Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

The founders were very sympathetic; a man, laid off from his job, and his very pregnant wife, who sold their house and investing $150k into the business and are working hard to make a go of it. He had been at it for 6 months and had no sales or distribution lined up yet. He did $5M in 2011 sales and is projected $7.2m

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Technical Cofounder Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 110

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 1, 2012

The company did $1M in sales last year, 90% from wholesale, and had a 10% profit margin. They wanted to get to $10M in sales and then get bought by a big food company. pre money valuation). The sales history is anemic, but perhaps the biggest asset that the company has is a trademark for Rockbands in the apparel field.

Pre-Money Valuation 158

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Participating Preferred Preferred Stock 158

Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

He would only be investing if Drive Suits got a manufacturing deal, and if his estimate of a 7-10% royalty is correct, the he would recoup his investment if the product did more than $150,000/7% (royalty)/30%(his share of the company) or just over $7m in sales. Drew was also right to work with Kevin. He came off as unprepared.

Valuation 99

Valuation Post-Money Valuation Viral Algorithm 99

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

How to identify and engage the first customers for your product, and how to gather, evaluate and use their feedback to make your product, marketing and business model far stronger. How to Bootstrap Your Startup : Everything you need to start your business – how to take an idea on paper and bring it to life.

Artificial Inteligence 156

Artificial Inteligence Founder Private Equity Ruby 156

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

million registered users, 7500 supplier partners, 600 team members, and a run-rate of more than $150M in sales in just 15 months. But, you can iterate and iterate on features, but you cannot iterate your way to a business model. Understand whether your business is a VC business or not. 500M valuation = $5B target.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

post money valuation. Mark Cuban offered $300k for 33% of the company, implying a $900k post money valuation. implying a $600k post money valuation. The company ended up negotiating with Cuban and settled on $300k for 30% of the company, or a $1M post money valuation.

Pre-Money Valuation 163

Pre-Money Valuation Post-Money Valuation Valuation Dilution 163