YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2018

How do you find the balance between not too small to prove itself but not too big to have an off-putting valuation? You’ll find exceptions to this rule, like Snapchat, which was operating at a loss at its IPO, when it experienced high initial trading prices due to its huge popularity and untapped monetization capabilities.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Unfortunately, SaaS Start-Up Valuations Are About To Fall by 50% | saastr – crowdspring.co/1j3n4bO. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. Twitter Is A Media Business. Despite it’s long-standing protestations, Twitter is indeed a media company.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

billion valuation) to invest in the Metaverse and build the future of digital entertainment Epic owns Fortnite, one of the most popular multiplayer games, enabling users to interact with each other online in an immersive way to play, socialise, attend to virtual concerts. In April 2022, the company announced it has raised $2 billion (at $31.5

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

More and more angels will be minted as the 2019 IPO class emerges. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

When you see startups like SpaceX and Pinterest grow from a low valuation to a billion dollars in just a few years, it’s easy to assume that if you just keep doing what you are doing, you can get there as well. Then there is the pressure to go public ( IPO ), and open your investment to thousands, maybe millions, of small investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Projected IPOs for 2009 are an embarrassing 10 total deals, down from 86 just 2 years ago (it was 265 in the go-go years of 99-00) but at least up from 6 in 2008. the people who buy companies) in Q2 of this year of technology & media companies. Pure Digital to Cisco) but that even the 2nd largest will get much lover valuations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

For financial reasons alone, an IPO is a statistically rare phenomenon, happening just 275 times in 2014 , out of almost 500,000 startups. As an advisor and mentor to startups, I try to make sure entrepreneurs understand both the pros and cons of an IPO as an exit strategy. Control moves to external directors and the public.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Look out for more products that aggregate and organize existing accounts and automatically scrub your inboxes, feeds and social media connections. Lane Sutton , Social Media from a Teen. Valuations Aren’t Going Away. Christopher Kelly , NYC Conference Centers. Niche-Based Social Networks. Crowdfunding Gone Crazy.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

billion valuation. They only recently raised $30 million at around a $300 million valuation and THAT raised eyebrows. The investor isn’t disclosed (or I haven’t seen it) but it’s rumored to be DST, the Russian investors who invested in Zynga and Facebook (at a $10 billion valuation). Time will tell.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 29, 2012

Unfortunately, lost in too much of the "dramatic" coverage of the Facebook IPO has been the real lessons to be learned for those interested in successful technology and growth company investing. And for a uniquely high profile deal like Facebook, the media also plays a less than "innocent" role. Part of the confusion is understandable.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The upcoming Facebook IPO is a very interesting scenario. Not just from a startup / social media or tech point of view but from an economic one. Which means there will be more startups being funded by the FB IPO gold rush. And around 100 times their earnings. Both companies which have established and growing revenue streams.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

They have an expectation that the IPO will be in 3 years and they were in at the ground floor. If you’re three s -hot kids from Stanford, Caltech or MIT you might be able to push valuation higher. Because I believe that getting the best possible angels around the table is far more important than ultimate valuation.

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 29, 2017

As one can imagine, the media commentary was not pretty, calling the IPO a disappointment , the stock stale out of the box , and lamenting that the stock forgot to pop. It was not the easiest road for them as they had to cut the originally proposed price range of $15-17 to $10 and closed the first day just around that at $10.01.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The upcoming Facebook IPO is a very interesting scenario. Not just from a startup / social media or tech point of view but from an economic one. Which means there will be more startups being funded by the FB IPO gold rush. And around 100 times their earnings. Both companies which have established and growing revenue streams.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Money Money Home Financing Taxes Accounting Basics Personal Finance Money Management Payments & Collections IPOs and DPOs Will Crazy Market Moves Kill IPOs and Slash VC Investment? Sweat equity is just one component of early-stage valuation. Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway. All rights reserved. startupcto

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade. Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. Facebook admits as much that the ad business, which again accounts for the vast majority of revenues (85%), has seasonality in line with the media industry generally with a strong Q4 and weak Q1.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

Welcome to the latest passionate debate over the ‘valuation bubble or not?’ This time, the debate centers on the “favored few” Social Media venture backed companies that have brought tremendous windfalls to a select group of venture funds and management teams, both pre- and post-IPO. question in venture capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

I would expect to see specific plans for distribution, partnerships, and sales channels, as well as the use of social media and conventional marketing, with budgets for the major elements. “If we build it, they will come” and “word of mouth” are not credible marketing strategies these days.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO). Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. On average, founders own just 43% of equity by Series B , declining thereafter. Volatile, uncapped.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. Valuation caps can come into play in settings other than seed-stage convertible note financing rounds. These options were granted shortly after MySpace, Inc.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Growthink Blog

APRIL 15, 2015

For those in the bubble camp, Domo is “ Tech Unicorn ,” a recent start-up worth, either through a financing, an acquisition or IPO, more than $1 billion usually without any meaningful profits to speak of and thus instead valued via reasonings and justifications far outside of the pale of traditional finance and accounting.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

While poised with a limited number of transactions this year, the world of public Cloud Computing and SaaS companies has been marked by two events in the past few months: the acquisition of Omniture by Adobe and the high profile IPO of LogMeIn, a leading provider of PC remote access and support with a very interesting freemium model.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Not really; it was a result of an industry investing into a frothy market at higher and higher valuations in expectation of near term liquidity, and suddenly the IPO window shutting, leading to no exits and little additional capital to support these companies.

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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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North America Incubator Initial Public Offering Exit Strategy 320

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Of course you did – it’s all the mainstream media could seem to write about last week after the now infamous twitter tweet about it. We’ve confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO. Or worse – for some reason the IPO window closes and you don’t go public. It’s largely irrelevant.”

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2012

IPO stands for Initial Public Offering, and is the first sale of a private stock to the public. Most recently, the mass media has been concerned with the Facebook IPO. What You Thought It Meant: Giant Awesome Animatronic Porcupine. EBITDA is often used in loans covenants.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 So if funding from VCs slowed, valuations dropped and burn rates were slashed, WTF happened to winter again? Ok, Suster. If you want to read the full report it is here on SlideShare.

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Babbling VC

AUGUST 10, 2011

OK, hands up, who's truly surprised by the drop in the stock markets or the postponed tech IPO's or even the upcoming slowdown in venture financing? It's about to get rough out there and I am not even alluding to valuations. No really, who is surprised? If you said yes, stick your head back in the sand. What is the reality now?

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Germany Stock IPO Valuation 76

Steve Blank

JUNE 17, 2011

But they don’t support his justification of the bubble valuations we are seeing for companies filing for IPO’s (Pandora Media just priced its IPO at $2.6 But to support his position for future valuations Ben lists the low price/earnings ratios of Apple, Amazon, Google, Salesforce.com.

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Investment Bankers Stock Valuation Venture Capital 310

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

— Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 245

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

IPOs and M&A have returned – and with them the investment bankers have staged a rebound. There have been a number of high profile tech IPO s in the recent months including companies such as OpenTable and more recently LogMeIn. – IPO-able in any normal market. but I’ll save that for post 3/3).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high. Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 22, 2012

Although Facebook’s stock price has fallen well below its IPO price of $38 per share, many people agree that the stock is still significantly overpriced. That’s very healthy revenue, but significantly below the revenue needed to justify a 100 billion dollar valuation. Estimated mobile display spend in the U.S.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

With high levels of public market volatility — the first we’ve seen in the age of social media and true real-time information — it feels like everyone and their grandmom is expecting a downturn. ” “Multiples and valuations are out of control!” I am expecting a downturn at some point.

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