reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. we had no revenue. Investors see a lot of pitches. But with so many investors still licking their wounds from the dot-com bust, many focused on proven business models, such as advertising or e-commerce. Reid Hoffman.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. We’re backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Silver Lake Partners, and individual investors like Ron Conway, among others.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Include screenshots of your product , a video walk-through and one or two charts that display traction or revenue. Look for Your Lead Investor. First you’ll want to find a lead investor — someone many other investors will recognize and respect. This list of top angel investors is a good start.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

At its core, this issue points to the lack of understanding about the importance of post-money valuation by both entrepreneurs and investors. CEOs and unsophisticated investors very often start anchoring the caps to what they think the company could be worth, all without external validation.

Post-Money Valuation 49

Post-Money Valuation Valuation Cap Table Covenant 49

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you’re raising a round where a new lead investor would invest $5 million the VC fund must have no less than $100 million and if you’re looking for them to write $15–20 million as the lead their fund realistically should be at least $400 million. It doesn’t have to be a partner?—?every

Term Sheet 332

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Bryce Roberts , a partner at O?Reilly Since most companies have little to no revenue, who else has already invested in the deal is heavily weighted to prove value. This, he argues, leads to a herd mentality. The startups and investors can do the round however they like. To my surprise, VC? social proof? on AngelList.

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

When a startup doesn’t match the stage where a particular investor focuses, founders may get a response along the lines of “This is interesting to us, but come back once you get from X phase to Y phase” That could be from seed stage to a larger Series A financing need, or to progress from pre-product to post-revenue.

Seed Stage 100

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Rob Go

JANUARY 9, 2012

But one investment this year originated from a cold email regarding a post on one of our partners’ blogs (we invested after getting to know the founders over several months). Stage: We are seed investors, but often, the first institutional seed round happens at different stages in the company’s maturity. Post Revenue: 4.

Portfolio 46

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

This is one of the reasons why the best practice for a startup is to raise investment rounds from different lead investors rather than simply doing internal rounds, even if an internal round requires less work. In both cases, the correct goal is to partner with the CEO to help the company achieve its goals. But get real.

Startup 36

Startup Equity Early Stage Green 36

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad. Your customers and your investors like partners? We're going to treat our hosts like partners. We'll treat our hosts like partners.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

The first came from the CEO of iScraper telling me that they would not be able to complete the deal – their investor, Apax Partners, had decided not to proceed despite verbal assurances that they would. At BuildOnline we had brought one new investor to the deal – a Swiss/New York investor called ETF Group.

Germany 298

Germany Entrepreneur Merger Los Angeles 298