Business Model Operations Valuation Vertical 
The Startup Magazine
JUNE 1, 2023
There are currently tons of “zombie” startups that have runway, but growth has slowed and they have valuations that they won’t be able to grow into. And they probably never will be unless business model viability is reassessed across the board. they still aren’t profitable. It wasn’t a decision we took lightly.
Hunter Walker
MAY 4, 2014
Not every company is raising money at the valuation you modeled. Second, we did an investment where we actually decided to own more than 10% because of the nature of the business model. New VCs, especially those with an operating background, can see a company for what they want it to be rather than what it is.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 5, 2013
A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. Change the rules of operations. But don’t worry.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 6, 2012
A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. Change the rules of operations. But don’t worry.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 28, 2011
A good many startups I know have been “successful” over a couple of years in overcoming the challenges of starting the business, including incorporation, services development, funding, and setting up operations. Change the rules of operations. But don’t worry.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits on the inflated valuations (regardless of whether or not the company should have ever been public.) The valuations for acquisitions were nothing like the Internet bubble, but there was a path to liquidity, difficult as it was.
Cracking the Code
NOVEMBER 13, 2008
The fact that SaaS valuations are being more affected by the downturn than the Nasdaq can be surprising given the supposed resiliency of the SaaS model (recurring revenues) but it translates the public investors belief that SMB software spend is going to be hit very hard by this recession. Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare?
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