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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. We wanted new things to exist and to solve new problems and to see our creations come to life.

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Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later

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Ari Newman is an entrepreneur, mentor, investor, and a friend. He works at Techstars where his responsibility is to ensure that the connections between alumni, mentors, and staff are as robust as they can be – helping entrepreneurs “ do more faster ” day in and day out.

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Cracking The Code: Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007

Cracking the Code

Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. The bi-weekly podcasts feature interviews of entrepreneurs and silicon Valley leaders. ► 2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Yahoo Finance.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

I have conversations with entrepreneurs and other VCs on a daily basis about fund raising, the prices of deals, how much companies should raise, etc. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. There is no such thing as a uniform price.

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Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Yahoo Finance. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble? The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summi. ► 01/27 - 02/03. (1).

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Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders | @altgate

Altgate

It is a pretty narrow filter of the 750+ companies that completed the 2010 CompStudy survey, but there are 55 rounds of financing to look at…enough to be a meaningful dataset I think. Anonymous Good point re distinction between first time entrepreneurs and serial entrepreneurs. Again, anecdotal though. What is your take?

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Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

2007. (10). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Yahoo Finance. ► 02/03 - 02/10. (1). The 10 laws of SaaS unveiled at Bessemer CEO Summi. ► 01/27 - 02/03. (1). Happy New Year 2008! How to fish a salmon.