VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The press took notice, especially since just a few months later startups were laying off employees en-masse to cut costs. Sustainable growth: Prioritise sales efficiency over growth at all costs. A founder should know (more or less) what milestones she can achieve with the current round (in terms of product, revenue, etc).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

I like the work just published by Bob Rice in “ The Alternative Answer ,” which does a great job of summarizing the investment universe, starting with the “conventional” stocks, bonds, and real estate, but moving on through more esoteric alternatives, including hedge funds, private equity, real assets, managed futures, and finally venture funding.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The fact is, not paying for the critical review and legal costs to create or enforce a patent almost always ends up costing more in the long run. Startup founders will inevitably end up paying more in total costs and time with lawyers that are less proficient at drafting a patent application. Don’t do it.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

If you want to feel bullish on how Lightning can be used as global payments rails, read this comprehensive essay by Nicolas Burtey of Galoy. TL;DR: The best analogue for Bitcoin itself is a global settlement layer like Fedwire (run by the Federal Reserve for interbank settlements with an average transaction size of $2 million).

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Then they increased their revenue from $2M to $6M in six months. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a demand generation funnel that fuels the pipeline, shortens the sale cycle, and generates revenue. Your number one metric for any marketing initiative should be revenue. Like SEO, demand generation is a long game.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

In reality, crowdfunding has become a major startup funding vehicle, expected to reach $114 billion globally by 2021, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Making something awesome will cost more than you expect. Startup revenues come later. Don’t assume that any money collected from a winning campaign will go into your pocket.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. (To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.).

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

It can be lower cost and can either buy more time or accelerate growth. Glen Mello: Venture debt is a good complement to equity. It’s generally got a lower cost compared to equity capital and can help support growth. Equity doesnt need to be repaid, so it’s a more “permanent” capital source.).

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

These platforms can provide the necessary financial backbone to launch your ideas on a global platform. One compelling benefit these free crowdfunding sites offer is the sheer global reach they possess. While you get funding for your project, backers in return receive rewards or equity depending on the type of crowdfunding.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I highlight endogenous social impact because many of my portfolio companies might give money to charity or provide low-cost pricing to nonprofits, but that’s not what I think of as an impact company; they’re tacking on social impact on top of their core business, whatever that is. . Starship was launched by the co-founders of Skype.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Your time at ESADE has trained you to become a global business leader. Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. The Perfect Storm. We legalized robbing the corporate treasury.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

As shown in the chart below, global mobile traffic data through 2020 are expected to increase 727%, suggesting the increasing use of mobile to enhance the shopping experience. For most businesses, developing a positive customer experience is directly related to their future stream of revenues. ROI of Customer Experience.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive. As a thumb rule, try to get enough validation so that you can get to at least a $2 million pre-money valuation before raising equity capital. That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. By April 2010, the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) global initiative had been formally named.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 24, 2020

5- More due to low costs. The cost of technology and the services needed to start and run a business has come down dramatically. Thanks to Mark Woodbury, Minerva Equity ! #12- Thanks to Bruno Pešec, Pesec Global ! #14- million workers and generate revenue of $1.9 Thanks to Matt Scott, Termite Survey ! #5-

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

Chapter 2: Defining and Testing the Story…Start Out By Admitting You’re Wrong, A Lean Business Plan Template, Problem, Solution, Key Metrics, Unique Value Proposition and Unfair Advantages, Channels, Customer Segments, Cost Structure and Revenue Streams. Chapter 28: Going Global…Should Your Business Go Global?,

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Startup pitch decks now have an obligatory unit economics page, not just an up and to the right revenue graph. 2009-2011: Retrenchment.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. The parallels to the music industry are too obvious even though the industry players, the medium and the cost structures are different. And the equity in their house isn’t rising. was still a term being bandied about.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., Sales teams are commission-based, executive compensation is based on EPS, revenue and margin, business units on revenue and margin contribution, etc. What Does this Mean?

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View from Seed

MARCH 5, 2019

There are a variety of quick write-ups on the Lyft S-1 for basic figures like annual revenue, rider growth, or who the largest shareholders are. Lyft helpfully provides the number of active riders, total number of rides, and average revenue per rider on a quarterly basis. Rough estimate of 2019 revenue, excluding new riders.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The real work actually comes when you want to turn that idea into something that not only benefits customers, but also brings in revenue. Some startup founders turn to accelerators or angel investors for guidance and financial backing, but with this comes the sacrifice of independence and equity. Todd Crosland, Seed Equity Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. and profits!

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

Unfortunately, a number of them had an early exit from the business scene due to ineffective business plans and/or unsustained revenue for their investment. Over time, as you scale your operations, you may need to source additional funding from venture capitalists to mitigate high production costs or limited revenue.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

I recruited a top-flight engineer and serial entrepreneur to build our MVP, on equity?—?and You might notice what’s not on that list above: revenue, investors. No revenue isn’t always a problem for venture-style businesses; no investors + no revenue = challenges for most founders without tremendous self-funding.

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Agile VC

MARCH 5, 2019

There are a variety of quick write-ups on the Lyft S-1 for basic figures like annual revenue, rider growth, or who the largest shareholders are. Lyft helpfully provides the number of active riders, total number of rides, and average revenue per rider on a quarterly basis. Rough estimate of 2019 revenue, excluding new riders.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

I’m super proud to announce that DataSift has just completed a $42 million financing round coming at the end of a year where its revenue grew several hundred percent year-over-year. Considering our revenue is SaaS revenue this achievement is even more remarkable. ” What gives? We knew we had a winner.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 19, 2018

As a successful young entrepreneur (he’s only 30! ), Harrison Rogers is Founder and CEO of HJR Global, a private equity company that has increased at least 200% every year for the past 4 years. We had an opportunity to interview Harrison and asked about his story, how he started his business and the future of HJR Global.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2012

Even though the cost of commercial office space is down, you still need to sign long-term contracts, make payments up front, outfit the space, and staff it. There you can sell your products and services 24 hours per day, seven days a week, on a global basis. Make money whether you are working or sleeping.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And then from there, I was running a fitness company on the west coast by the name of 24 Hour Fitness, which was private equity backed and quite a bit of debt. We have companies now who have every store, globally or in a whole country, shuttered. Their offices are shuttered, all these facilities are shuttered.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? In some strange way, a big part of his competitive advantage is that he is able to outsource everything and maintain such a low cost structure. where you can leverage some internal “low cost&# time. So it can be done.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

Most content sites are currently monetized using display advertising, most commonly on a Cost Per Thousand Impressions (CPM) basis. Revenue vs. Economic Value. That is a reflection of a deep obsession on Revenue. When your KPI is revenue, you are focused on trying to get as many single-session conversions as possible.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Given the predictability of SaaS GAAP revenues on a quarterly basis, the fact that the 08/09 projections were unchanged is not a surprise. Given that the revenues are not growing very fast, this means that most of the companies have reduced their sales force and focused on productivity improvement. Global Warning!

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

And that’s to say nothing of consumer-friendly features offered by some of the newer entrants, such as overdraft protection. Source: S&P Global So why the large gap in feature sets? But that consumer preference comes at a cost. Meanwhile, rewards for debit cards were discontinued by many banks after the 2008 financial crisis.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Startup pitch decks now have an obligatory unit economics page, not just an up and to the right revenue graph. 2009-2011: Retrenchment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2011

Even though the cost of commercial office space is down, you still need to sign long-term contracts, make payments up front, outfit the space, and staff it. There you can sell your products and services 24 hours per day, seven days a week, on a global basis. Make money whether you are working or sleeping.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2020

The Economic Antidote to COVID-19 Eric Ries & Ryan Beck In 2001, Apple's revenue fell by 33% in the depths of the dotcom bust. COVID-19 has driven the global economy into the worst financial downturn since the Great Depression. The rest is history. Over the next five years, Apple created iTunes, the iPod mini and the iPhone.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

It was there that I met Eric Simone (one of the first investors in Bazaarvoice) as well as Josh Baer (one of the first investors in Bazaarvoice through his team building our first solution and getting paid primarily in equity versus cash). starting the global social commerce movement and changing the face of commerce forever.

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