thebarefootvc

JANUARY 27, 2014

I think that later stage valuations are frothy (for reasons I explain below) while earlier stage valuations are starting to stabilize from previous highs (with the exception of the superstar serial entrepreneur) - turns out scaling in a sea of competition (both startup and entrenched) is not so easy. The answer is yes and yes.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Valuation Venture Capital Investment Bankers 63

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This provides us more time to develop meaningful relationships with prospects and customers. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. Tribe Capital has developed A Quantitative Approach to Product Market Fit. . 3) Raise capital.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. For example, if you’re an early stage company dealing with complex regulation (think Uber in transportation, Oscar in healthcare, LendingClub in finance), we have people who can help.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Reid Hoffman

JUNE 11, 2020

Rather, the point of the dashboards was to provide a comprehensive view that everyone could see, architect your work processes with those dashboards, and develop the kind of fine awareness that lets you see when a number is just wrong. I thought that was very smart, so I thought about it and developed it further.

Cofounder 36

Cofounder Leadership Metrics Later Stage 36

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2012

These people are highly focused on investment areas they know, which have a large opportunity for growth, revenue projection of $20M or more in five years, and a high return that can be realized via an exit within five years. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans. Real estate.

Angel Groups 237

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 237

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This post is intended to be a dynamic document, and I will attempt to update it from time to time with new questions that may arise or as financing trends evolve. Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed? It’s a legitimate stage of financing in the venture eco-system as of this writing (October 2017).

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Small” IPOs — companies with less than $50m in annual revenue at the time of IPO – have declined from more than 50% of all IPOs in the 1980-2000 timeframe to about 25% of IPOs from 2001-2016; Companies are staying private much longer — the median time to IPO from founding hovered around 6.5

SEC 36

SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Some have done earlier-stage deals and done well. Others have chased earlier-stage but lack the skills or relationships to do this effectively. Some have moved into later stage investments in an effort to “put logos on their websites.&# These trends have put pressure on traditional VCs.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2011

These people are highly focused on investment areas they know, which have a large opportunity for growth, revenue projection of $20M or more in five years, and a high return that can be realized via an exit within five years. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans. Real estate.

Angel Investor 217

Angel Investor Angel Groups Early Stage Startup 217

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2010

What startup stage do they typically invest in? Do they “get&# Customer Development ? What Startup Stage Do they Invest In? Certain VC’s like the new class of Super-Angels and small VC funds specialize in the early stage of a startup where you are searching for a business model. Do They Get Customer Development?

Founder 232

Founder Vesting Later Stage Early Stage 232

Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Much of the VC blogosphere commentary about startups covers venture and angel financing with advice focused on company founders. The first decision, and the most critical decision, of what type of startup to join is based on the current stage of the company. And that derisking is only for 12 +/- 6 months.

Startup 241

Startup Later Stage Angel Financing Seed Stage 241

Gust

JULY 1, 2012

These people are highly focused on investment areas they know, which have a large opportunity for growth, revenue projection of $20M or more in five years, and a high return that can be realized via an exit within five years. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans. Real estate.

Angel Groups 143

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 143

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

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. That’s all every person does until a life-changing application is developed that addresses their problem.)

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Early Stage Investment (Series A & B) 4. Later Stage Investment (Series C, D, and so on) 5. Mezzanine Financing Most companies that raise equity capital and are eventually acquired or go public receive multiple rounds of financing first. Series B is the round that follows series A in early stage financing.

Equity 88

Equity Mezzanine Later Stage Venture Capital 88

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

A re-jiggering of deal stages and sizes had begun in 2013. In that presentation, I said that Seed is not the first round of financing any more and that K9’s investments were mostly “pre-seed”. As it happens almost every few years there was a new normal developing.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2010

These people are highly focused on investment areas they know, which have a large opportunity for growth, revenue projection of $20M or more in five years, and a high return that can be realized via an exit within seven years. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans. Real estate.

Angel Groups 121

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Later Stage 121

Small Business Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

In early stage companies (and even some later stage or mature ones), there is no one area where most entrepreneurs and small business owners are lacking in just basic fundamentals, than in dealing with their company's finances and financial management. This is more than just revenue or expense.

Finance 37

Finance Management Forecast Entrepreneur 37

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Paglia, Pepperdiine’s Denney Academic Chair and Associate Professor of Finance. Think Again. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

If you fold simply because they haven’t responded to your last two emails you won’t have success in business development, sales, press, recruiting … anything. Sometimes engagement at the later stages seems to go dry. Your job is to push politely until you either get a “soft no” or more engagement. It should be obvious to you.

Term Sheet 332

Term Sheet Due Diligence Campaign Sales 332

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

At each turn, these market changes were heralded as wonderful developments for entrepreneurs. But at a macro level, widespread failure this early is far less painful than if it came at later stages. iOS App Store revenue still dwarfs Google Play’s, but the challenger is catching up fast. Source VentureBeat ]. -

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Sloan kept the corporate staff small and focused on policymaking, corporate finance and planning. Durant Versus Sloan – Part 1 « Steve Blank steveblank.com/2009/10/01/durant-versus-sloan-part-1 – view page – cached + Customer Development Manifesto: The Path of Warriors and Winners (part 5) + Can You Trust Any VC’s Under 40?

Silicon Valley 179

Silicon Valley United States RSS Customer Development 179

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 13, 2015

My boss and mentor from Open Market, Gary Eichhorn , made the entire management team read it in the 1990s to hammer home its important lessons as we stumbled through the chasm on our way to scaling from zero to nearly $100 million in revenue in a few years. At each stage, there are different problems.

Mezzanine 20

Mezzanine IPO Finance Business Model 20

K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

The birth of modern-day venture capital (not considering the European monarchs financing explorations and projects as venture capital) can be traced back to American Research and Development, which was started by Georges Doriot. The business of venture capital is relatively young.

IRR 48

IRR Venture Capital LP Early Stage 48