ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

There are many more ways to ratchet up the conversion power of your abandoned cart emails. In short, the perceived value of the discount is higher if the number is higher, regardless of whether it’s a percentage or a raw dollar amount. Second offer email + scarcity (e.g., limited stock). Final offer email + scarcity (e.g.,

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

TVPI = total value to paid in capital (paper gains) DPI = distributed to paid-in capital (real cash gains, paid out). portfolio values on paper that will likely be marked down and not be returned. But in the third quarter, venture debt deal value fell by half to $4.7 of deal value. CVCs have participated in 25.6%

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Good investors use the valuation discussions to gauge the business savvy of the management team and to understand their ability to appreciate and deal with economic market forces that set values.   Most often, investors who are interested in a company raise this issue first to measure the company’s response to a market value offer.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Steven framed the value of MVP in terms of the enormous bureaucratic hurdles he has to cross: “The NYCDOE is by far the largest school district in the country, with 1,800 schools, 1.1 million kids, and 135,000 employees. So don’t build your business today. Today, do your business; then building it is just a function of time and money.’

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

There are many more ways to ratchet up the conversion power of your abandoned cart emails. In short, the perceived value of the discount is higher if the number is higher, regardless of whether it’s a percentage or a raw dollar amount. Second offer email + scarcity (e.g., limited stock). Final offer email + scarcity (e.g.,

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. How will the lead determine a value? At an accelerator ….

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Up and Running

APRIL 27, 2012

The goal is achieved, but the value is low. With continuous development it can lead to percentage improvements at each step, which ratchet up and can have a profound impact on the final revenue tally. Finally, you’ll want to ensure that the percentage of visitors that get to your product pages in the first place is high.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 7, 2016

That means that each dollar spent will have less value. In effect, it’s like a ratchet that will constantly wind up more tightly and thereby twist SEO and PR closer together until one day they aren’t just friends but they are one and the same. After all the spending on social media advertising, last year increased by 33.5%

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

12:11] There’s value in seeing the value in change. Would you say that if you come to a place where you have that relationship with change, you may still struggle when it hits you, but you’ll also see the value in it and the message that it carries? [14:18] And so it doesn't bug me as much. April Rinne (12:42): Yeah.

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

The ratchet protection put in place by the last round of investors in Square is just the tip of the iceberg, and is relatively benign relative to other structures that I suspect are out there. Over the last year, these late stage financing rounds have had more and more teeth.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

I got asked by a reporter yesterday what I thought about WeWork’s IPO situation and I’ll summarize what I said here: First off, let’s pull back for a moment and acknowledge that WeWork has built a huge company that generates a ton of value for its members. After all, that’s what hotels are, right?

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The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 10, 2017

Unlike the much maligned case of a clueless business guy searching for indentured servants, he delivered real value and had secured a shocking number of customer commitments before the thing was built. Investors can delay until you’re desperate and then ratchet the terms. It’s not just cofounders.

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 25, 2012

We ratcheted that up a lot in the last year, which is why we added the following statement in as one of our 14 Core Values : Think Global, Act Local. At Return Path , we have always had a commitment to community service and helping make the world around us a better place.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith and Dan Primack declared 2015 “ The Age of the Unicorns ” noting — “Fortune counts more than 80 startups that have been valued at $1 billion or more by venture capitalists.” Next came Rolfe Winkler’s deep dive “ Highly Valued Startup Zenefits Runs Into Turbulence. ”

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 18, 2011

Another is to be obsessive about delivering value – all the time. In great detail, the ad explained what went on “beneath the dial&# with beautiful pictures showing dozens of interlocking ratchets, with wheels within wheels. How To Become ‘Worth Recommending’? One way is to be the very best at everything you do.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2016

I can just picture Mr. Rogers saying "Children, can you say participating preferred stock with an uncapped 3x liquidation preference and a full ratchet?" In addition to the syndicate participants who can potentially add value, AngelList has its own institutional funds that often participate. It's great for entrepreneurs!

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

Other links: The Time to Think About the 3D-Printed Future is Now (HBR), Space Station Builds 3D-Printed Ratchet Wrench (NASA), Shapeways.com (3D printing marketplace). Peter: I think the first step, the value proposition, that’s going to be the hardest thing. Jonathan, what’s the value proposition for the banana stand?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2020

13:12) Andrew on waves of treatment for COVID and the potential and value of repurposing existing drugs. (15:46) And often what we're seeing in these hydroxychloroquine studies is a big ratcheting of a typical dose. You ratchet up a drug that has known side effects. 2:16) Nadja Mannowetz on her background. (2:38)

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