Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

And to give credit where it’s due (in addition to the content that Fred producers) a lot of the discussion works well because of the Disqus commenting platform. Only later did I realize that this was part of Dharmesh Shah’s larger blog and that the software was based on the popular “stack overflow&# software.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What seems to be the best way to create customers and revenue may result in a business model that is out of vogue with the investment world and shortchanges you on enterprise valuation. As a founder cognizant of finding revenue anywhere you can, you are not likely to turn away today’s dollars for a conceptual future enterprise valuation.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Currently, most ecommerce businesses have IT staff constantly running manual tests to confirm that their site is operating properly, or they manually create expensive software to run these tests. Takeaway lesson: A shocking number of technology startups never even get their first product out the door.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. About Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer Venture Partners is a global investment group with offices in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York, Mumbai, and Tel Aviv. software. (10).

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

In the software an internet space a number of companies obviously had strong public offerings (LinkedIn, Yandex, Pandora, RenRen, et al). What does seem to be true is that the current aversion for new IPOs is mostly due to general lack of appetite for risk at present, rather than something intrinsic to growing tech companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I’m a software guy so I’m sure there are cases where building isn’t feasible. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. Product : You should build a product or a prototype.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Kayak Software Corporation. Post-money valuation probably no higher than $12M (2). Pre-money valuation was approx. Pre-money valuation was approx.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits on the inflated valuations (regardless of whether or not the company should have ever been public.) The valuations for acquisitions were nothing like the Internet bubble, but there was a path to liquidity, difficult as it was.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The bi-weekly podcasts feature interviews of entrepreneurs and silicon Valley leaders. VentureCast : Bi-weekly anecdotes on the Silicon Valley venture world. software.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A couple weeks ago, I attended the 13th Silicon Valley Annual VC/Entrepreneur luncheon organized by NVCA. The theme was "the future of software". Saturday, December 16, 2006.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Keep the valuations consistent with company progress. That will keep the Silicon Valley wags buzzing for some time to come. The bottom line is that the pedigree of your investors will have much to do with your ultimate valuation and with your enjoyment of the startup experience. How about your Investors ?

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

We looked at the companies in New England (call them "Boston and surrounding") that had exited in the last 10 years (2003-2013) with greater than $500 million in market valuation. As evidenced by this review of the Boston startup ecosystem , the quality and robustness of the environment has improved greatly in the last few years.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

11 Ways Big Companies Undermine Innovation | Scott Kirsner – Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/1aksObQ. Why the Midwest is better for startups than saturated Silicon Valley | VentureBeat - crowdspring.co/1akquBC. But a nearly $4 billion valuation? It’s The Future” – crowdspring.co/1c1aJij.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why not go further, develop more valuation, customer experience, and really, deeply validate the business? Next, Shirish Deodhar discussed InnovizeTech , an Indian company that has built software to capture how employees are spending their time in order to help manage and monitor productivity. Kir Devries. InnovizeTech.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Her background includes senior roles in both the banking and tech sectors, and she has launched four data businesses—including her current firm, New Frontier Data , which boasts a $20 million valuation and has received $5 million in funding. Silicon valley tends to have a bias towards a certain startup founder stereotype (i.e.

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Late last week, I wanted to take a step back and review what has transpired the last two years. We have investments in e-commerce, SMB SaaS, Business Software, AdTech, Payments, Enabling Platforms, Consumer Social, Gaming, and Education. The others are mainly in Silicon Valley with some exceptions.

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

What is the post-money valuation of your last round? Post-money valuation” is the value of the company after the last round of money was put in (again, lines of credit and promises don’t count). Second, if people really followed these “rules&# no one would work at a start-up and Silicon Valley would spiral into nothing.

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Software Review Startup Post-Money Valuation Technical Review 68

VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

You’re in Silicon valley, competing against the best of the best. A lot is happening because we have deployment platforms, code platforms, and now we have capital platforms like angellist. The top 10-15 we manually review. Don – Private money valuations have gone up. Should I move to Silicon Valley? .

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. To turn your company’s stock into cash, you engaged a top-notch investment bank (Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs) and/or their Silicon Valley compatriots (Hambrecht & Quist, Montgomery Securities, Robertson Stephens). This seems to be occurring more and more.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And the model we had in mind, there's a book called Valuation, which our, our firm has had an updated every year for the past 20 years or more. Or is that something that all the various software companies you work with, they're gonna go innovate within their own product?

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Silicon Valleydominates, then Boston, then Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. Even in New York the number of startups percapita is probably a 20th of what it is in Silicon Valley. Our startup made software for making online stores. Slowness in Launching Companies of all sizes have a hard time getting software done.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did. Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. The Present Era.

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2016

“Graduating from a top accelerator such as Y-Combinator or TechStars does not by itself guarantee funding, but it can significantly improve the odds that you would raise a follow-up round at a favorable valuation,” Vishal explains. Your users’ reviews are your best weapon going into a pitch,” says Nanxi Liu of Enplug. “We

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2013 | MIT Technology Review – [link]. Job Titles Aren’t That Important | Matt Ferguson-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Don’t let Silicon Valley fool you—millenials are the least entrepreneurial generation | Quartz – [link]. ” – [link]. .

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Seed Stage Valuation Guide – [link]. Huffington Post thinks the Midwest may be the next Silicon Valley – [link]. Remarkable valuation for Zynga – but their profits might actually justify it – [link]. Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Valuation: $1M – $3M. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. Software is by far the most sought-after class, with 94% of VCs investing in it. software”); 43 invest in 2 types of technology (e.g.,

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

4 Code-Free Steps to Launch Your Business Website – [link]. Billion Valuation, Multiple VCs Say – [link]. 4 Code-Free Steps to Launch Your Business Website – [link]. QR Code-Enabled Condoms Let You Check-In When Having ‘Safe Sex’ – [link]. Disruptions: Time to Review F.A.A. – [link].

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

According to VCs, there’s been a 65% decrease in up-rounds (where a company gets a bigger valuation) in the last six months and more than 60% of those polled expect a longer wait for an exit. And investors said they intend to invest more in cleantech than software going forward. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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allthingsd.com

AUGUST 24, 2012

Fenwick VC Survey: Q2 Funding Valuations Shoot the Moon. According to Fenwick & West’s latest Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey , fundings in the second quarter of this year showed the highest valuation increases in more than five years. Featured Reviews. Financial News. SmartMoney. WSJ Classifieds.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. You can write back end code in javascript, one language conquers all! Code Igniter. Code Hosting and Version Control. code spaces (svn). WorkingPoint.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. “There are so many companies in Silicon Valley that have raised $30 million and done absolutely nothing with it.” By Sarah Lacy.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2020

It wasn’t that they wanted to go to GSB and then make a bunch of money doing venture capital in Silicon Valley. I think there’s only been two defense related startups that have had a valuation north of a billion dollars in the last couple decades: SpaceX and Palantir. Hardware vs software.

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