Steve Blank
MAY 29, 2011
Max entered Stanford in the fall of 2010 as a freshman, took as many of the engineering entrepreneurship classes as he could and independent study with me. (He However, this does not mean that investors don’t have a significant effect on valuations and M&A). I was feeling pretty old. Max set the record for smarts divided by age.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. VC Firm. $ Tech % of workforce. Google Ventures (GV). 17% (13 / 80). 6) Negotiate deal.
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YoungUpstarts
JULY 29, 2013
by Meng Weng Wong, co-founder and social engineer at JFDI Asia. You have to be prepared for the grueling rigors of fundraising and repeated rejections, and difficult negotiations over valuation. Better to decide now that you would rather pursue a career path in engineering than in entrepreneurship. There is no shame in this.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
It doesn’t matter if your company is B2B or B2C, as Y Combinator puts it, you need to build stuff people want, and obsess about making it as user friendly, friction free and smooth as possible. ValuatIon should be a function of value, not ego. 2022 VC Market Update Median valuations January through April Pre-seed: $7M ? $9M
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. Close to 80% responded that manual processes, such as tracking down support, preparing reports and pulling data from different sources, are the biggest pain points they face in the valuation process.
www.forentrepreneurs.com
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
A quick look around all the B2C startups shows that, although viral growth is often hoped for, in reality it is extremely rare. With certain complex products, this will need an on-site installation by a sales engineer, which sends costs through the roof. Sometimes, the customer will want a trial with their own data.
Cracking the Code
OCTOBER 10, 2008
In this case, fully-burdened is not just the salary, bonus, and benefits of the sales rep, but also allocations for sales engineering support, executive support, marketing expense, and professional service expenses associate with securing the customer. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation.
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