Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. Great revenue projections from a small user base lead to worries over sustainability.

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Metrics Revenue Advertising Internet 83

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

The startups and investors can do the round however they like. AngelList is a community. The community helps you get intros. Dave McClure >>"what we are seeing now is a battle of two major investment theses: the index approach and the concentrated investment approach."

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Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

You should know every metric regarding customer acquisition, conversion and retention. Accelerators typically provide several months of intensive mentoring, at the end of which they host a Demo Day to introducing all their graduating companies to a large number of local angel investors.

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Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

We want to be able to comfortably lead these rounds and speak for 1/3 – 1/2 of the capital or more. Our new fund size allows us to do that and continue to play the part of the lead investor. This leads to the second factor.

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Seed Stage Early Stage Due Diligence Liquidity Event 69

Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

Since 2005, they have been the two leading investors in Africa, investing $31 billion and $16 billion on the continent, respectively. A strong results and metrics-focused approach. In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

ICAS® will give customers real visibility over their project, its metrics and progress – ultimately better serving their needs. She’s also our lead investor interface, and great at articulating our vision to investors and partners alike. David : If I’m the train, then Maha is the engine.

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Technical Review Founder Saudi Arabia Cofounder 111

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Even though we glossed over those slides, investors knew they could come back to those slides later and dig into them if necessary. By this point in the presentation, our goal was to lead investors to believe: A network-empowered people search application could be really valuable. Identify the right metrics for success.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

EcoMom’s metrics improved throughout this process and that’s when I decided to invest. I ask Naval about the importance of a lead investor. My opinion is that it’s very important to raise money from someone who is helpful and reputable and is willing to bring in the same types of investors.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

All stakeholders, not just short term investors. People, not just metrics. And what I mean by that is, almost every metric, every graph, every number, is a person. Eric Ries : Metrics are people too. Brian Chesky : Metrics are people. And so suddenly, your master are your metrics. Broadly shared prosperity.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

Hunter Walker

APRIL 4, 2015

When evaluating any metrics around the state of seed financings, I believe valuations have plateaued a bit and one reason is the increase of Straight to A from experienced founders (and these A Rounds not getting tallied in seed data. Here’s what we’ve observed and how we currently think of these rounds.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

We are also the second or third most active angel group in New York, depending on which metric you use. As a result, we launched the Fast Track program, which helps VCs and active investors who are HBSAANY members to syndicate rounds with value-added members of our network. in 27 companies. 2) Intellectual ambition.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 19, 2015

I like to think of it as looking at the derivative (in a mathematical sense, not a financial sense) is often more revealing than looking at the raw change in a metric. Second-level thinking : when I first started reading this, I felt this was kind of obvious and almost reminded me of how engineers think through things.

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Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Valuation Portfolio 48

Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 26, 2011

Whatever your core metric is you want to try to increase that by 20% per month if you want to look like a so-called hot company.” “The It’s really important to have a lead investor.” “In In the ideal seed round, half of it is done by a single investor who you trust…and the rest of it is filled-out by people you want involved.”

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