The Next Web
DECEMBER 30, 2012
If you’re a startup, you are by definition competing with the smartest people in the world – either large companies with more resources than yours or fellow entrepreneurs who are hoping to disrupt large companies. I’ve gathered a comprehensive list of resources for startup learning. Let’s get started!
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.
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 7, 2012
As Cuban pointed out, this is a “down round” Zomm is seeking $2M for 10% of the company, implying an $18M pre money valuation today. But the company had previously raised $5M for 17% of the company, implying a post money valuation after that investment of $29.4M.
betashop.com
OCTOBER 8, 2012
It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. But, you can iterate and iterate on features, but you cannot iterate your way to a business model. Fire fast.?.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 1, 2012
There is a lot of momentum in startups. It is always possible, but as an investor, there are usually better opportunities to put your money to work, where momentum is on your side. But if the company is sold for less than their post money valuation, they would prefer to get their money back.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
NOVEMBER 12, 2012
And his business is taking on a very crowded market that has been around for a long time. When asked why the company is worth a $1M post money valuation, he said, “What it comes down to is passion.” He did not talk about any product features that actually focused on his baby boomer target market.
Professor VC
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
I doubt Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures believed that a horse with a horn existed when she wrote Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups in late 2013, but she probably had no idea that it would become a hot buzzword in Silicon Valley and hit the cover of mainstream business press, Fortune Magazine.
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