Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community. So what magic can the founders use to justify a $4M valuation (or even the $1M valuation) at this early stage?

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community. So what magic can the founders use to justify a $4M valuation (or even the $1M valuation) at this early stage?

Valuation 234

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Startup 234

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2016

I strongly believe that the first few hires of a startup should belong to the growth department, whether they’re marketers, community managers, or salespeople (selling your product is the best way to learn how to improve it). Jun-15: Community Manager (growth team). 1x hacker in charge of product/development. Lean marketing.

Revenue 60

Revenue Acquisition Channel Campaign 60

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

BetaBrand building apparel MVPs and testing them quickly with targeted customer communities. Telecom O2 learning to move at the speed of the internet 500 Startups and their accelerated feedback loops on what works, and what doesn't work in early-stage investing. (Social entrepreneurs take note!)

Lean 167

Lean Entrepreneur Agile San Francisco 167

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Fast forward to 2021, six in 10 people around the world now use the internet, 332 million people came online for the first time in 2021, and 4.66 billion actively use the internet worldwide – 59.5% Gartner forecasts 51% of global knowledge workers will be remote by the end of 2021. of the global population. More than 5.22

Artificial Inteligence 162

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Global Technology 162

Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

If it’s a new division inside a larger company, forecasts talk about return on investment. in this concept and seed stage, creative writing, passion, and shoe leather combine in hopes of convincing an investor to fund the company or the new division. Coming next Part 2: What’s Wrong with Product Development as a Model?

Silicon Valley 269

Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 269

The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

Being an engineer, I built myself a kind of algorithm that helps determine an early-­stage startup’s sales channels, and that’s what I’m sharing with you today. Thanks to the power of the Internet, you can build channels that are selling to many people without the need to communicate with them individually.

Belarus 137

Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

This may make sense from the individual perspective of a given VC, but collectively it ensures that early-stage companies are overvalued. This option-based valuation methodology can also be used to explain the early 2000 internet/telecom bubble in the public markets.

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Currently, in connection with the de-SPAC process, many SPACs provide 5-year forward forecasts that are used in connection with the marketing process for the pending acquisition. This makes little sense when you consider the differential risks of loss associated with those two very different stages of investments.

SEC 36

SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Here’s why. 10 Blogging Tips.

Software Review 217

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217

VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

The Open Metaverse is described as the New Internet, but it’s yet to be built yet. While estimates vary widely, we forecast it may generate up to $5 trillion by 2030 Value Creation in the Metaverse, McKinsey June 2022. The creator economy, a topic I’ve covered extensively on VC Cafe, will be a key part of this new Internet.

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Cloud Venture Capital Cofounder Non-Compete 200

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

What I did is I learned the art of a pro forma and the value of a pro forma which basically is a forecast. If you don’t know what your cash flow forecast is, you don’t really understand your capital needs. When you go into a community bank on average fifty percent of applicants are declined. My name is John Bates.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95