Austin Startup

JULY 6, 2018

While it definitely feels like the accelerator “bubble” has somewhat burst, and their numbers are normalizing, I’m still often asked by CEOs for advice on how to assess various programs. Some accelerators will require you to “make room” for them in future financings up to a certain amount. Pro-Rata / Future Investment Rights.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. Tomorrow we’ll know Twitter’s market cap definitively, at least near term. From Google Finance. Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press. Why are media businesses so valuable?

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

While the group sentiment for 2010 did not improve significantly vs. November 2009, the projections for 2011 are now a lot more optimistic - 42% higher 2011 aggregated EBITDA announced in March 2010 vs. the November 09! Finance Dissertation Help. Finance Dissertation Proposal. Yahoo Finance. I was looking for such post.I

Software Review 63

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

So, I took it upon myself as a challenge to put together the definitive “ Pre-Seed FAQ.” This post is intended to be a dynamic document, and I will attempt to update it from time to time with new questions that may arise or as financing trends evolve. Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed? Q: Is Pre-Seed a Thing?

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Before we look at ways to bootstrap a startup, let’s consider a comprehensive definition of what a startup is. Consequently, you’ve decided to utilize this passion and expertise to collect and aggregate social media data from some of the popular social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, CrunchBase, and LinkedIn.

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www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

SeriesSeed.com Series Seed Financing Documents Blog Home Documents Blog Archives Subscribe 09/02/2010 Version 2.0   That’s because there are not that many issues to negotiate in a simple equity financing. Let’s imagine that using the more simple documents saves 10% of the time and money involved in a seed financing.

Finance 58

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Its lead scoring feature finds your hottest leads based on your definition of a “good lead” and pushes them to the top of your sales team’s attention automatically. Contactually helps aggregate all of your networks and contacts into a central hub that tracks your relationships. Andrew Schrage , Money Crashers Personal Finance. .

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Their product definition fluctuates wildly – one month, it’s a dessert topping, the next it’s a floor wax. Stories like these are what has led me to this definition of progress for a startup: validated learning about customers. Ive definitely felt some of this pain in our startup. Great post! Great post!

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 12, 2015

Definition? All data in aggregate is crap. You have to get good at some predictive analysis and forecasting (basic kinds), being able to talk to other teams, working with Finance in particular, understanding macro business trends etc. Please remember this important caveat as you pick KPIs. The next layer is called dimensions.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics Web Leadership 60

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Wize provides consumers with a unique way to leverage the online wisdom by aggregating the opinions of millions of users and by letting people ask questions about a specific product or need to the Wize community. Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Yahoo Finance. Started on Jan.

Software Review 48

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K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

Super Angels : This is where my definition of a Super Angel differs from the press’ definition of a super angel. <$50K in aggregate. The Series A is now the third round of financing for a company, but the nomenclature hasn’t been changed. Lots, 20-100. 1-2 per partner. Individual / Partnership. Individual.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 4, 2011

and then work with Finance to identify economic value, and then you have to configure it in the tool and then apply advanced segments, and then figure out how things are doing. "All data in aggregate is crap." PS: In case you are curious here's the current official definition of po rn, as outlined in Miller v.

Web 127

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 19, 2010

Definitions and standard perspectives on these terms will be covered in this post: Business Objectives. A standard definition will be provided, but more than that my hope is to solidify your understanding with concrete examples and pictures. I'll consult with my finance team. Key Performance Indicators. Dimensions.

Analytics 138

Analytics Metrics Web Framework 138

Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

In 2005, Kiva launched a micro-finance platform that allows people to lend small amounts of money to entrepreneurs in developing areas. Second, crowdfunding will clearly expand the options available to small companies seeking financing. Such an action is subject to the provisions of Section 12(b) and Section 13 of the Securities Act.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

In fact, I encouraged my favorite IM aggregator client, Digsby , to go the opposite direction and become a Twitter client also. Actually, the latter could be a reasonable strategy for super technical entrepreneurs who can sustain themselves without big financing needs (see: Atebits, owner of Tweetie). Kind of obvious, huh?

Acquisition 287

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Outcomes of the conversations with your Finance team and Sr. … You can see the wisdom of not just setting a 20% aggregate conversion rate, based on the above benchmarking data. The above graph shows you the dangers of setting targets on aggregated benchmarking analysis. And other such things. And who does not love Organic?

Analytics 133

Analytics Vertical Metrics Web 133

Startup Company Lawyer

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Due to aggregate liquidation preferences that may exceed the acquisition price in an M&A deal, common stock may be rendered worthless. This was particularly common from 2001 to 2003, after the dot-com crash when companies had raised a large amount of venture financing at high valuations.

Retention 31

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Companies should definitely measure how many leads, opportunities, trials and wins were derived from each marketing campaign. aggregate pipeline created in a given week) could be altered reflexively by their measurement -- a sort of Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle for high-velocity sales. Great stuff!

Metrics 55

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

Shopping and Auctions and Rakuten, an online shopping site Aggregator which generates 25% of its total sales via mobile. · To shed some light, here are some of the more interesting stats I found: · Revenues from mobile shopping and auctions started to outgrow mobile content revenues as early as 2005. participate in auctions.

Mobile 72

Mobile Japan Metadata Chicago 72

Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

Measure retention rate over time in aggregate – or for optimal health, segment retention rate – and measure it for the various objectives you have set for your email marketing program. Here’s another example of using a metric’s definition to change behavior: Excellent Analytics Tip #16: Brand Evangelists Index ].

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

” Users tend to aggregate around platforms and content they identify with (organized around demographics, topics like movies or restaurants, shopping, etc.) rather than aggregating on one common platform and hoping to wade through a morass of content to catch a piece that might be relevant to their own personal interests, etc.

Social Media 47

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. Finances were just one part of the story. If you’ve read this far, you definitely should : Try out our Funding Recommendation Engine.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

It’s rather thoughtful and definitely worth reading if you haven’t had a chance to yet. 1) The VC Shakeout is 3-4yrs Old, Not 10 – While there was definitely a rough patch for the VC industry in the wake of the early 00′s tech crash, the reality is that much of the last decade was pretty good for the venture biz.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

I just saw a friend of mine who's a finance person temporarily pause his job and volunteer to be the CFO or investor, whatever investor relations person for a startup was trying to work on a cure so that the founders could have more time to do the science. I think a lot more people can figure out ways to help out than they think.

Silicon Valley 68

Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

Gust

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Of course, I fully appreciate that all these social networking things are very, very different from the wishful days of the 90s, when “aggregated eyeballs” were as good as currency (until the tech crash came). Definitely, absolutely, today’s non-monetizing business ideas are not the same thing at all. Nonetheless….

IPO 70

IPO Social Network Revenue Aggregator 70

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

And I certainly don't feel the same as folks that are on my team, but I definitely am disturbed by the world around me at the moment. And what Onward is endeavoring to do is both aggregate that information, but also organize it for the individual who's living through traumatic unemployment. I'm healthy, I've got everything I need.

Fresno 60

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Occam's Razor

MAY 19, 2014

You definitely want a lot of Visits. And if you can pass that barrier (with, say, dimension widening using universal analytics), it is very hard to find this data inside the company (Finance department?), at a level of aggregation or granularity you need, and send it into your digital analytics tools. See the magic?

Metrics 159

Metrics Analytics SEC Acquisition 159

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Together, CMRR, Cashflow, Churn, CAC, and CLTV make up the “5 C’s of SaaS Finance. As a private company, you have a VERY high cost of capital (well above 10%), whether you raise venture capital, angel money, friends and family investments, bank financing, or all of the above. Philippe Botteri. Bessemer SaaS Law #3.

Software Review 48

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Up and Running

MAY 21, 2014

So for starters, my definition of marketing, and it’s really one that I’ve been using for a long time, is “getting someone who has a need to know, like, and trust you;” I think that’s the first half of the game that we have to really work on before we’re really ever get the opportunity to sell someone.

Marketing 72

Marketing Social Media Sales Media 72

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

Altgate

APRIL 22, 2009

"  It's basically a web tool that creates draft preferred financing term sheets for startups.  Obviously, WSGR has a much larger sample size and the fact that they make it public (in aggregate) is impressive. link] OTCBB Shell The Definition Of OTCBB Shell « Crystal Shade [.] Bookmark the permalink.

Term Sheet 52

Term Sheet Intellectual Property Venture Capital Hawaii 52

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Paglia, Pepperdiine’s Denney Academic Chair and Associate Professor of Finance. link] Kameko Oliver I definitely feel the decline in enthusiastic investing as of late.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

In fact, we can expect constant re-definitions of what we thought was right as a new maxim in the coming years. Like most politically important information, consumers will eventually get to be in control of their own aggregated data. That a certain industry method for success can be replaced in an instant.

Uruguay 123

Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

This introduction was also the opportunity to illustrate the amazing growth of our software and saas portfolio in the past years, with aggregated revenues reaching $1.2B By definition, your sales prospects are online! Note: high CAC ratio means high productiviy (see blog post for definition). Yahoo Finance. Justin Label.

Software Review 48

Software Review South Korea IPO Portfolio 48

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. And of course, I wasn't really interested in the finance side of it to me. And so there's periods of time in Coinbase's history where I've had to kind of realign the company towards the mission and redefine it and re-clarify the definition of it. I'm curious.

IPO 113

IPO Cofounder Technical Review Government 113

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Finding money online (principally online lending) has not seen the same level of explosive growth in the US, although in Europe and India there has been real growth in microlending (including “pay day loans”) from companies ranging from Wonga to SKS Finance. In addition, exchanges by definition can only support standard ad units.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Those that are allocated shares have definitive and explicit monetary gain within a 24 hour period of receiving an allocation. Also, take a look at this critically important data point , also aggregated by Professor Jay Ritter. If IPOs were priced “fairly” there would simply be no price “pop” to exploit or giveaway.

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