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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

Professor VC

Its Ok to Exit a Little Early -StubHub was experiencing great growth and hitting its metrics when Ebay acquired the company in early 2007 It is quite possible that Jeff could have gotten a higher price for the company by waiting, but felt there were a number of benefits to exiting when they did. ► January. (1). ► 2010. (7).

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ProfessorVC: Waah.Do I have to build a financial model?

Professor VC

To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. What are the key drivers and metrics? Byron Deeter has a good blog post on SAAS metrics. How do you think?