Remove 2008 Remove Finance Remove Global Remove Metrics
article thumbnail

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. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. We wanted new things to exist and to solve new problems and to see our creations come to life.

Valuation 466
article thumbnail

ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Your time at ESADE has trained you to become a global business leader. Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. But remember—in public companies financial metrics take precedence.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Announcing Multicoin Capital

Austin Startup

Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. Take a look at some of the emails between us from 2010: We were attending NYU from 2008–2012. But we never lost the finance bug. We look for projects and protocols that can rethink major classes of global commerce. We were infatuated with tech.

article thumbnail

Cracking The Code: Happy New Year 2008!

Cracking the Code

Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008! The second part of the year has seen a lower flow of blog posts, but part of my 2008 resolutions are to remedy to this shortfall, so be prepared for a strong 2008. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ▼ 2008. (11). Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

article thumbnail

Cracking The Code: BlablaCar - Travel Revolution

Cracking the Code

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning! Yahoo Finance.

article thumbnail

Cracking The Code: SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble?

Cracking the Code

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning! Add RSS feed. Hard times.

article thumbnail

Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking the Code

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Global warming: a plague for humanity? Global Warning! Yahoo Finance.