View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

At the time, I spent most of my time describing the metrics themselves and how VCs and their LPs evaluate performance based on these measurements. If you aren’t familiar with these metrics, I recommend reading the original post to get a sense of the numbers that I’ll be reviewing here. The top quartile has distributed 2.03x (vs.

LP 256

LP IRR Distribution Portfolio 256

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. Ok, let’s jump in. Source: Cambridge Associates.

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. Ok, let’s jump in. Source: Cambridge Associates.

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. Ok, let’s jump in. Source: Cambridge Associates.

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Barack Obama won the 2012 US elections and his data-driven team played a huge part in it. And you know what – this was mostly in 2012 (+ Moneyball came out in 2004). If you’re still doing SEO by optimizing for keywords, you should know: it’s not 2008 anymore. Also, vanity metrics are not insightful.

PPC 123

PPC Analytics Conversion SEO 123

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

In fact, there are over 250 founders from the HBS classes between 2008 and 2014. So I have personal scars from what it means to over-index success using fundraising as the key metric. Harvard MBA Startup Founders: 2008-2014. As in all things startup-related, the distributions are not even. billion in venture funding.

North America 120

North America Founder Cofounder San Francisco 120

om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

We recently wrapped up our strategy offsite, an annual event that brings together the members of our very distributed team – 12 different cities in four different countries – to discuss what our aspirations and ambitions are for the coming year. So from day one, my knowledge about how to do a startup was zero. Back to the top.

Founder 80

Founder Conversion Distribution Silicon Valley 80