Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

He had been at it for 6 months and had no sales or distribution lined up yet. Lori quickly pointed out some problems with the product; it will be hard to move down stairs and it doesn’t wheel easily. As he said, “Great innovations solve problems or reduce costs. The company still had $2M in inventory on the books.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Technical Cofounder Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 110

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Sensitivity analysis is a financial modeling tool used to analyse how changes in the value of one or more independent variables would affect other dependent variables. For example, “How will unit cost affect our capital requirements and how will product pricing affect revenue?” Cost of goods sold (COGS).

Startup 69

Startup Sales Cycle Down Round Revenue 69

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Many companies are now having to resort to tough measures in order to stay afloat, including layoffs, down rounds and tough terms from current investors. TVPI = total value to paid in capital (paper gains) DPI = distributed to paid-in capital (real cash gains, paid out). But it’s not just billionaires who are struggling.

Founder 173

Founder Technical Review Down Round Liquidation Preference 173

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

Technical progress and market traction are much slower and cost a lot more than anticipated. Management has the wrong pedigree, is geographically undesirable, competes in the wrong industry, and/or has a business model that lacks "scalability credibility" with the venture community. There are a lot of dark, hard days.

Angel Investor 112

Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112