Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations). Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). .” pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. Where are we today? 50x more Internet users (2.4 The iPhone was released.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

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. Mobile Devices : Shopping and paying bills online are more convenient using mobile devices.

Demand 148

Demand Product Artificial Inteligence Software Review 148

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

Those that do it right also have the unprecedented opportunity to join the elite ranks of 250 unicorns (relatively new companies with a current valuation of over $1 billion). These days you can create a C-corp or LLC online quickly at a low cost, to serve you well in signing partners, intellectual property, investors, and revenue.

Technical Cofounder 184

Technical Cofounder Intellectual Property Silicon Valley LLC 184

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

In recent years, eCommerce companies have begun to increase revenue by selling products directly via social media networks. 20- Streamlining omnichannel strategy Photo Credit: Aktug Dogan One growing trend in E-commerce is mobile commerce. Thanks to Daniel Todd, Influence Mobile ! #24- Every year, social media coverage expands.

Artificial Inteligence 121

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Media 121

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008).

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. Pre-revenue life Science, biotech and medical device deals.

Angel Groups 169

Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

The valuations were too high! The company started the year with no revenue and at it’s peak had a run rate well in excessive of $100 million / year. We’re at a new watermark because there are now global assets deployed and as the sun peeks out so to do the riders and the revenue. We are now in Act IV. they were highly visible.

South America 250

South America Global New York City Software Review 250

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2017

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. The smarter ones look outside regularly for evidence of impending change, and treat these as opportunities to jump ahead of competitors.

Technical Review 136

Technical Review Demand Valuation Business Model 136

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

They provide a hands-on transformation and revenue growth partner for B2B technology companies. Prior to working with Citius, he helped global businesses generate up to $200M in annual recurring revenue and realise valuations of $1Bn+. Mobile phone technological advance. Transformation of Mobile Handset business.

Founder 135

Founder B2B Private Equity India 135

Gust

DECEMBER 6, 2011

An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. Milestones are accomplishments that demonstrate the viability of the business; hence, they increase the valuation of the company.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Venture Capital Valuation Software Engineering 179

Steve Blank

MARCH 12, 2014

We realized that past K-12 Entrepreneurial classes taught students “the lemonade stand” version of how to start a company: 1) come up with an idea, 2) execute the idea, 3) do the accounting (revenue, costs, etc.). We wanted to teach our students how to think like entrepreneurs not accountants.

Lean 334

Lean Customer Development Startup Silicon Valley 334

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Who would not want to joint the unicorns (recent startups with a current valuation of over $1 billion)? Even the homework is easier, with free access to more opportunity details and competitor data on your mobile device from anywhere in the world. Incorporating a business entity early through online services.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 120

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 27, 2014

Do I think we are in a valuation bubble? Last week, a chart in the Wall Street Journal listed private companies globally that have raised capital at $1 billion-plus valuations from venture capital firms. So are we in a bubble or are these companies really worth their valuations? I’m re-posting below. Or so it seems.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Valuation Venture Capital Investment Bankers 63

Scalable Startup

JULY 20, 2013

These are now done either transparently in the background, in the cloud, or done using minimally invasive mobile apps. Spell-guesser, auto-fill, travel, accounting, calculating company valuations, facebook, pinterest, dropbox, codecademy, me writing this blog are all managed by a SaaS platform. It vastly reduces computer waste.

Mobile 22

Mobile Hawaii Angel Investor Early Stage 22

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers. OTHER DEALS: 1.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2020

Because of this development, many business owners are concerned about business valuation and ideas for transitioning their businesses. There are a number of trusted methods on how to value a private company , describing some of the common business valuation principles. Diversify Your Revenue & Profits. Set Yourself Apart.

Valuation 142

Valuation Revenue Differentiation America 142

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Which brings me back to your mobile phones. It’s worth noting that everything from the Internet, to electric cars, genomic sequencing, mobile apps, and social media — were pioneered by startups, not existing companies. Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. Apple owned 0%.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 29, 2013

I’m rather late to this, but this morning I was pointed towards an eMarketer projection of Twitter revenues from March this year which has them hitting $950m in 2014, up from $583m this year. I can’t find any information on profits so it’s hard to know what this means for their valuation.

Revenue 109

Revenue IPO API Valuation 109

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

PC and mobile interfaces dynamically display portfolio valuations and exposures, along with system-generated investment recommendations tailored to a specific client’s financial goals and risk appetite. According to research from JP Morgan, revenues from investment banking peaked in 2009 at $207.7

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 131

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 27, 2012

It is now two and a half weeks since Facebook announced its $1bn acquisition of Instagram yet people are still talking about how and why such a young startup with no revenues achieved such a high valuation. If the gossip and rumours are to be believed Instagram employed two pretty standard tactics to maximise their valuation on exit.

Valuation 109

Valuation Security IPO Acquisition 109

Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2015

I had lunch last week with Tom, the CEO of a startup that was quickly becoming a large company – last year’s revenue was $40M, this year likely to be $80M maybe even $100 million in ad revenue. to drive traffic to their site, which they then turned into ad revenue.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Salary Early Stage Software Review 120

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

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. Finally, don’t over-optimize on valuation. This is even true for the Asian arms of Silicon Valley VCs.

Asia 132

Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

forward revenue in February 2016 (the low), they appreciated by 6% each month for the following six months. In other words, any correction in public valuations happened quickly and has now stabilized. From Series A and onwards, fundraising takes longer and valuations are typically below the expectations and benchmarks of 2015.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Early Stage Portfolio Valuation 60

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

The Pricing Model That Increased Our Free Trial Signups by 358% (and Revenue by 25%) – crowdspring.co/1alarDV. But a nearly $4 billion valuation? UX Design for HTML/CSS Mobile Web Apps - crowdspring.co/1auMJDd. Six Mobile Myths | UX Magazine - crowdspring.co/GZCJJG. Perfect employees don’t exist.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

LinkedIn’s product had only been live for a couple months, we only had tens of thousands of registered users, and wouldn’t start generating revenue for more than a year after this point. round which closed in November 2003, and the pre-money valuation between $10 million and $15 million. It was a $4.7M link] leehower.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2021

All camera-first applications and games that incorporate 3D content like Pokémon GO, Snapchat, and TikTok are seeing unprecedented adoption and revenue which points to the fact that new solutions are required to manage and deliver 3D content for all future applications.” of the mobile gaming market. billion valuation.

Cofounder 183

Cofounder Mobile Revenue Cloud 183

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Consumer spending is 70% of the economy and will continue to be stretched – We can look all we want at tech innovation, VC funding cycles and hot M&A deals, but ultimately growth and therefore investment must be underpinned by revenue. This has a tangible impact on the valuation of start-ups and the pace of investment.

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

A tech bubble is the rapid inflation in the valuation of public and private technology companies that exceeds their fundamental value by a large margin. Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation.

Silicon Valley 327

Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 327

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

As a thought exercise though I thought I’d try to put the valuation in perspective. Furthermore WhatsApp users are predominantly in markets which have lower mobile ad spend, though Facebook similarly has a large portion of it’s base in these markets. in annual mobile ad revenue per MAU. billion for it.

Valuation 159

Valuation Acquisition Mobile Revenue 159

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The market for mobile gaming is insanely large and growing quickly: >$77B in 2020 with >10% YoY growth. And >40% of that revenue is coming from in-game purchases. When they can invest the marginal engineering hour in listing a new token that drives revenue vs. saving some costs on settlement, it’s hard to justify.

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

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. Applications such as Xtify , Local Response , and Placecast provided turnkey mobile solutions for retailers to target consumers.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Why We’re Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first – [link]. … Checking In on Foursquare’s Valuation – [link]. The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. The Biggest Problem in Mobile: Retention – [link]. Red All Over: Newspaper Revenues Fall In Q3 – [link].

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Central African Republic Design 100

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As a testament to the growing power of “the creator economy,” visual content creation app development startup Lightricks has secured an impressive $130 million investment round, at a valuation of $1.8 The company’s most popular products include Facetune 2, Facetune Video and Videoleap. Platform and Scaling Vision.

Private Equity 150

Private Equity Developer Venture Capital Merger 150

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

As a thought exercise though I thought I’d try to put the valuation in perspective. Furthermore WhatsApp users are predominantly in markets which have lower mobile ad spend, though Facebook similarly has a large portion of it’s base in these markets. in annual mobile ad revenue per MAU. billion for it.

Valuation 127

Valuation Acquisition Mobile Revenue 127

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

One of the questions I get, more often than not, is what is the appropriate valuation of my business. multiple interested investors competing for the deal, and driving up your valuation in the process). Never have an investor think they are the only investor pursuing your business, as that will hurt your valuation.

Valuation 167

Valuation Forecast Seed Stage .Net 167

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2017

In the entrepreneur world, most of the energy I see is focused on the current opportunity bubbles, now including anything mobile, the new sharing economy (Uber, Airbnb), or yet another social media app (Snapchat, WhatsApp). Beware of high valuations with low revenue and profit. Cheap money causes more problems than it fixes.

Valuation 139

Valuation Social Media Revenue Search 139

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Snapchat may be a company with no revenue and an unrealistic valuation, but it is changing the way people think of messaging. The custom Android ROM company that has found favor with hackers and hobbyists is looking to become the next mobile operating system. Or it could be the next Facebook. Time will tell. CyanogenMod.

Startup 60

Startup Cofounder San Francisco Software Review 60