Agile VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This is a logical thing to do… when we started LinkedIn, my mentor Reid Hoffman instilled a mantra of Growth –> Usage –> Revenue which still holds for many consumer companies. Business facing companies typically provide software or an online service for which their customers pay a fee.

Revenue 234

Revenue Product B2B Marketing 234

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. For the first time, we asked for data from specific business sectors, as follows: All pre-revenue deals. Pre-revenue life Science, biotech and medical device deals. Organization.

Angel Groups 169

Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

Hippoland

OCTOBER 16, 2016

But, most early stage investors probably think along similar lines: 1) Super high tech companies 2) High infrastructure companies 3) Free consumer apps 4) Everything else — aka companies that can make money immediately Also, there is a lot to say in each category, but there isn’t enough space in this blog post to do so here.

Startup 48

Startup Vertical Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Yet we used the product development model not only to manage product development, but as a road map for finding customers and to time our marketing launch and sales revenue plan. We’ll look at the model stage-by-stage. Product Development In stage two, product development, everyone stops talking and starts working.

Silicon Valley 263

Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 263

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Seed-stage investors are learning the metrics of traction, and are getting better at identifying those companies that are really achieving validated learning about customers. What is the right revenue model? Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and what. In other words, what is the minimum viable product ?

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Hippoland

JANUARY 23, 2018

I thought it might be useful to do a high level overview of what fundraising in 2018 looks like at the pre-seed / seed stage. This means that traction bar has gone up for both pre-seed and seed stage companies. This will depend A LOT on the idea and vertical.). The market had definitely shifted.

Early Stage 48

Early Stage Convertible Security Seed Stage SEC 48

Hippoland

JANUARY 23, 2018

I thought it might be useful to do a high level overview of what fundraising in 2018 looks like at the pre-seed / seed stage. This means that traction bar has gone up for both pre-seed and seed stage companies. This will depend A LOT on the idea and vertical.). The market had definitely shifted.

Early Stage 48

Early Stage Convertible Security Seed Stage SEC 48