Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round).

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. by a mile, continued to soar in volume and valuation. the firm may have a right to raise up to $100B but may not call all of it).

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

But he left to work on what he told me he came to do - crack the innovation code of Silicon Valley and share it with the rest of the world. Founders that learn are more successful : Startups that have helpful mentors, track metrics effectively, and learn from startup thought leaders raise 7x more money and have 3.5x

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

For example, one of the first home grocery delivery companies, Webvan, was so enamored with early traction in Silicon Valley, it raised and spent nearly a billion dollars and went public, before filing for bankruptcy three years later. Document processes and metrics for economies of scale.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits on the inflated valuations (regardless of whether or not the company should have ever been public.) The valuations for acquisitions were nothing like the Internet bubble, but there was a path to liquidity, difficult as it was.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

So how do you use financial projections as valuation metrics when you know the odds of those being accurate predictors of the future are so very unreliable? million), but certainly also allowing the investor to put much lower values into each test, resulting in valuations well below that amount. The Method should allow for this.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Good whitepaper on advertising measurement metrics | by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/HsVIMR. Why the Midwest is better for startups than saturated Silicon Valley | VentureBeat - crowdspring.co/1akquBC. Nuts - crowdspring.co/1akpXj7.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Low supply of companies with traction drove the valuations and deal sizes up. Valuations are rising to match. A typical seed round valuation may be $6M pre, raising $2M for an $8M post, or even as high as an $8M pre, raising $2M for a $10M post. The risk here is what I refer to as the curse of over-capitalization. The Epilogue.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). YC now runs 2 programs per year, with over 80 companies in the current batch, and is highly respected both by VCs and entrepreneurs all over the world (and their valuations reflect that as well).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

In fact, last time I grabbed a beer with Matt he mentioned that he had active investments now worth over a billion in valuation. You hear about the proverbial Silicon Valley VC who cuts bait in tough times and moves on to other, less problematic portfolio companies. What did I learn in working with Matt? He’s committed.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. Having a great early investor provides downstream capital with a “signal” that you are a company worthy of being paid attention to even if you haven’t scaled your metrics.

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

The others are mainly in Silicon Valley with some exceptions. Early Progress: Performance is a difficult thing to measure as a seed stage fund given the time horizons and the fickleness of private company valuations. Geography: 18 of the 23 are in Boston or New York. OUR INDUSTRY.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? My Investments.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 4, 2017

Silicon Valley author, investor and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki advocates using LinkedIn to look at everyone’s background and find points of common interest that you can use. Use any metrics that demonstrate the traction your startup has made in the market. million valuation ($150,000 for 10 percent equity) in 2008.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

The bi-weekly podcasts feature interviews of entrepreneurs and silicon Valley leaders. VentureCast : Bi-weekly anecdotes on the Silicon Valley venture world. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. SaaS business metrics: why are they different? My Investments.

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 8, 2012

A company making $1000 a month (a typical number early in YC) and growing at 1% a week will 4 years later be making $7900 a month, which is less than a good programmer makes in salary in Silicon Valley. A startup that grows at 5% a week will in 4 years be making $25 million a month. Most companies aren’t so lucky. Sometimes not.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

Welcome to the latest passionate debate over the ‘valuation bubble or not?’ Specifically, too much money has gone into VC-backed Internet companies at too high a valuation. The companies we invest in will need to grow into these valuations or we will face writedowns and writeoffs. question in venture capital. It is intentional.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

My friend in the Valley said to me, “$10 on $50 is the new Silicon Valley A round.” But the smart money I know are already pointing out the huge chasm between private-market late stage valuations and public ones based more on rationality. I know we spoke about it this week. 10 is the new 3. ” Well.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Some will demonstrate strategically justifiable metrics and have fantastic ‘up round’ exits; others may see liquidation preferences kick in which will negatively impact founders and employees; others may fulfill the adage “IPO is the new down round” , which has been the case for more than half of the public companies on our list.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

A couple weeks ago, I attended the 13th Silicon Valley Annual VC/Entrepreneur luncheon organized by NVCA. The guest speaker was a well known and highly successful Silicon Valley veteran: Tony Zingale, President and CEO of Mercury Interactive. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). My Investments.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

This post describes how companies using the Customer Development model can increase their credibility, valuation and probability of getting a first round of funding by presenting their results in a “Lesson Learned&# venture pitch. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Did the VC’s like your team ?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

And the model we had in mind, there's a book called Valuation, which our, our firm has had an updated every year for the past 20 years or more. But there isn't actually a top down roadmap of how to do it with real milestones and metrics and uh, around it. (07:01): So this was a very conscious step on our part.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For much of 2014 and 2015, I banged my head against a plane window flying back and forth between Austin and Silicon Valley while trying to raise institutional VC money for Localeur. Are there amazing Silicon Valley VCs out there with whom entrepreneurs should work to partner? but it’s true. Most definitely.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

To turn your company’s stock into cash, you engaged a top-notch investment bank (Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs) and/or their Silicon Valley compatriots (Hambrecht & Quist, Montgomery Securities, Robertson Stephens). As long as the CEO’s behavior affects their employees not their customers or valuation, VCs often turn a blind eye.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 5, 2015

How Ever-Higher Valuations Lead Unicorns Into A Cycle Of Private Capital Dependency – buff.ly/1AIGTjE. What the Weekends Are Like for Silicon Valley CEOs crowdspring.co/1PMVYSB. The Traffic Prediction Accuracy of 12 Metrics from Compete, Alexa, SimilarWeb, & More – buff.ly/1KBkzIK. audio/draft/ro….

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. However, I am teaching the ELAB and a new experimental course (The Silicon Valley Experience) for the MBA program. What are the key drivers and metrics? Byron Deeter has a good blog post on SAAS metrics. ProfessorVC. Friday, August 26, 2011. How do you think?

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. What is some of the critical metrics that matter? Note that each market – web/SAAS/physical products – and channel – online/direct sales – has different metrics and a different funnel steps.)For

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

One key to this population growth has been the remarkable ease of the Unicorn fundraising process: Pick a new valuation well above your last one, put together a presentation deck, solicit offers, and watch the hundreds of million of dollars flow into your bank account. By January of 2016, that number had ballooned to 229.

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2016

“Graduating from a top accelerator such as Y-Combinator or TechStars does not by itself guarantee funding, but it can significantly improve the odds that you would raise a follow-up round at a favorable valuation,” Vishal explains. Get them to agree that the metrics make sense and then hit them. Share user engagement and metrics.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 31, 2018

Then I asked him about his metrics, which are good, but they are were not at series A level. So, I thought it might make sense to take a step back and talk about all the stages of early stage fundraising here in the Silicon Valley. But when we were talking, he expressed frustration in raising his series A round.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. And show that you’re focused on the metrics that matter: revenue numbers, engagement traction, etc. Identify the right metrics for success. Facebook, by the way, was not yet on most people’s radars in the summer of 2004.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 31, 2018

Then I asked him about his metrics, which are good, but they are were not at series A level. So, I thought it might make sense to take a step back and talk about all the stages of early stage fundraising here in the Silicon Valley. But when we were talking, he expressed frustration in raising his series A round.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Jody didn’t exactly have an easy time fund raising because he’s not one of the prototypical Silicon Valley funded entrepreneurs. EcoMom’s metrics improved throughout this process and that’s when I decided to invest. Naval says valuations are definitely going up, but isn’t completely sure why.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Maybe you are wondering which metrics to track, or whether or not you should take out a loan for your business. Which metrics do you most rely on to understand your business itself. The question is what metrics do you most rely on to understand your business’s health? What specific metrics should they be monitoring?

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. steve Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Order Here. For International Orders Now In Print! Follow me on twitter @sgblank Follow my speaking schedule on Plancast @sgblank Get the Podcasts for Free The Four Steps to the Epiphany now available in Japanese. startupcto

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

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