Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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San Francisco Valuation Technical Review Los Angeles 256

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. And while the “first mover advantage” was the rallying cry of the last bubble, today’s is: “Massive capital infusion can own the entire market.” Will consumers want to watch short-form mobile entertainment?

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

This has been an important year for us as a firm, as well as the market in general. 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. There was a significant pull-back of the public markets in Q1.

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Technical Review Early Stage Portfolio Valuation 60

ReadWriteStart

JULY 2, 2022

Successfully running your business in 2022 is not easy due to the new norms of people’s lives. Conforming with Torchbankz, the dropshipping industry is expected to reach a market valuation of $557.9 The use of digital technologies in business will help increase productivity and store all data in secure cloud storage.

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Cost Software Review Technical Review Cloud 140

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

Even by July 2014, Facebook’s core application had effectively saturated the US market, with more than 80% of US adults on Facebook. In summary: Snap’s current business doesn’t justify a $20B valuation. And to top it all off, Snap isn’t offering voting rights to public market investors, which should discount the stock price further.

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Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. Every business and brand has unique requirements to fit into their market environment. People relationship focus.

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Leadership Technical Review Due Diligence Valuation 120

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

With the market being steadier and shareholders watching price activity all day long, stock markets around the globe have become far more important than it ever was. The New York Stock Exchange has been the largest stock exchange by market capitalisation in the world since the end of the World War. ’ Its valuation is $13.8

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

I know – I was there when the first people debating funding it at less than a $5m valuation. They point out perceived market risks, they might question the management team’s experience, they might worry about regulatory risk or incumbent competitive powers. Almost nobody believed and now look at it. Online education.

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Technical Review America Partner United States 362

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Empower Your Small Business: content marketing, pricing dilemmas, conference call services – crowdspring.co/18PL3mb. Demystifying 409A Valuations - crowdspring.co/18IYhky.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

This combinatorial model works because it’s diversified, can best withstand bear markets, benefits from technological synergies, and it’s the mix of products and services clients value. To dig deeper, let’s first review the influence of technology on the core components. However each component will change dramatically.

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Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2020

Personal protective equipment (PPE) are now being routinely used to ensure health and safety, virtual shopping is at an all-time high due to qurantine and lockdown, and physical interactions have been limited to mobile and online platforms. Assistive Devices : Global Market Insights, Inc.

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Demand Product Artificial Inteligence Software Review 173

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2015

Privacy issues that come to light in the course of the due diligence process for an acquisition can also threaten their valuation. The Federal Trade Commission offers 12 tips for mobile app security and a general guide for all businesses. Avoid serious problems down the road by following a few basic steps now: 1.

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Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened.

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South America Global New York City Software Review 250

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Paige Craig , currently the most prolific, under-dressed, and most eligible angel in Los Angeles, sourced a hot, young startup called Gendai Games (makers of GameSalad - a platform for rapid development of mobile games). Markets always evolve toward higher resolution. You may not need to use convertible notes to do it.

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Finance Term Sheet Technical Review Warrant 286

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress. The IPO market, she is a fickle mistress. In the first half of 2011, the IPO markets were looking strong for VC-backed companies. What will happen for the startup IPO market? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. September 15, 2011.

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thebarefootvc

JANUARY 27, 2014

Do I think we are in a valuation bubble? I think that later stage valuations are frothy (for reasons I explain below) while earlier stage valuations are starting to stabilize from previous highs (with the exception of the superstar serial entrepreneur) - turns out scaling in a sea of competition (both startup and entrenched) is not so easy.

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Technical Review Valuation Venture Capital Investment Bankers 63

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Today, the move to digital technology is driving marketplace change at a seemingly ever-increasing rate. The pervasive Internet and mobile device access allows instant communication of new options, total sharing of customer experiences, and mass customization, on a world-wide scale.

Technical Review 136

Technical Review Demand Valuation Business Model 136

Steve Blank

MARCH 12, 2014

These two startups had problems they could not solve on their own due to lack of resources—time, people, money. For the second startup, we chose a year-old web/mobile startup whose market is college bound teens, with a founder who had skipped the initial customer validation process. Customer Discovery in the Real World.

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Lean Customer Development Startup Silicon Valley 334

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Is Small Business Marketing On Facebook A Complete Failure? 7 Ways to Make Your Business Card Your Best Marketing Tool – entm.ag/12oQZzW. But a nearly $4 billion valuation?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. When the market run started in March people were relieved that “the world wasn’t ending” so they started spending again. Unemployment coupled with a stock market drop will stop this spending cold IMHO.

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Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

a new segment of the institutional venture market is emerging. Both super-angels are institutionalizing “up” and formerly traditional VCs shifting “down” to fill a market opportunity. It’s clear that despite the varied terminology (Super Angel, Micro VC, Seed Stage VC, Seed Firms, etc.),

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Do Investors Invest in Ideas, People or Markets? (by 35+ Free Mobile & Web Application Development Icon Sets – [link]. by @byosko ) – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. Specifically we talked about Slide having gotten a $550 million valuation before being sold to Google for $182 million.

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Seed Stage Valuation Private Equity Venture Capital 232

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

We are not in a technology bubble. We have not even taken a major step towards a technology bubble. So let us first ask if “a very high percentage of the population&# has bought into a distorted premise about the future growth prospects for technology. Ex-cash it’s 13.5. Horace Dediu, Asymco. Generational adoption.

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Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 76

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. It was a pretty good valuation for the time. May 26, 2011.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. Many Asian entrepreneurs tell me that they want to raise funds from Silicon Valley firms because they perceive the valuations to be higher. Valuations are based more on typical later-stage type of metrics.

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Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

Using a combination of market data, math, and financial analysis, Professor Damodaran concluded that his best estimate of the value of Uber is $5.9 billion, far short of the value recently determined by the market. Financial models, especially valuation models, are interesting in that they can be particularly precise.

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San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

One of the greatest threats to long-term success is when companies aren’t vigilant enough about responding to the changes in their market—whether it’s by failing to spot product or channel fatigue, acknowledge new competition, make needed updates to products or marketing adjustments in a timely fashion, or embrace new technology coming online.

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Technical Review Algorithm Channel Analytics 127

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Last week ZipCar began trading and has a market cap of about $1 billion. Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit.

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Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Follow Entrepreneur on Facebook Follow Entrepreneur on Twitter Follow Entrepreneur on LinkedIn Subscribe | Mobile. 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? Business & Small Business.

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Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

Hacking Startups

JUNE 25, 2013

Bitcoin is uniquely suited for applications where capital mobility is critical. Land has even appreciated, largely due to population increase. While Bitcoin is exceedingly poor store of value, it may be, for the right market participant, a good medium for speculation. Other applications are largely spurious. Store of value.

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Technical Review Offshore Cyprus Software Review 61

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. New Communications Review. Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. Most tech start-ups fail.

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Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft. 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

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. FarmVille" Lands on the iPad View More » Tech Microsoft: Windows 8 Is 2 Years Away Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman Aft. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83