SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money. Get a real customer and real revenue.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.   I’ve sat down with entrepreneurs and a copy of a term sheet guide I like [ “Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations ” by Alex Wilmerding, Aspatore Press.] The Valuation Question.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

and there were no books, blogs or YouTube videos about entrepreneurship. Continuous innovation requires the imagination and courage to challenge the initial hypotheses of your current business model (channel, cost, customers, products, supply chain, etc.) What we’re now seeing is The Democratization of Entrepreneurship.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . But in business, you want a lot of partners. This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats. That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 5, 2017

I reminded her that all the Lean tools she learned in class–Customer Discovery, business model and value proposition canvases– contained her answer. This plan should include the category of media; print, internet, broadcast and then identify specific sites, blogs, magazine, etc. Here’s how. Step 4: Messengers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money. Get a real customer and real revenue.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2012

crowdSPRING Blog - [link]. Small Business and Startups: Dear Santa - [link]. When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Outsource Your Marketing | Hubspot Blog - [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Colbrook Kitchen - [link]. The Power of Thinking Long-Term | crowdSPRING Blog – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money. Get a real customer and real revenue.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Small Business and Startups: 5 DIY Things To Do For Your Brand! crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. How To Choose A Market For Your Startup Or Small Business – [link]. How Small Businesses Can Compete with Big Business – [link]. Start With a Business Model, Not a Business Plan | WSJ – [link].

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. The missing piece is getting reviewed by campus blogs and newspapers, which I advised Chris to look into. I like these two strategies. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

Since I answer this all the time anyway I thought it might make an interesting blog post. I get to do a deep dive on their business model, product roadmap and competitive positioning. I get paid to network – I love meeting people. I get to network with angels, VCs, entrepreneurs, lawyers, etc. I love it.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Typical business stage. An already proven business model and its already valuable assets. Typical business model. (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Of the Inc.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?) He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits from the inflated valuations. Carpe Diem.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

This gave me an idea: I could help many more entrepreneurs by making the deck available not just to the Greylock network of entrepreneurs, but to everyone. Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. The graphic we chose emphasizes that it is a network of people. Why is it valuable?

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Fab.com Fab Feed Bradfords Blog. On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. But, you can iterate and iterate on features, but you cannot iterate your way to a business model. I wear it on my sleeve (and on my blog). So, we pivoted from fabulis to Fab.?.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

At this stage you were expecting to be working on creating a good business valuation to attract future buyers, or at least funding college accounts for your kids. Accreditations, licenses, and certification – for your business or for individual employees – can set you apart from your competition. Maximize cash flow.

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www.pakman.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Disruption: David Pakman's Blog. To build the online media giants of tomorrow, companies need models where the costs of both content and distribution are near zero. Things like business white-papers or product reviews are perfect examples of informational traffic. Chronicling the undoing of traditional media. Contact Me.

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Tim Keane

MAY 16, 2010

A philosophy of valuations and term-sheets. A Philosophy of Valuation and  Term Sheet Calcs   the accompanying spreadsheet.  Listed below are links to weblogs that reference A philosophy of valuations and term-sheets : Comments. A philosophy of valuations and term-sheets. Subscribe to this blogs feed.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

The fact that SaaS valuations are being more affected by the downturn than the Nasdaq can be surprising given the supposed resiliency of the SaaS model (recurring revenues) but it translates the public investors belief that SMB software spend is going to be hit very hard by this recession. SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Thank you.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 7, 2016

If you have been following our blog or firm, you know how much we love network effects. Our investment thesis is centered around network effects , and our portfolio is full of network effects startups ranging from marketplaces to social platforms, SaaS and applications of AI and machine learning. Why social?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

At this stage you were expecting to be working on creating a good business valuation to attract future buyers, or at least funding college accounts for your kids. Accreditations, licenses, and certification – for your business or for individual employees – can set you apart from your competition. Maximize cash flow.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

However, I have seen some blog posts posing the question about whether the same principles of valuing baseball players could be applied to entrepreneurs. RCSMs premise is that they can reach an investment decision (and valuation) based on an application completed by the founders and take gut feel out of the decision process.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Based on the list posted on StartupWeekend Resources pag e and the TokBox blog. Website/Blogging. Social networking. website/blog spelling checker. Analytics blog â?? Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. WordPress - king of blogging platformsâ?¦doubles Wireframes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

At this stage you were expecting to be working on creating a good business valuation to attract future buyers, or at least funding college accounts for your kids. Accreditations, licenses, and certification – for your business or for individual employees – can set you apart from your competition. Maximize cash flow.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

If that were the case, most of the Cable and Wireless companies who have been using a similar business model would have gone bankrupt a long time ago and Saleforce would not have 20% FCF margins today. It is true that understanding this new business model is hard for a traditional software incumbent, as this interview demonstrates.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

We werent able to declare a winner, but I did agree to write a blog post on the topic. In a convertible note structure, Im penalized for increasing your valuation. Instead of getting a 2-3x multiple from seed to Series A, I get a discount off of the Series A, so Im better off financially with a lower valuation. Blog Archive.

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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. Especially since even Youtube is still struggling to try find a viable business model. I read their damn blogs!

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

2] One of the huge mistakes entrepreneurs make at this stage is accepting friends and family money and assigning huge valuations to the company to reduce the size of future payments required.  Subscribe to this blogs feed. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

One comment made by Jason was that angels tend to be less sensitive than VCs on valuation and can potentially make it difficult to get a venture financing done at acceptable valuation. We are typically looking at either smaller exits or require a lower valuation to get a reasonable step-up to a venture round. Blog Archive.

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 5, 2017

Amazon currently has over 15,000 of these robots across warehouses in the company’s network. Entry valuations for these teams were high, often bid up by the interest in the sector (and scarcity of talent). Many teams, while discussing VC investment, were acquired by larger companies for their asking valuations.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

The most visible symptom of this trend was VCs writing blogs to show just how value add they were. The most common strategies are to provide networking services and content to portfolio leaders so they can be more effective in their jobs. . This trend accelerated through the emergence of VC and operator blogging in the early 2000s. .

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

For now, Sunil answers the question of why leave a well paying corporate job to become an online entrepreneur… My name is Sunil and the title of this blog post refers to me. I have been following Yaro for over a year now and feel privileged to be allowed to write for his blog. I understand business entity establishment.

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