. 5% I believe.

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Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

But without sales there is no revenue, and without revenue there is no company. All the strategic thinking in the world won’t make up for a missed revenue plan. If sales revenue and profits are high enough, we could take the company public or sell it, and the stock would be worth more than the paper it was printed on.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

I think it’s difficult, if not impossible, to value a pre-revenue company with any reasonable accuracy. The company did have some revenue and paying users, but not enough to make any judgement on the company’s future prospects. I already own stock in two companies which own no intellectual property. Valuations.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

That could be IP addresses. I wasn’t going to ask this, but you just reminded me of the stock photo sites-. There’s a picture from some stock photo site on my website, and they’re telling me I owe $700,” what do I do with that? They really were just trying to extract a new revenue stream, but again-.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

i never thought about it like investing in stocks before. David Weisburd Interesting nivi Here's another way to think of valuation as an output variable: Valuation is really a reflection of your ability to create a market for your shares. You alluded to this in your post. joe heitzeberg Great point! That analogy works very well, thanks!

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ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2017

No, the first 2% is more valuable in terms of revenue. Create a revenue forecast before you even run the experiment. You need to track the right revenue goals. Abi Hough: Hypothesize This: How Do You Find $100M of Lost Revenue Without Creating a Single Experiment? Tips: Build your own device lab and keep it well-stocked.

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