Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. It was a pretty good valuation for the time.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Answers Ask Entrepreneur Home Business Operations Business Opportunities Sales & Marketing Advertising & PR Finance & Accounting Franchises Home Business Human Resources Internet/E-Commerce Legal Issues Starting Up Technology Most Recent Answers How Can I Streamline My E-Commerce Operation? Young Entrepreneurs How I Did It: The TOMS Story.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The Founders Lie About Comfort Zones – [link]. Investors Need to Lose Their Egos and Founders Need to Gain Some Confidence – [link]. 10 adjustments to make when working for a Big Co. … Checking In on Foursquare’s Valuation – [link]. Your Brand is What You Do – [link]. Just got acquired?

Social Media 100

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Amanda is the Co-founder at Barney an M&A firm that specializes in the digital marketing space. 17:49] Have you ever experienced a transaction where a Founder sold the company to their existing team? [18:35] She's the co-founder at Barney, an M & A firm that specializes in the digital marketing space.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2021

The According to Alon Grinshpoon, co-founder and CEO of EchoAR: “3D content is now everywhere. Alban Denoyel , Sketchfab’s co-founder and CEO. billion valuation. The applications range from advertising, Edtech, gaming and experience and even books. VRChat raised $80M series D in June 2021.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The law of large numbers (of customers) says you cant help but make at least some money - your valuation is determined by how well you monetize the tidal wave of growth. The spread between your LTV and blended CPA determines either your profitability or your rate of growth, and a high valuation depends on balancing these two factors.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

Co-founder Naval Ravikant explains that 18 pilot companies in the program, including Transcriptic, Double Robotics and Tred, received $6.7 Investors included Founders Fund, 500 Startups and Marc Cuban. No wonder the platform is rumored to be raising a round at a $150 million valuation or more. with a $3 sale.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Advertising. Chip Morse , cofounder and partner with Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton P.C., As you think about how much equity to offer, have a reasonable valuation in mind thats been determined using professional advice. Email Address: ); ADVERTISEMENT. FROM OUR PARTNERS. ); ); ); ADVERTISEMENT. Personal Finance.

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Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Mobile advertising became more targeted and user friendly by adapting to the small screen — but advertisers are slow to adopt , with much upside still to come. Discovery, in contrast to search, took center stage as Pinterest displayed hockey stick growth (and raised VC money near a $200M valuation in late 2011).

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

From the perspective of best practices, we will address questions such as: How to assess opportunities (idea, team, valuation). Karen Bantuveris, Founder and CEO of VolunteerSpot. She is the Founder and CEO of Volunteer Spot an online coordination app that facilitates volunteering. How to source great deals. Robert Dahl.

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Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Revolution is a “stage agnostic&# fund (means they invest early or late) funded entirely by Steve Case , the founder of AOL and co-founded by two other individuals, Tige Savage (yes, pronounced like the golfer, minus the “r&# ) and Donn Davis. And we also talked about what it’s like to work with Steve Case.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

3 Biggest Mistakes When Choosing a Cofounder – [link]. Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link]. If there’s one video 1st time founders should watch to understand VC financing it’s this one – [link]. ” – [link]. Great data – [link].

Social Media 90

Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

What we’ve seen in digital…’A mashup co-creation, mass customised society’… we will inevitably see in retail…. Probably as a function of the gold standard (global price of gold as the trading valuation mechanism) with some form of digital instant and unseen conversion from our home currency into some quantum derived from gold.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# He wanted Quigo to be in the business of letting advertisers buy directly into the system.

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Semantic Acquisition Valuation Angel Investor 302

Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 2, 2011

I had the pleasure of teaching a new case at HBS yesterday on foursquare that I co-authored with Professors Tom Eisenmann and Mikolaj Piskorski as part of Tom's new course "Launching Technology Ventures". Advertising isn't cool."). But it's not a binary decision. Vision/Becoming a platform.

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API Valuation Lean Burn Rate 44

Hearpreneur

JULY 28, 2019

Thanks to William Griggs, Virtual Reality Rental Co. ! #2- It is my belief that without a doubt blockchain and in particular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are going to play a massive role in the day to day working lives of entrepreneurs and founders of various tech & non-tech related startups and businesses.

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Technical Review Technology Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 50

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And since a startup thatsucceeds ordinarily makes its founders rich, that implies gettingrich is doable too. A lot ofwould-be startup founders think the key to the whole process is theinitial idea, and from that point all you have to do is execute.Venture capitalists know better. Ideally you want between two and four founders.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 5, 2013

Why you can’t find a technical co-founder – [link]. Startup co-founder survival tips – [link]. Valuation vs Ownership | by Fred Wilson – [link]. Without Storytelling, Native Is Just Advertising As Usual – [link]. Small Business and Startups: 5 Marketing Myths – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2019

He is the founder and chairman of ActionCOACH , and the co-author of a book we’re going to talk about today, Pulling Profits Out of a Hat: Adding Zeroes to Your Company Isn’t Magic. Probably the best example is that… Do you remember the movie, what was it called, The Founder, The Ray Kroc movie? Thanks, Brad.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Bokér/1 Next David Sarna with Hendon, Stamford Hill & Co. Without a crisp analysis of these numbers, investors cannot assess the market opportunity and their potential for making returns. presented Bokér/1 - perhaps the most compelling of todays presenters.

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Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Bokér/1 Next David Sarna with Hendon, Stamford Hill & Co. Without a crisp analysis of these numbers, investors cannot assess the market opportunity and their potential for making returns. presented Bokér/1 - perhaps the most compelling of todays presenters.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

That’s because the making of the company relies on the founders, the CEO, the executives, the team members–in other words, the people who are putting in 80 to 100 hours per week, rather than the board members who are putting in one to two hours per week. Right now, our whole bet is on the CEO and the founders and making them successful.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He is the founder and CEO of Stackify. You can imagine the dealers advertiser on auto trader and cars.com, and their website, and all these different places, and sending that data, in all those different places and updating it every day would be a lot of labor to do manually. As a founder of a company, a CEO of a company.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. But with so many investors still licking their wounds from the dot-com bust, many focused on proven business models, such as advertising or e-commerce. Put another way, the ideal financing partner is a financing cofounder. Be decisive and ship.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Before: After: And thenI ran into a Mixergy interview where 37signals founder, Jason Fried, talks about their free plan (6:00 into the interview): “… The majority of the revenues for our products come from people who sign up for the paid versions upfront. Plenty of advertising systems work well on 0.8%. #4 But, even 0.8%

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Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

VC Cafe

MARCH 31, 2021

In November 2020, Appsflyer announced a $210 million round led by Salesforce Ventures at over $2 billion valuation. Mobile advertising is at the forefront of Marketing, so I think you’ll appreciate Ran’s perspective. Both aspects of marketing are important; it just depends on the timely business needs.

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Marketing Early Stage Seed Stage 179

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Armin Van Buuren is not only the number one DJ, he is also co-founder of a music label called Armada Music. Social media services have huge valuations as companies, but as yet, many of them don’t profit, though they are expected to eventually.

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Media Marketing Distribution Internet 89

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2016

by Keith Smith, co-founder and CEO of Payability. Before a quiet acquisition by PCH Innovations for just $15 million, Fab had raised 11 rounds of VC funding at a $900 million valuation. Previously, Keith founded CyberMortgage and Zango and served as co-founder and CEO of BigDoor. The Drawbacks of Venture Capital.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

According to VCs, there’s been a 65% decrease in up-rounds (where a company gets a bigger valuation) in the last six months and more than 60% of those polled expect a longer wait for an exit. Been there Done that This is very depressing for all future founders, or even currently early stage founders. just my 2 cents.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2018

by Courtney Reum and Carter Reum, co-authors of “ Shortcut Your Startup: Speed Up Success with Unconventional Advice from the Trenches “ Too often we see leaders who have the entrepreneurial instinct to move quickly go wide before they’ve nailed the most crucial early steps. You minimize risk.

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Los Angeles Investment Bankers Cofounder Viral 133

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

The 23rd started with a quick overview of the achievement of our Software and SaaS portfolio in 2007 presented by Byron Deeter, the co-head of our West Coast SaaS practice. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. The dinner was followed by rounds of poker, Liars Dice, and drinks.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

ICQ FOUNDER SELLS ISRAEL’S DOTOMI FOR $295 MLN. The company has developed a kind of private advertising channel that enables advertisers to send marketing messages directly to potential customers via Internet banners. Dotomi founder Yair Goldfinger also co-founded ICQ, the technology known today as instant messaging.

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China Cofounder India 90

www.theverge.com

JUNE 20, 2012

A string quartet played a medley of pop radio hits as several hundreds startup founders, Goldman Sachs bankers, and venture capital investors, chatted over drinks inside a gleaming neon temple of Angel Orensanz in lower Manhattan. These firms are underwater on their valuations.". By Ben Popper 06.19.2012. Ben Popper. June 19, 2012.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Posted by: Heather Plude | February 21, 2010 7:19 AM @John Yeng Kevin Rose is an angel investor, serial entrepreneur and the Founder of Digg and WeFollow. Rose also co-founded Revision3, and Pownce (acquired by Six Apart). Posted by: Steve Weir | February 19, 2010 1:44 PM Awesome article!! Very inspiring. Invest in Advisors.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital San Francisco New Zealand 69

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I’d like to add [link] as a community for founders. I am not associated with the company. Reply Dave Jafari , on April 10, 2011 at 10:11 am said: Great list Steve. Reply Faren , on April 11, 2011 at 1:40 am said: Hi Steve, Thanks for adding my ipod, ipad and web wireframe template post to your list.

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