Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? Unemployment coupled with a stock market drop will stop this spending cold IMHO. So why the ’09 bounce? See point 2 below.

Technical Review 269

Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

September 15, 2011. In the first half of 2011, the IPO markets were looking strong for VC-backed companies. How diffferent 2H 2011 looks. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved. How To Think About The Future. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress. VCs dreamt of liquidty.

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IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Private Equity 100

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

April 17, 2011. GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. Quinstreet priced at $15.00/sh

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Up and Running

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Gift certificates are great stocking stuffers and offer a great opportunity to cross-sell (see #2!). . The auto repair store can offer jumper cables or fix-a-flat canisters—all as nice little carriers or stocking stuffers for the gift certificates! Editor’s note: This article originally published in 2011. Send gift ideas.

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Sales Customer Campaign Stock 92

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

14 – 20, 2011. Global Student Entrepreneur Awards: Students across the globe will convene at the New York Stock Exchange to compete for $150,000 in cash and business services as well as one year of mentorship with RedBox founder Mike DeLazzer.

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Global Non-Compete United States New York 167

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

June 5, 2011. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. Run Rate Revenue: $2.6B (Q1 2011 annualized). Revenue Growth: 2241% YoY (2010 vs 2009), 1357% YOY (Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010). Run Rate Gross Profit: $1.1B (Q1 2011 annualized). Featured merchants (may not have tipped): 56.8K (Q1 2011), 66.3K (2010), 2.7K (2009).

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011. For example: If an advisor meets with the founding team monthly, is involved in recruiting talent for the business, and takes a few customer calls, then that advisor would be entitled to 1 percent of the company in the form of restricted stock or options, vesting over a two-year time frame. 2011 Holiday.

Equity 94

Equity San Francisco Startup Silicon Valley 94

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). US VC versus stocks. So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage. But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages? Was this a lost decade for venture capital?

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). US VC versus stocks. So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage. But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages? Was this a lost decade for venture capital?

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

Usually a small company can sell about 20 percent of its stock in an IPO. The timing of an IPO is driven heavily by the state of the economy in general and the stock market in particular, in concert with your profitability. Of course, you’re going to have to perform well to make that stock useful in the acquisitions process.

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IPO Social Media Media Exit Strategy 223

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Below are 10 interesting facts from the report: Exits involving Israeli and Israel-related high-tech companies in 2011 totaled $5.23 Eighty-five Israeli companies were acquired or merged in 2011, 27 percent more than the 67 companies that were acquired or merged in 2010, and four percent more than the previous five-year average of 81.

IPO 100

IPO Aggregator Green 100

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Top 10 Blogs for Writers 2011- The Winners – [link]. Good rebuttal from Reed Hastings directed to people shorting Netflix stock – [link]. – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 97

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Jason Reply jorge , on February 27, 2011 at 9:38 am said: wow. It’s more reference material. Thus, these pages. I’ll add more as time goes on. that is tenacity!

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

Matt was one of my inspirations behind Launchpad LA (yes, we’re going to have a program in 2011 – news very, very soon). Mark: 10% warrant coverage is like stock options. Icing is the warrant for banks – stock they can buy in future but don’t have to buy so they make their $$ later in the future.

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Acquisition Warrant Customer Term Sheet 304

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. I always remind this to journalists who ask me about public stocks. It allows you many more exit opportunities.

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Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2011

The image above shows a 3 year chart for Netflix stock (chart from CNNMoney ). The stock took a remarkable dive after Netflix announced it was splitting off its DVD by mail business from its streaming business. 5 Tips To Get Your Small Business Online in 2011 – [link]. Want your small biz or startup to succeed?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

for both 2011 and 2012 from its previous growth forecast of 4.3%, noting that the Israeli economy “remains one of the robust and well managed among both the developed and the emerging market economies.&#. For previous editions, click here. MORGAN STANLEY SEES ISRAELI GROWTH AT 4.8%.

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China Cofounder India 90

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. I often take stock in lieu of cash. I have a file drawer full of worthless stock certificates and I continue to add to it. Not all start-up stock is created equally. what kind of stock you are getting.

Equity 40

Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. JavaScript. Typography. Wallpapers. Smashing Magazine.

Web 102

Web Software Review Design HTML 102

thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

20 Aug 2011 | 33 Comments | posted by Peter Chee | in entrepreneurship , funding. Consider the stock exchange, knowing something that will effect the price of a stock before it is well known allows you to make the right move with the stock. You’d have to look at your stock options contract. Virtual Office.

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Equity Employee Founder CTO Hire 62

VC Cafe

JUNE 14, 2010

According to VentureBeat Games , the deal is estimated at $18 million, but could reach up to $48 million if Mytopia’s assets hits certain revenue milestones by 2011. 888 Holdings is a publicly traded company in the London Stock Exchange (LSE:888). Following the acqusition announcement, 888’s share price rose 1.5%

Stock 74

Stock Acquisition Global 74

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 25, 2014

How can some people get rich off the stock market while others flounder or even just get lucky for a while before losing most or all of what they invested? Of course, everyone has both short and long-term financial goals, but when it comes to investing in stocks, you need to remember you’re making these investments for the long haul.

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Stock Portfolio Marketing Management 279

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

March 25, 2011 at 7:00 am. March 25, 2011 at 12:58 pm. March 25, 2011 at 12:59 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:04 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:12 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:13 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:29 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:34 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:36 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:40 pm.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

As lawyer Scott Edward Walker wrote earlier this year, because of this “Convertible notes are ticking time bombs: if the maturity date is reached, and there hasn’t been a Series A round (triggering the automatic conversion of the notes into shares of preferred stock), there is the potential for disaster.” 2011 Holiday.

Equity 87

Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Week three’s breakdown covered topics like how hard momentum is to turn around, and how participating preferred stock works. He did $5M in 2011 sales and is projected $7.2m I’ve been writing up reviews of this season’s Shark Tank pitches from a silicon valley VCs perspective. BACK 9 DIPS.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Technical Cofounder Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 110

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Below are 10 interesting facts from the report: Exits involving Israeli and Israel-related high-tech companies in 2011 totaled $5.23 Eighty-five Israeli companies were acquired or merged in 2011, 27 percent more than the 67 companies that were acquired or merged in 2010, and four percent more than the previous five-year average of 81.

IPO 68

IPO Aggregator Green 68

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The 2011 Inc. The 2011 Top Lists. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. Any stock grants you issue have to qualify for exemption under state and federal securities laws. Telecom and Wireless.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2011

Last week I had the pleasure to attend the DLD 2011 (Digital Life Design) conference in Munich, which was co-hosted by Dr Yossi Vardi and Burda Media, a large German media company (for those who don’t know). Below are some of the best ones with the tag #DLD11: Avg hold time of a stock in 1970 was 5 yrs. Now it’s 3 months.

Europe 92

Europe Cofounder Stealth 92

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 24, 2014

Sophisticated algorithms are gradually taking on a number of tasks performed by paralegals, contract and patent lawyers, particularly by scanning thousands of documents to assist in pre-trial research (Markoff, 2011). Consider thou what the invention could do to my poor subjects.

Artificial Inteligence 96

Artificial Inteligence Algorithm Technical Review Stock 96

Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

In-stock status. In-stock status. Only 15 left in stock. Or, 1 in-stock in the REI store next to your office. I love the nudge they have built-in showing how many in my size are in stock (only one!)…. Checkout the Kimbao Sauvignon Blanc you can see sales and would buy it again rates since 2011.

Conversion 124

Conversion eCommerce Artificial Inteligence Aggregator 124

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

Gregg Sheehan says: March 4, 2011 at 10:53 pm. Alex Poole says: March 7, 2011 at 9:44 pm. Alex Poole says: January 21, 2011 at 5:00 pm. Gary Henricksen says: November 20, 2011 at 10:41 pm. Mark says: January 3, 2011 at 9:21 pm. Alex Poole says: January 21, 2011 at 5:12 pm. rcg says: June 1, 2011 at 8:15 pm.

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

An IBM study in 2011, “ From Social Media to Social CRM ”, discovered significant gaps between what businesses think consumers care about and what consumers say they want from their social media interactions with companies. Stocking up is the traditional way of converting cash into commodities. That was a decade ago. How about today?

Programming 150

Programming Turkey Social Media Redemption 150

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). US VC versus stocks. So, let’s just look back 10 years to the 2011 vintage. But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages? Was this a lost decade for venture capital?

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Last week Ernst & Young held their annual conference Journey 2011 at the Hilton hotel in sunny Tel Aviv, Israel. Poor communication with investors can lead to being mis-valued as a stock. October 2011 was the worst month for IPOs since 2008. There were over 2000 participants and around 100 speakers from all over the world.

IPO 92

IPO Cofounder Europe 92

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2020

That 2008 crisis mostly hit banks, mortgage,insurance, automotive – all of which were primarily big, publicly owned stock companies. During that 2008-2011 period, for the first time, the number of business starts fell below the number of business failures. Today’s crisis hits and potentially harms nearly every type of small business.

Small Business 162

Small Business Social Media Stock Employee 162

Startup Company Lawyer

AUGUST 31, 2012

” As a result, Ted introduced the Series Seed preferred stock documents as an alternative to convertible debt for early stage investments. As a result of this risk, some people like Adeo Ressi, have declared that 2011 will be the “ year of the startup default.” Why convertible equity is better than preferred stock.

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Convertible Security Equity Security Preferred Stock 73