The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 11, 2023
I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. What exactly is the seed funding? The initial official fundraising round is called seed funding, and it comes immediately after the pre-seed investment stage. Hence they will miss the finish line.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. million in revenue three years later is, “So effing what?”
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Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 25, 2016
It turns out that to build a successful company you ultimately need this strange thing called “revenue” that people don’t just hand you: You need to earn it. And there’s this other thing called “gross margin,” which shows the quality of your revenue. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
They might have some seed money and are thinking or raising a Series A based on success of an early release (MVP). He just post: Establishing the Pre-money Valuation of Pre-revenue Startups. A few things jumped out at me: - Experience in sales or technology - considered a minor negative? It's required reading.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 17, 2017
The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 senior sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business 6 months. The Nature of Revenue Matters Of course revenue alone won’t tell you enough.
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? venture capitalists are now asking tougher questions about start-ups' revenue and profits.". Perhaps I need to rethink that. What follows in this story is pretty laughable: ".venture
YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 14, 2014
But he chose to move forward with a positive attitude, raise seed money for his company, and network his way to a profitable future. Start small, generate revenue, and create a profitable business before you approach an investor. For example, the drive and charisma required to hustle on the street may lend itself to legal sales.)
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