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Spectacles and $SNAP’s $20B Valuation

Austin Startup

In summary: Snap’s current business doesn’t justify a $20B valuation. How can one justify a $20B valuation for Snap? Snap has introduced a panoply of well-regarded features over the years: stories, face and location filters, memories, discovery channels, etc.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. And enterprise customers in a race to reconfigure strategies, channels, and offerings to deal with disruption provide a willing market for startup tools and services.

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3 Effective Tips for B2B Entrepreneurs to Accelerate Their Pipeline

The Startup Magazine

Here are some key tips to refine lead qualification — Leverage predictive analytics for pipeline forecasting Predictive analytics offers real-time data and forecasts that help in accurate pipeline forecasting. Thus, you are a step ahead in qualifying leads from taking an educated guess to more data-driven predictions.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

An early example occurred in 2010 when UBS Analyst Neil Currie accessed satellite imagery to monitor activity in Walmart parking lots, running the data thru a mathematical regression to translate it into customer activity for better earnings forecasts. Morgan Stanley predicts that Robo Advisors will manage $6.5

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers.

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Is Netflix Over?

Start Up Blog

It really is astonishing: Forecast VOD streaming content spend = $US230 billion Forecast VOD streaming revenue = $US83.4 Tech companies have been getting a free pass for a long time on their valuations. Tomorrow we explore Web3 – 12.30pm on Channel 9. Imagine if an industry spent $4 to generate $1 in revenue.

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10 Answers That Make Your Startup Plan Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

You need to identify pricing details, sales channels, strategic partners and a customized marketing plan consistent with your industry and target segment. Justify funding requirements, use of funds and specify a current valuation estimate. What are your forecasts for revenue, expenses and cash flow?