abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

On the demand side, the IPO process is limited to a handful of institutional investors and also ignores the vast majority of retail investors. Investment banks simply do not match supply and demand. When I share this, reporters often ask me, “why is management so gullible to sit there and listen to a demand imbalance goal of 30x-50x?”.

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IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Second, by better matching supply and demand, direct listings have generally mitigated the magnitude of IPO Pops, thus engendering better overall price discovery. Most IPOs have lockups that prevent additional secondary shares coming into the market, sometimes for as long as 6-months. Time Period IPO Pop* 1980-1989 6.1% 1990-1998 13.3%

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SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. Again, our value can really be differentiated in its scale and depth. It started in healthcare.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 8, 2017

Is at the right point in the Hype Cycle and plays to our strengths in evaluating demand. The major concern we had is that AI more generally has been a popular investment theme with other investors for some time and we wanted to make sure that Applied AI is sufficiently differentiated to be a viable investment focus for Forward Partners.

Artificial Inteligence 78

Artificial Inteligence eCommerce Early Stage Algorithm 78

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

To generate long-term brand equity and trust, and maintain competitive advantage, every brand campaign should be influenced by a strategy that’s built on four principles: 1. Some know how they do it, whether you call it your differentiated value proposition or your proprietary process or your USP. Purpose is your reason for existing.

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Campaign Social Media Audience Channel 109

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Investors will want to know what advantages you have over the competition and how you plan on differentiating yourself. How do you plan on differentiating from the competition? Your prices need to match up with consumer demand and expectations. It lists the assets in your company, the liabilities, and your (the owner’s) equity.

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Given all the demands on your time, the hours spent educating a consultant regarding your business are costly.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder PR 40

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

What differentiates you from the competition? Once you are confident there is a demand, start with a minimally viable product to test the concept and gain valuable feedback before you are in too deep. I was able to maintain total control over my company and keep the equity to myself. Don’t Quit Your Day Job, Yet.

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Bootstrapping Venture Capital Salary Differentiation 100

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 22, 2012

The founders have more demand than they know what to do with, and want to raise $55k for 5% equity in the company to buy a second truck. They have more demand than they can fulfill already. They lost sight of the core problem that they faced, which was inability to fulfill demand. Freaker USA.

Pre-Money Valuation 101

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Dilution Differentiation 101

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 11, 2021

The share price is determined by supply and demand in the market based on the buying and selling stocks. Conventional capital structure – It shows the structure of how a company operates its business functions, using equity and debt. Nowadays, these exchanges exist as an electronic market. Advantages of Buying Stocks.

Stock 52

Stock Securities and Exchange Commission Portfolio Dividend 52

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

The founders could reinvest this in growth (0% tax, focus on future equity growth) or take the profits of $12 million and divide amongst the founding partners. You end up needing to add staff and take on more risk without knowing what your future demand will be. In a down market IP can become a huge differentiator.

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Silicon Valley IP Dividend Finance 332

The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

As a result VCs who didn’t want to only compete on price began looking for ways to differentiate their money from the money of other investors and started deploying the strategies listed above. Moreover, if the VC is high quality, the portfolio companies will be high quality and hence very demanding of the value add team. .

Portfolio 84

Portfolio LP Venture Capital Partner 84

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. First it makes it prohibitively risky to develop software intellectual property as a means to build equity — because your competitor could just give it away! A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Klout is a wonderful little tool that measures Klout Score , a proxy for "influence": It is easy to understand the market demand to boil things down to one number, but this is perhaps the least useful thing in Klout. Here are some, IMHO, differentiated metrics. Be willing to put in the sweat equity. Twitter Analytics.

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Social Media Analytics Metrics Media 124

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As we wrote in Brand Health, 6 Important Questions You Should Ask About Your Small Business Brand , Brand health can be measured in numerous ways, including brand reputation, brand awareness, brand equity, brand positioning, and brand delivery. Consistent, strategic branding allows your business to grow strong brand equity.

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Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2020

Building materials dealers and developers couldn’t meet the demand for new homes. Or showcase a differentiator that inspires loyalty ? Norbord, a manufacturer of wood-based panels, recognized that a shortage of house framers was hurting their clients and the U.S. With over 1 million engaged email subscribers, they’re on to something.

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Customer Audience Campaign Social Media 92

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

I think [00:14:48] graphic from six years ago still largely holds true the website is one of the core pieces of digital equity that you can build and just because people aren’t seeing it as much doesn’t make it any less valuable.

Search 31

Search Technical Review SEO Small Business 31

K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

And that too usually when there is sufficient investor demand for the next round, i.e. the leverage needs to be in the company’s hand (rather than investors) for any type of founder liquidity to even be an option. The concept of the Series FF stock is a good example of this.

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Founder Common Stock Preferred Stock Stock 87

K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

And that too usually when there is sufficient investor demand for the next round, i.e. the leverage needs to be in the company’s hand (rather than investors) for any type of founder liquidity to even be an option. The concept of the Series FF stock is a good example of this.

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Founder Common Stock Preferred Stock Stock 84

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

You can execute, guide, and organize all you want, but no magic potion, no differentiation & innovation. :) Vincent van Wylick • 1:26am on Friday View All 3 Comments Cannot add comment at this time. 2) The Biz Person (organization and equity person) who understands how to structure the company and raise capital.

Technical Review 51

Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There used to be two sharply differentiated typesof investors: angels and venture capitalists. Founders never really likedgiving up as much equity as VCs wanted. So Im going to explain what were seeing,and what that will mean for you if you try to raise money. It was a lot of the companyto give up in one shot.

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Valuation Stock Partner Founder 92