David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. ” Historically, investing was a manual, artisan process. 3) Originate investments.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

As you'll hear, BA became an entrepreneur without expecting to have to address such questions, but that's not how it's turned out. You can go read about it on Wikipedia and whatnot, but it's sort of a metric that economists use to look at the various countries of the world and measure how economically free those places are.

IPO 113

IPO Cofounder Technical Review Government 113

Hippoland

OCTOBER 18, 2018

So you are taking a gamble that with more cash, you can get to series B metrics. I think ultimately, very often entrepreneurs end up raising money for the wrong reasons or raise money too early. The caveat is that many companies have a difficult time crossing the $10m runrate – this is very difficult to do (series B territory).

Bootstrapping 90

Bootstrapping Cap Table Salary .Net 90

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 12, 2011

When we were last with Dick and Jane on Finance Fridays, our fearless entrepreneurs were figuring out how to split up their founders equity and account for an investment from Jane. In contrast, Josh was an experienced entrepreneur who had started several companies and likely learned his lessons through experience.

Balance Sheet 136

Balance Sheet Forecast Cap Table Early Stage 136

Hippoland

OCTOBER 18, 2018

So you are taking a gamble that with more cash, you can get to series B metrics. I think ultimately, very often entrepreneurs end up raising money for the wrong reasons or raise money too early. The caveat is that many companies have a difficult time crossing the $10m runrate – this is very difficult to do (series B territory).

Bootstrapping 48

Bootstrapping Cap Table Salary .Net 48

Ben's Blog

APRIL 1, 2011

Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared to keeping my mind in check. I remember when I first became CEO, an investor asked me to send him the “cap table.” —The Geto Boys, Mind Playing Tricks on Me.

Management 78

Management Cap Table Balance Sheet Bankruptcy 78

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

So you want to be an entrepreneur, huh? People, not just metrics. So you wanted to be an entrepreneur, huh? And what I mean by that is, almost every metric, every graph, every number, is a person. Eric Ries : Metrics are people too. Brian Chesky : Metrics are people. Your metrics are your master.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 2, 2010

That being said, is it me, or do more and more entrepreneurs seem to out there in the market essentially skipping the 500k-ish angel round? Drive one key metric. I’m not even going to bother downloading Venture Economics data because I know it’s going to be garbage—most angel rounds aren’t tracked very well. We need to go faster!”

Cap Table 106

Cap Table Seed Stage .Net Venture Capital 106

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Many modern entrepreneurs have limited exposure to the notion of failure or layoffs because it has been so long since these things were common in the industry. Anything that hints of a down round brings questions about the success metrics that have already been “booked.” Entrepreneurs/Founders/CEOs. Money has been easy to raise.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40