Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates. Business model. Marketing, sales, and partners. What is the current valuation of the company? Show breakeven point, burn rate, and growth assumptions. You need data from industry experts like Forrester or Gartner for credibility.

Elevator Pitch 146

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

My partner in Menlo Incubator , Gary Kremen , and I had a recent debate on which one of us hates convertible debt more. In a convertible note structure, Im penalized for increasing your valuation. It all adds up and the more you have the bigger the round needs to be justify the valuation based on new cash in. ProfessorVC.

San Jose 36

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

A partner from the law firm (sponsor, covers the drinks and food) tosses out some softball questions to the panelists, the audience chimes in with Q&A and finally, culminates with the meet and greet where the panelists are flooded with business cards and pitches on the next great thing, which is often very similar to the last great thing.

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

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 game has started getting some traction already, and has a good virality index.

Dilution 114

Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most venture capitalists who have been in this business for a long time foresaw this correction and have been talking about it privately for the better part of the last year or two. I have been talking about my concerns about valuations for the past couple of years because, well, they’ve been rising very rapidly the past two years!

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

An unprecedented 80 private companies have raised financings at valuations over $1B in the last few years. The size of these companies’ private valuations may be similar to a traditional public company valuation, but that is where the similarities begin and end. Consider the case of Fab.com.

IPO 40

IPO Liquidation Preference Valuation Technical Review 40

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

On the financial analysis end, you have multiples far and away the most common valuation method over DCF, Simulation and Option analysis. always focus on the business model and assumptions, but there are too many unknowns to put much faith in the future cash flow projections. Lets get back to the topic of gut investing.

San Jose 33

San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Mezzanine 33

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

My first reaction is incredulity that limited partners would buy into this idea. Serial entrepreneurs would be more likely to have larger personal investment in the company, have taken outside investment at higher valuations and possibly less open to taking big "bet the company" type risks. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

San Jose 28

San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2018

Nailing it before you scale it can change how much you’re able to raise from investors and the valuation at which you raise. Nailing solid fundamentals is crucial because good ongoing business practices offer a greater chance to succeed over the long term. No matter how much capital your company raises, this is a slippery slope.

Los Angeles 133

Los Angeles Investment Bankers Cofounder Viral 133