Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

By bringing in an industry player with startup DNA we brought somebody that could push the team much harder on how their value prop would resonate (or not) with customers, which verticals to target our offering to and importantly what others solutions were in the market and how we stacked up. How to build a great forecast.

Technical Review 325

Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

User Growth Snap’s user growth came to a near stop after Instagram launched a direct clone called Stories in September of 2016: Snap’s daily active users grew just 3% in Q4 2016. The smartphone is for everyone, we don’t have to think the iPhone is about a certain demographic, or country or vertical market: it’s for everyone.

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

VC Cafe

JULY 25, 2017

This post is just my own learning process about this subject and doesn’t cover the rapidly growing bot ecosystem or the vertical messaging apps (startups like Crew ). Source: Messaging App Usage Worldwide: eMarketer’s Updated Forecast, Leaderboard and Behavioral Analysis. WSJ, June 22 2016. Messaging is “mostly” private.

Social Network 74

Social Network Russia Mobile Japan 74

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. See Also: A Complete Guide to Forecasting Sales for Your Monthly Subscription (SaaS) Business. Get used to monitoring Twitter conversations around your vertical and try to engage with as many as you can.

Revenue 60

Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

A Crowded Space

JANUARY 13, 2016

It’s my belief that several of the on-demand startups that are heralded today as innovators (I’m not naming names – if you know me well, you know which ones I’m bearish on) will be joining Homejoy sometime in 2016. Rather than pushing a button and requesting an order, they have planned routes a couple times per week.

Demand 60

Demand San Francisco Atlanta Business Model 60

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In 2016-17, the five largest rounds had an average size of $100 million. That’s close to 6x more than in 2016. Overall, COVID prompted people to revise their growth forecast slightly downward and be more conservative on their cash burn, but so far, the impact hasn’t been dramatic. 20 billion invested in US-born cloud companies.

Europe 71

Europe Cloud Silicon Valley 71

VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

Output in tech is set to increase from $356 billion in 2016 to $482 billion in 2026—a 135% increase. The Forecasted 2016 to 2026 job growth stands at 120%. Here are some interesting numbers: At 44% , the tech sector soaks up nearly half of venture capital investment. Source: Fundera . Enter Impact Tech.

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Venture Capital Global South Africa 174