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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

Every announcement – whether it was a funding round, exit or layoffs – was analyzed within the context that the tech bubble has definitely burst or that we’re still in the bubble. At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. So, what really happened in 2016?

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

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!” Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. One of them is profitability.

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Snaptrip case study – Solo founder hypothesis in action

The Equity Kicker

With no team and no technical expertise Matt was planning to find a team and build out some product before starting to raise some seed money. TRUSTPILOT REVIEW. His hypothesis was that consumers were moving towards last minute bookings and there was a gap in the market. USER RESEARCH. THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN FOUNDER AND TEAM.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

Meanwhile, the rash of early liquidity and recent IPOs — unsatisfying as they were — gave liquidity to thousands of employees at large companies, and a subset of those made very real money. This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. Open Sesame! (A

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Once you take money from the generalpublic youre more restricted in what you can do. [ In an IPO, it might not merely addexpense, but change the outcome.

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

At some point, this breaks if their isn’t an exit or IPO. I raised $500k in seed money to start the company. year old boy and another one due in 1 months. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. I think it breaks for most people after 3-4 years.

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