Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2012

Angels are typically high net-worth individuals, investing their own money, interested more in early or “seed” financing of amounts starting as low as $25K. Another rule of thumb is a target of 50% IRR (a discounted cashflow calculation). It’s easy to take any money that’s green, but in the end it can be more costly than it’s worth.

IRR 248

IRR Term Sheet Startup Valuation 248

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Angels are typically high net-worth individuals, investing their own money, interested more in early or “seed” financing of amounts starting as low as $25K. Another rule of thumb is a target of 50% IRR (a discounted cashflow calculation). It’s easy to take any money that’s green, but in the end it can be more costly than it’s worth.

IRR 225

IRR Startup Term Sheet Angel Investor 225

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Leaders (company is leaving China, our IPO is next week, 1,800 new stores are being opened in 180 days, our new IRR is 8%). Hence, over time, though the costs were reasonable, I've become shy about these resources as a source of value/quality. Any big shifts in investment (marketing, customer experience, team sizes, tools).

Analytics 133

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 133