The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

A VDR is an internet database in which companies’ share and store private information used during financial transactions. During business mergers or acquisitions there’s plenty of research and document reviews. IPOs are difficult company transactions as it requires companies to go public. Virtual Data Rooms (VDR).

Software Review 60

Software Review Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence 60

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

Angel Investor 313

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. Usually a small company can sell about 20 percent of its stock in an IPO. In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63. How’s the timing?

IPO 223

IPO Social Media Media Exit Strategy 223

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” Internet scale. In many Internet startups 80% of the operating costs will be people. One of them is profitability. Growth matters.

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Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 21, 2014

Following Google’s acquisition of Nest last week Venturebeat published the following list of Google’s top ten acquisitions by value: Motorola Mobility – $12.5 This re-enforces the old truism that the most reliable path to a massive exit is to head for an IPO, even with all the difficulties that come with that route.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition IPO Mobile Internet 103

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2014

In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25% decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. We probably had about $150m committed and were running around trying to get to $300m for what we had positioned as a dedicated Internet VC fund.

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Stock Internet SEC Italy 140

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think everybody heard about this acquisition. On the founder’s side it’s about taking money off of the table and / or having strategic reserves for big acquisitions. In the former case many people scoffed at paying up for Google at IPO. It offers Internet radio targeted advertising and is growing really well.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

Angel Investor 370

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 370

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. There is an industry changing shift going on in the internet and mobile-based IT space for sure.

Seed Stage 232

Seed Stage Valuation Private Equity Venture Capital 232

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It seems that most of you entrepreneurs I meet in my role as business advisor are convinced that starting a new business requires equity investors, exponential growth, and a plan to go public via IPO. If your passion is customers, you definitely will be happier as a lifestyle entrepreneur.

Small Business 311

Small Business Small Business Administration SBA Equity 311

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

More and more angels will be minted as the 2019 IPO class emerges. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. Traditional seed funds have gotten bigger, many armed with opportunity funds on top. Hundreds of new micro funds somehow keep getting into the market.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. One partnership was clearly very divided and a vocal minority of GPs thought consumer internet companies were a massive waste of time and money. link] leehower.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. In 1980 Genentech became the first IPO of a venture funded biotech company. The Rise of the “Lean VC’s” – Consumer Internet Gets Funded. Here’s why. Electron-based Venture Capital.

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Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 258

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

Tech IPOs Are Back – So Now What? Three of the five “blockbuster” tech IPOs I predicted have happened (LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga) and the biggest of all (Facebook) has filed and will likely go public within the next 90 days. I see several dynamics at work in today’s IPO markets. March 8, 2012.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 18, 2012

2) Facebook will be hungry for growth in its ad business, and since it is running out of internet connected humans to connect to, it will need tools to make more out of each person. 3) It will get much harder for Facebook to recruit talent, since the promise of the pre-IPO stock pop is gone. Bigger acquisitions?

IPO 115

IPO Seed Stage Early Stage Green 115

Haystack

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Internet security has always been a favorite of technology VCs, but I personally suspect the idea of security will broaden as the Internet itself grows beyond phones, tablets, and other connected devices — as we see now in the news with our social graphs, artificial intelligence, crypto, and other emergent technologies.

Acquisition 62

Acquisition Artificial Inteligence Balance Sheet Cofounder 62

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade. Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. Plus Facebook has ample cash on hand today and will get a huge slug more from the IPO. Facebook estimates they already have 60% of addressable US internet users. February 2, 2012.

IPO 100

IPO South Korea Venezuela Revenue 100

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

And at PayPal we were hit with a couple patent disputes while in the midst of our IPO process. Patents and the threat of patent infringement lawsuits provide maximum leverage against a competitor when they’re in the middle of a strategic inflection point… a major financing, acquisition, or large product launch.

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IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The acquisition of Omniture by Adobe for $1.8B and the second SaaS public transaction in history behind the acquisition of Webex by Cisco in 2007 for $3.2B. internet. (6). How the use of internet is transform.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review IPO Cloud 48

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

So Groupon obviously filed their S-1 the other day to formally being the IPO process. It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups.

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

Angel Investor 184

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 184

Austin Startup

MAY 10, 2021

three companies he previously worked for had successful exits including two acquisitions and one IPO. Georgoff has more than 15 years of experience as a growth-stage executive focused on strategy, product and design. Georgoff’s scorecard with growth-stage startups speaks for itself?—?three

Hiring 104

Hiring Product United States Startup 104

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

is an elegant way to model any service-oriented business: Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue We used a very similar scheme at IMVU, although we werent lucky enough to have started with this framework, and so had to derive a lot of it ourselves via trial and error. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?)

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

So here are the most common exit strategies and considerations these days for planning purposes: Merger & Acquisition (M&A). Initial Public Offering (IPO). But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%.

Exit Strategy 241

Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering IPO Startup 241

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. How to investment banks help with the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) process? Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

IPO 242

IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Out of that total, they funded 967 Internet deals with $6.7 Out of that total, they funded 268 Internet deals with $3.2 To compare the two, in 2011 U.S.

Silicon Valley 267

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

He told Alexis that they needed to build the front page of the internet. This may include planning for an IPO, a strategic acquisition or for management buyout. Heading home a day after the pitch, Alexis got a call from Paul. He said, “We made a mistake. We don’t like your idea, but we like you guys”.

Exit Strategy 91

Exit Strategy Advisory Board Business Plan Portfolio 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

So here are the most common exit strategies and considerations these days for planning purposes: Merger & Acquisition (M&A). Initial Public Offering (IPO). But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%.

Exit Strategy 231

Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering Startup IPO 231

The Equity Kicker

MAY 31, 2012

Evidenced most recently by the IPO of mobile advertising network Millennial and Singtel’s $321m acquisition of Amobee. Mary Meeker just released her annual 100+ page slide deck of internet trends, and three of those show why everyone is so excited about mobile advertising.

Advertising 113

Advertising Mobile IPO Acquisition 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

Angel Investor 232

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 232

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Content & Commerce is an obvious example, just take a look at Vice Media’s acquisition of Refinery29, the plethora of DTC startups disrupting traditional brands ( see VC Cafe post ) or Instragram’s shopping features and look-out for Snap to start monetising more through commerce in the future. .

Vertical 113

Vertical Artificial Inteligence Distribution IPO 113

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

The first company represents a normal software company that sells its products directly (either via sales staff or directly off of the internet). On quick glance a person might lament the fact that Company A is “not profitable” or is being a typical Internet startup. The example chart is not actually atypical.

Stock Options 227

Stock Options Startup Dilution Venture Capital 227

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 25, 2021

Therefore whether you need a decision for marketing (sales), management (amalgamations), or financial (IPOs) guidance. For instance, if you are planning to complete major acquisitions or business transformations, you will need a corporate communications advisor to help your business. All you need to have good internet access.

IPO 52

IPO Social Media Acquisition Search 52

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Its the same with acquisitions. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. No one wants to buy you till someone else wants to buy you, and then everyone wants to buy you.

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Software Review Technical Review Continuous Deployment 125

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 15, 2020

acquisition of Plaid by Visa, in a highly competitive deal, shows how even the largest incumbents are feeling pressure to innovate and need to think outside of their current business models. Along those lines, I have been spending time thinking of the the continued digitization of the financial services sector. The recently announced $5.3B

Disintermediation 69

Disintermediation Aggregator China API 69

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 24, 2012

You can see from the chart below that the share prices of high-profile internet companies Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga are down 48-60 per cent over the last three months. Secondly, many of the problems are limited to one aspect of the start-up ecosystem: late-stage funding for some consumer internet companies. With its $1.5

IPO 101

IPO Valuation Silicon Valley Venture Capital 101

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

IPOs by year, 1980-2011, with pre-IPO last 12-month sales less than (small firms) or greater than (large firms) $50 million (2009 purchasing power). The real truth is, since the "Internet bubble" burst in 2001, initial public offerings have not resumed the vitality levels of the late 1980s, let alone the boom years of the '90s.

IPO 121

IPO Startup Florida Seed Capital 121