2005 Founder Lean Valuation 
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. million and my A Round in 2005 was only $500,000 (and that’s all I ever raised). This is why many VCs are waiting and letting deals mature a bit before leaning into rounds. The “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Valuation. I wanted to call out special attention to valuation in this debate.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. In addition to FOMO it is partly driven by massive increase in valuations for earlier-stage companies who raised money at bit seed prices but who still have product risk. This post originally ran on TechCrunch.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. Knowing these will help a founder position her pitch to get investors’ attention. Founders need to keep their eye on the prize — not just the next funding round. Step 5: Series, C, D….
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 19, 2019
In 2005, he retired to focus on giving back, beginning by teaching technology entrepreneurship courses at Stanford, becoming a trustee at the University of Pennsylvania (which he attended undergrad), and funding cancer research with his wife. Andy and I will be having a fireside chat at this year’s Lean Startup Conference in October.
500hats.com
AUGUST 2, 2012
First Round became a very active investor in consumer internet and e-commerce, on a rather lean investment budget, with several notable exits (including Mint.com to Intuit in 2009 for $170M). A few years before all this scandalous VC behavior occurred, in 2005 Paul Graham ) started Y Combinator. and no, we didn’t.
genylabs.typepad.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Member since 01/2005. I wont bother going into details on start-up financing terms ( see this post for an overview of typical VC terms) except to say if you dont know and understand: the firms cap table and valuation. what rights and preferences the founders and the other investors have. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011.
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