Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. I can’t control the market. Private markets for stocks are the opposite.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued?

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Gust

JULY 23, 2014

I almost never invest in ideas or plans, so you’ll need to have a company and at least a product, if not customers. You’ll need to have invested significant cash (whatever that term means to you) in your own company, and you’ll need to have the core of your team in place (typically a techie and a marketer, at a minimum.)

Angel Investor 153

Angel Investor Elevator Pitch Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review 153

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

It’s a very personal topic and I’d like to offer you a framework to decide for yourself, based on the following factors: How Long is it Taking to Raise Capital at Your Stage in the Market? Go hard and hope that the market will validate your innovation even if the price may be higher than the market may want to bear.

Burn Rate 150

Burn Rate Cap Table Valuation Software Review 150

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). Salesforce.com is a startup with 76,000 subscribers (over 2.1M It was a $4.7M

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Hippoland

AUGUST 31, 2018

Then I asked him about his metrics, which are good, but they are were not at series A level. There’s a lot of work to do to prepare to raise money at this pre-seed stage. It could be building an early version of the product. Or even doing pre-sales or lead generation well before having a product.

Pre-Money Valuation 90

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Early Stage 90

Hippoland

AUGUST 31, 2018

Then I asked him about his metrics, which are good, but they are were not at series A level. There’s a lot of work to do to prepare to raise money at this pre-seed stage. It could be building an early version of the product. Or even doing pre-sales or lead generation well before having a product.

Pre-Money Valuation 48

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Early Stage 48