Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

The Enterprise: Business Model Execution We know that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. The corollary for an enterprise is: A company is a permanent organization designed to execute a repeatable and scalable business model.

IRR 335

IRR Startup Business Model Agile 335

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

This causes the cost of capital for Flexible VC, often calculated through IRR (similar to an interest rate), can be higher than that of venture debt or traditional RBI. Typical business stage. An already proven business model and its already valuable assets. Typical business model. Pre or post-revenue.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

When you take money from investors their business model becomes yours. Sigh… What I should have been hearing is the search for the business model, specifically the progress on product/market fit, but I hear the fund raising story first at least 90% of the time. When I asked, “What are you working on?” What’s a Startup?

Venture Capital 333

Venture Capital IRR Liquidity Event Business Model 333

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

When you take money from investors their business model becomes yours. Sigh… What I should have been hearing is the search for the business model, specifically the progress on product/market fit, but I hear the fund raising story first at least 90% of the time. When I asked, “What are you working on?” What’s a Startup?

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital IRR Liquidity Event Business Model 225

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Clients typically use it to create and strengthen local community initiatives: bake sales, barbeques, political organizing, etc. . That said, we think we will have a sustainable positive impact in three ways: Invest in companies with direct social impact as a result of their core business activities. I listed some examples above.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

It also assumes the entire value of the investment is captured for investors at a sale of the company in the time specified in the term-sheet. If you look at the spreadsheet, you will see that the “Required Rate of Return” is expressed as an IRR.   Internal Rates of Return naturally compound, so a 50% IRR is 7.59

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

His latest venture, Bharosa, was sold to Oracle for a 6X multiple in 3 years to his angel investors, a sweet close to triple digit IRR. The three founders shared a vision, built the exercise machines in the garage, and knocked on doors at health clubs, attended trade shows, and worked the phone to get initial sales.

Bootstrapping 28

Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28