Transformify

MARCH 4, 2020

Unlike Zatarra, FT is a reputable media and this time the analysts started asking themselves if there might be something they have missed. On its turn, Orbit Corporate & Leisure Travels purchased services from Hermes iTickets which had already been part of Wirecard, thus contributing to group’s revenue and profit.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Valuation Stock Acquisition 78

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

Whether you’re interested in selling a website you built from scratch, or want to sell your Amazon-based B2C brand, there are many different baseline factors that go into determining an appropriate website valuation number. While it’s true that valuations can get quite technical, the basics are relatively easy to understand.

eCommerce 120

eCommerce Valuation B2C Revenue 120

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Asset valuation. The concept of asset valuation may seem counterintuitive, but it is an important idea. Most financial valuation formulas value an asset by discounting the asset using the cost of capital (interest rate) to the present day. It has never paid out dividends, and clocks around $200 billion in revenue.

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Founder Valuation Dividend Startup 148

VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2022

Snap’s stock plunged 40% last week after Evan Spigel announced the company will miss revenue targets, which raises questions about other ‘advertising powered’ social networks. Additionally, given the valuation entry points, the return upside remains quite substantial regardless of macro conditions.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation Startup 184

The Startup Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

Crowdfunding with GoFundMe Popular among individuals and non-profits, GoFundMe has gained a reputation for being a user-friendly platform enabling supporters to rally behind causes they deem worthy. Next, you’ll delve into some notable crowdfunding platforms.

Campaign 148

Campaign Seed Capital Social Network Global 148

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.

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Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

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.

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Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 330

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. Next Chris Ruder from Chicago, Illinois, pitched Spikeball , a new volleyball-esque game that is being played at camps and college campuses.

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Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

At this stage you were expecting to be working on creating a good business valuation to attract future buyers, or at least funding college accounts for your kids. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream.

Entrepreneur 234

Entrepreneur Vertical Reputation Valuation 234

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

At this stage you were expecting to be working on creating a good business valuation to attract future buyers, or at least funding college accounts for your kids. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream.

Startup 236

Startup Vertical Reputation Valuation 236

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

Reputation – Equally, the investor might not be worried about squeezing out your existing VC, per se, but doesn’t want to develop a reputation as a VC with an edge. I wouldn’t work in this business long if I had a reputation for screwing over other investors to get a deal. Reputation. So what happens?

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Common Stock Pre-Money Valuation 289

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

At this stage you were expecting to be working on creating a good business valuation to attract future buyers, or at least funding college accounts for your kids. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Maintenance contracts are another great way to create a brand-new revenue stream.

Startup 230

Startup Vertical Reputation Valuation 230

Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2016

When asked how he figured out who his target market was, he responded, “I looked at the volume of sales in my city, from the property valuation administrator, and then looked for the ‘sweet spot.’ Essentially, your reputation is your brand. Branding tip #1: Your reputation is all down to your relationships.

Reputation 60

Reputation Cofounder Naming Business Plan 60

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Outspoken investor Paul Kedrosky characterizes Color’s reputation: “It’s become a punch line. After I sold Smart Bear, that division has increased revenue and profit every year, for five years, even through the 2008/2009 economic disaster. The launch, by the way, was a failure. And it’s now bankrupt.)

IPO 240

IPO Flash Bootstrapping Private Equity 240

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

While most companies focus on revenue and profitability, Silicon Valley leaders tend to view valuation as a success barometer. Despite its reputation as a publicly distributed solution, blockchain is a perfect way to securely share information without risking it getting into the wrong hands.

Silicon Valley 103

Silicon Valley Artificial Inteligence Database SQL 103

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Rob,” he said, “no offense, but you aren’t going to get a world class, been-there-done-that CEO into a company with less than $1 million in revenue. It’s nice to get great valuations and hire A-players. Over the last year, we finally had a strong revenue base and a great team in place, and I was able to take three weeks of vacation.

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Founder Startup Cofounder Business Model 120

Software By Rob

APRIL 2, 2014

With SaaS businesses the majority of revenue will be through monthly, quarterly or annual billing recurring payment plans. Another solution would be to use a pseudonym to brand the product around and that way, the “owner” and his/her reputation would be far easier to transfer to a new owner. Choose your payment processor carefully.

Affiliate 67

Affiliate Valuation Reputation Sales 67

ReadWriteStart

MAY 30, 2022

Will your market-driven valuation still achieve your exit goals once everyone (including the taxman) takes home their slice? If you’re in a rush to sell, will your investors allow you to accept less than your valuation? . You might recover, sure, but at what cost to your reputation? It teaches you to grow sustainably.

Bootstrapping 147

Bootstrapping Startup Equity Silicon Valley 147

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

I asked for all of the following information: Monthly revenue. If you can go over the valuation methods each side used, that would be very helpful to know, even if you don’t share the cash figures involved. I offered a bit more than I typically would given the scope, reputation, and press mentions of HitTail.

Acquisition 53

Acquisition Software Review Technical Review NDA 53

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. we had no revenue. As a result, we knew that our pitch would need to steer into investors’ biggest concern: the lack of revenue. And remember, LinkedIn was a consumer internet play with moderate consumer traction and without a dime of revenue.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The revenue driven by the website will be ten times the outlay and is crucial to driving revenue, so do not scrimp on the cost with a part-time nephew or friend, or one of those “free” website platforms who might not have you live at least a month before opening. Founded by Charlie in 1990, The Boston Restaurant Group, Inc.

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Boston New York Hosting Cost 120

VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2012

uses auction to decide on valuation. Entrepreneurs are unable to access debt financing (bank loans) in the early stages of the startup, due to the risky nature of their business and typically lack of revenue. for businesses: 10% of amount raised if successful. investment through dedicated investment vehicle for each raise.

Equity 160

Equity Europe Due Diligence Startup 160

Software By Rob

APRIL 2, 2014

With SaaS businesses the majority of revenue will be through monthly, quarterly or annual billing recurring payment plans. Another solution would be to use a pseudonym to brand the product around and that way, the “owner” and his/her reputation would be far easier to transfer to a new owner. Choose your payment processor carefully.

Affiliate 27

Affiliate Valuation Reputation Sales 27

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

It helped them to engage already existing customers with the brand and kept the revenues steady. Another pointer is to how much the industry is ready for disruption is the trend of recent HR and Recruitment startups such as Zenefits which reached up to a valuation of a billion dollars after a few years. 16- Coffee. 19- Silvertech.

Technical Review 157

Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur China 157

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.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. Another concept we need to introduce now is valuation. I say "in theory" because in early stageinvesting, valuations are voodoo. As a company gets more established,its valuation gets closer to an actual market value. Startups valuations aresupposed to rise over time.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Status / reputation. 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!) - crowdSPRING Blog , September 13, 2010 At crowdSPRING we talk a great deal about how we can leverage our limited marketing resources to drive traffic and revenues and build strong community. Why You Should Write. People want status.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

They will bring you revenue, delight your clients (the right salespeople care about the ultimate value delivered?—?not not just the sale), and ultimately increase the valuation of your company and your ability to create jobs and realize your entrepreneurial dreams. Salespeople are a very unique breed of people, and I love them for it.

Software Review 48

Software Review Sales Cofounder Analytics 48

Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2016

For first-time entrepreneurs with no direct VC connections, I recommend applying to reputable startup accelerators that can lend their network and credibility to your startup,” suggests Vishal Shah of NoPaperForms. Do it as scrappy as you can, and get users and revenue. Join a startup accelerator. Follow through.

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Cofounder Metrics Angel Investor Silicon Valley 60

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

One common mistake is for entrepreneurs to simply select whichever venture capital firm is offering the highest valuation. Yes, if our early-stage startup that has zero revenues can convince one of the iconic CEOs of the entire industry to leave their job running a multi-billion dollar enterprise, we should do it. But get real.

Startup 36

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 2, 2020

billion valuation when it was acquired by Google. Since a large portion of the growth capital and revenue required for Israeli startups to reach unicorn status depends on the US, Israel’s ability to continue to generate unicorns in this fast pace is dependant on the recovery of the US economy.

Venture Capital 184

Venture Capital Acquisition IPO 184

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 24, 2018

Elon Musk’s electric car maker saw its valuation grow to more than $60 billion last year, greater than that of General Motors in spite of selling 90% less cars! Tesla’s financials aren’t great, but both its capacity and reputation for breakthrough innovations has made it one of the most iconic and valuable companies in the world.

Artificial Inteligence 48

Artificial Inteligence San Francisco Valuation Reputation 48

discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I dont control the companys valuation: if for example the company is privately-held, then the value of equity might be complicated and outside my control (you can dilute equity, reinvest any revenue instead of paying it in dividends, etc.,

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Angel Investor Affiliate 40

Transformify

APRIL 12, 2020

Sadly, even reputable businesses are trying to take advantage of people in developing countries, especially if the local authorities are not paying attention to cases of exploitation. Round-tripping is used by the founders of a startup to inflate the revenue and profit and mislead investors and lenders. No revenue at all.

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Bangladesh Philippines Salary Cofounder 98

Hunter Walker

MAY 2, 2016

On paper Homebrew’s first fund is shaping up very nicely, with, to date, significant appreciation in the portfolio and a healthy number of companies growing real revenues. But we know valuations are just a moment in time based upon any number of market factors. And companies at this stage are still fragile. So what do we know?

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Advisory Board LP Institutional Investors Portfolio 48

Hunter Walker

MAY 2, 2016

On paper Homebrew’s first fund is shaping up very nicely, with, to date, significant appreciation in the portfolio and a healthy number of companies growing real revenues. But we know valuations are just a moment in time based upon any number of market factors. And companies at this stage are still fragile. So what do we know?

Advisory Board 48

Advisory Board LP Institutional Investors Portfolio 48

K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Now that’s nothing to snicker over, especially considering that well-reputed and established firms could often have multiple overlapping funds. For them to see a 5x return the company needs to exit at a valuation of $500M. For a 10x return that exit valuation needs to be $1B!

IRR 48

IRR Venture Capital LP Early Stage 48