Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired.

Software Review 381

Software Review Churn Rate Due Diligence New York 381

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.” So junior analysis of your company is also often where initial due diligence goes to die unless you can be sure that the investment partner is also willing to engage.

Cap Table 336

Cap Table Due Diligence Forecast Churn Rate 336

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2010

THE ANALYSIS MEETING: I once was doing some due diligence work on an industry. I was interviewing the founder of a prominent company of which many of you would have heard. But whether you’re raising money, selling to customers, looking to make an investment or whatever – listening pays more dividends than talking.

Churn Rate 311

Churn Rate Due Diligence Dividend Conversion 311

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

When you raise larger rounds there is more “due diligence,” which includes: calling customers, looking at financial metrics, doing cohort analysis (looking for trends like changes in churn rates), evaluating competitor positioning and understanding more of the competency of your executive team.

Burn Rate 150

Burn Rate Cap Table Valuation Software Review 150

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 6) Due diligence. 3) Raise capital.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

A few months ago, we wrote about the data we focus on to evaluate marketplaces and later shared a marketplace KPI dashboard that we created to guide founders on the important metrics they should track. We hope this tool helps founders manage their business and preempts those due diligence questions that arise during a fundraise.

Metrics 60

Metrics Churn Rate Due Diligence Social Network 60

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. Make sure you’ve done the due diligence on all of these areas of your business. You have to do some due diligence.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60