Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service. ” I highly recommend reading it.
View from Seed
MARCH 24, 2021
Taking Corporate Venture Money: When it Makes Sense “PayPal took on these investors in small part because it gave us an imprimatur in the stodgy and regulated world of financial services. Mapping the Retail Apocalypse “The first thing that might be striking to some is what types of retailers actually have the most sales.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 25, 2010
I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Cialdini who is also author of a very well received book called “ Influence &# (which I plan to read).
Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 7, 2012
The company has done $400k in sales in less than two years and had an early test deal with a local supermarket chain that they were massively overperforming on. He had been at it for 6 months and had no sales or distribution lined up yet. The entrepreneur launched Zomm in late 2010 and did $700k in sales that year.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 22, 2010
How VC’s Calculate Valuation : We walked through a standard deal where you raise $1 million at a $3 million pre-money valuation leading to a $4 million post money valuation. This states how the proceeds from a sale or dissolution of the company will be distributed.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
post money valuation. Mark Cuban offered $300k for 33% of the company, implying a $900k post money valuation. implying a $600k post money valuation. The company ended up negotiating with Cuban and settled on $300k for 30% of the company, or a $1M post money valuation.
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.”. million registered users, 7500 supplier partners, 600 team members, and a run-rate of more than $150M in sales in just 15 months. I wear it on my sleeve (and on my blog).
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