ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

And, oh by the way, we also really like the idea of the 1M/1M entrepreneurs building valuation and negotiating leverage through these business development efforts, instead of signing off large chunks of their company in form of equity early on. The business is already profitable with $2.9 million in revenue.

Dilution 114

Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates. Business model. In this section, you need to be passionate about recurring revenue, profit margin, and volume growth. Marketing, sales, and partners. Project both revenues and expense totals for next five years, and past three years.

Elevator Pitch 234

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 234

Gust

DECEMBER 7, 2014

At least wait until later, when you ready to scale, and have some “leverage” based on a proven business model, some real customers, and real revenue. Focusing on the burn rate and prioritizing every possible expense will keep overhead down, help you stay lean, and achieve a higher profit earlier.

Bootstrapping 191

Bootstrapping Entrepreneur Startup Burn Rate 191

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates. Business model. In this section, you need to be passionate about recurring revenue, profit margin, and volume growth. Marketing, sales, and partners. Project both revenues and expense totals for next five years, and past three years.

Elevator Pitch 235

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 235

Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates. Business model. In this section, you need to be passionate about recurring revenue, profit margin, and volume growth. Marketing, sales, and partners. Project both revenues and expense totals for next five years, and past three years.

Elevator Pitch 146

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Benchmarks are typically specific to stage/business model/geo. In Rob Go’s words: For seed and Series A deals, investors will also need to see a high-potential team with founder/market fit , a large and attractive market opportunity , and a business model with increasing returns to scale. Consumer apps and services.

B2C 141

B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

As a result, a “late-stage” financing is no longer reserved for high-revenue, pre-profitability companies getting ready for an IPO; it is simply any large round of financing done at a high price. You must subtract it from your top-line revenue. You should not pay a net revenue multiple for a gross revenue disclosure.

IPO 40

IPO Liquidation Preference Valuation Technical Review 40

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

spent $20 million to get back to the same revenue that I had when I was CEO. created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. .”). We had the wrong business model. During this year they.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. Huge funding increases lead to massive wage inflation, rent inflation and thus higher burn rates. forward revenue for SaaS businesses when in the years before it had been less than 5x. This is how VCs feel.

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

VC Cafe: What is you business model? How are you planning ramp up the revenue? Also, the nice thing about these revenue streams is that they actually help the Libox user. Our burn rate is very low and the technology is very scalable. Corporations and strategic partners, using the Libox platform.

Media 84

Media Management API HTML 84