Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. And some companies didn’t even have to go public to get liquid.
Agile VC
JUNE 5, 2011
Founding Date: 2009. Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). Gross Profit Margins: 42% (Q1 2011), 39% (2010), 36% (2009) –> i.e. for every $1 of Groupons sold, the company currently keeps $0.42 Cumulative customers (unique buyers of Groupons): 15.8M (Q1 2011), 9.0M (2010), 0.4M (2009).
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Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS).
VC Cafe
APRIL 8, 2010
FDI, M&A’s WEIGHED DOWN BY CRISIS IN 2009, UPTURN EXPECTED IN 2010. billion in 2009, compared with $10.8 63 Israeli companies were acquired or merged in 2009, a 28 percent drop from an average of 87 companies in the previous three years. The top ten deals in 2009 yielded 80 percent ($2.02 billion in 2008 and $8.8
VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 3, 2010
rise in 2009, while investment in fixed assets is estimated to grow 6.2% drop in 2009. Shamir Optical reported revenues of $142 million in 2009, generated mainly in Europe and the United States, and has about 1,400 employees. In 2009 it boasted revenue of $4.49 iSkoot is Qualcomm’s first acquisition in Israel.
Cracking the Code
MARCH 12, 2010
So, here is the first edition, including the recent Q4 2009 earnings and the updated 2010 forecast. However, despite healthy Q4 results (most companies were at or above plans) few have increased their 2010 guidance and the median moved only from 15% (same as 2009) to 17%. ► 2009. (9). ▼ 03/07 - 03/14. (1).
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. April 14, 2009 3:09 PM Eric Santos said. Great post!
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