The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

To grow your brand and increase revenue, here are some handy tips on how to optimise your affiliate marketing strategy. This is because consumers tend to search for them when shopping for a product. You need to know the risk factors when picking affiliate partners, otherwise you run the risk of losing revenue. Source: Pixabay.

Affiliate 187

Affiliate Marketing Technical Review Software Review 187

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. That should equate to an adequate valuation for a $2 million follow-on Series-A round, without giving away all the equity.

Burn Rate 262

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Entrepreneur Salary 262

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 billion in revenue last year. According to Ark Invest’s research , revenue from virtual worlds will compound 17% annually from roughly $180 billion today to $390 billion by 2025. Fortnite alone made $1.8 Twitch stats in 2020.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This is the most concrete valuation element, usually called the asset approach.

Valuation 270

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 270

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

What They Do: Travel search engine. How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. Search Statistics: 2010 Queries: 634 million.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

In recent years, eCommerce companies have begun to increase revenue by selling products directly via social media networks. Artificial intelligence (AI) is already starting to have a significant impact on search engine optimization (SEO) for agencies. Every year, social media coverage expands. Thanks to Aktug Dogun, Refer Mate ! #21-

Artificial Inteligence 120

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Media 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. That should equate to an adequate valuation for a $2 million follow-on Series-A round, without giving away all the equity.

Burn Rate 120

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 120

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 18, 2015

The insight is: The profitable revenue stream is a prison. A company with a large, profitable, growing revenue stream betrays facts useful to a startup: There’s a huge market to be had (else it wouldn’t be large and growing). The big profitable revenue stream is the goose that’s laying the golden eggs. Not anymore.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Valuation Flash Revenue 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

The advantage is no time and effort searching and preparing for the other alternatives, and you don’t have to encumber yourself or give up control of your company. Just don’t quit your day job before your new company is producing revenue. Use this approach before you have a real valuation, a real product, or any real customers.

Technical Review 257

Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 257

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This is the most concrete valuation element, usually called the asset approach.

Valuation 234

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Startup 234

Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This is the most concrete valuation element, usually called the asset approach.

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.   I’ve sat down with entrepreneurs and a copy of a term sheet guide I like [ “Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations ” by Alex Wilmerding, Aspatore Press.] The Valuation Question.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

Searching LinkedIn, for example, is a must for contemporary entrepreneurs. Friends and family are key at the idea and early development stages, when you have minimal business valuation. It clearly identifies potential investors who meet your profile, and provides contact information. But don’t wait for them to contact you.

Angel Investor 246

Angel Investor Stealth Bootstrapping Early Stage 246

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

The advantage is no time and effort searching and preparing for the other alternatives, and you don’t have to encumber yourself or give up control of your company. Just don’t quit your day job before your new company is producing revenue. Use this approach before you have a real valuation, a real product, or any real customers.

Technical Review 233

Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 233

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2021

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. High valuation, low profit. The focus should always be on execution, revenue, and profits.

Demand 362

Demand Government Venture Capital Valuation 362

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Searching LinkedIn, for example, is a must for contemporary entrepreneurs. Friends and family are key at the idea and early development stages, when you have minimal business valuation. It clearly identifies potential investors who meet your profile, and provides contact information. But don’t wait for them to contact you.

Stealth 434

Stealth Startup Angel Investor Bootstrapping 434

Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2015

Startups focus on speed since they are burning cash every day as they search for product/market fit. 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.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Salary Early Stage Software Review 120

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

So if you paid $100 for a customer who converted via a Facebook ad or Google search ad (SEM) that is not your CAC. In SaaS (or any recurring revenue business) this is also a very difficult task. One big, beginners mistake people make in LTV is to measure revenue. I’m guessing much of this was 101 to many readers.

Metrics 150

Metrics Cost Acquisition Startup 150

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. revenues while large caps are trading at 6.4x. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Software Review 101

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

The advantage is no time and effort searching and preparing for the other alternatives, and you don’t have to encumber yourself or give up control of your company. Just don’t quit your day job before your new company is producing revenue. Use this approach before you have a real valuation, a real product, or any real customers.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 164

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.

Venture Capital 183

Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation Startup 183

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

There is a universal truth: fewer than one in a thousand start-ups meet or exceed their projected revenues in the periods planned. 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? But a lot of time has passed since then.

Valuation 48

Valuation North Carolina Oklahoma City Silicon Valley 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

The advantage is no time and effort searching and preparing for the other alternatives, and you don’t have to encumber yourself or give up control of your company. Just don’t quit your day job before your new company is producing revenue. Use this approach before you have a real valuation, a real product, or any real customers.

Technical Review 149

Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 149

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2016

Valuation is a nebulous topic amongst early stage startups, so I thought I’d really spell it out in detail. In short: Valuations for seed stage companies are fairly arbitrary and driven solely by supply and demand. Your startup’s valuation is not based on a proforma of your revenue.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Valuation Vertical Demand 48

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

That leaves me out raising with two funds under my belt and no big exit and no unicorn valuations. One just got a seed term sheet for twice the valuation I put in at in the pre-seed and the other is doing $200k/month in revenue. There are others, but they’re still pretty young. Honestly, I hate fundraising.

LP 136

LP Technical Review Software Review Valuation 136

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. Look at the valuations of companies like Tesla, Illumina, and Twitter. The companies that can show “startup-like” growth rates of 50% plus per year will get stratospheric market valuations. Act Like a Startup.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 24, 2024

The higher the velocity, the more predictable and scalable the revenue becomes. Ultimately, it will boost your SERP (Search Engine Results Page), making your website pages (blog, services, knowledge bank, etc.) rank higher in search engine results. Before we jump into the proven tips, let’s make this tangible.

B2B 133

B2B Forecast Entrepreneur Analytics 133

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. If you search for funds when you’re desperate, you have no leverage and investors will smell that a mile away.

Asia 132

Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Convertible debt is best when you don’t yet have revenue or a good sense for your valuation, because it allows you to raise money on the basis that the valuation will be set one to three years in the future, based on execution of the early business model. Face it, you don’t know everything?—?even

Strategic Investors 49

Strategic Investors Austin Angel Investor Bootstrapping 49

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2017

Too few entrepreneurs are searching for the next bubble, so too many funding requests I see as an investor are yet another “me too” solution, with low odds. If you do an Internet search with a couple of keywords and find ten or more existing competitors, I recommend that you look for a more unique idea.

Valuation 139

Valuation Social Media Revenue Search 139

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This is the most concrete valuation element, usually called the asset approach.

Pre-Money Valuation 246

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 246

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

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

It goes like this, “If your next round investor can see how fast you’re scaling then you can raise money based on your user traction and your valuation can hit the sky. The company with no revenue and a $150k burn rate that raised $2.5 I often wonder why they didn’t find a way to bring in some revenue to cover costs.

Burn Rate 412

Burn Rate Dilution Revenue Valuation 412

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

is an elegant way to model any service-oriented business: Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue We used a very similar scheme at IMVU, although we werent lucky enough to have started with this framework, and so had to derive a lot of it ourselves via trial and error. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?)

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

They already have several customers including some telcos, and are at about $350,000 in revenues. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity. Why not go further, develop more valuation, customer experience, and really, deeply validate the business? You can get cash without diluting your ownership in the company.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is a state licensed professional who offers various accounting, auditing, tax, financial analysis, business valuation and consulting services. CPA’s also can represent clients in case of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audit.

Small Business 87

Small Business CPA Government North America 87

ConversionXL

JULY 16, 2021

By collating key information in a framework, you’ll reduce internal feedback loops, improve collaboration, and empower consistency—which can increase revenue by 33%. . A quick Google search shows us several other top-dollar coolers on offer: Why are Yeti all the rave? But Yeti isn’t the first brand to sell industrial-grade coolers.

Audience 127

Audience Framework Differentiation Software Review 127