ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

The next reason is to establish a competitive advantage over your competition and quickly acquire a substantial market share. Let’s take an example – In the case of an internet or app business, the user traction and market penetration is a must. Establish a competitive advantage. Both of which are expensive and time-consuming.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary.

Valuation 270

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 270

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. Should they focus on increasing revenues and profitability, or entice more and more users with “free” services, to increase their valuation. Both have worked. Most are still confused about the right priority.

Revenue 434

Revenue Valuation Viral Retention 434

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Let’s now explore the major developments and ultimate use cases for the Lightning Network in two categories: A) payments/finance and B) Web3. . Use Case I: Payments and Finance . Bitrefill makes it easy for anyone to buy gift cards and phone minutes (a big use case in emerging markets) instantly using Lightning. 2) Gaming .

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. Specifically we talked about Slide having gotten a $550 million valuation before being sold to Google for $182 million.

Seed Stage 232

Seed Stage Valuation Private Equity Venture Capital 232

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

The key to being able to run a business that isn’t yet profitable (on operating margin) is availability of capital to finance losses and preferably at a cost that isn’t too punitive to the founders and employees. That’s because CAC needs to take into account all of your marketing spend to truly understand how much each customer costs you.

Metrics 150

Metrics Cost Acquisition Startup 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This is the most concrete valuation element, usually called the asset approach.

Valuation 234

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Startup 234

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Fast-forward to today—Apple is the most profitable Smartphone company in the world and in Spain Android commands a market share of more than 90%. Its worldwide market share of Smartphones has dwindled to 5%. Apple owned 0%.

Private Equity 329

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 329

Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary.

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

by Gabriel Cabot, digital marketing strategist at Firmex, Inc. Before the advent of cloud technology and the Internet, company files had to be stored away in physical data rooms (PDRs). The switch from PDRs to VDRs resulted in deal cycles and increased valuations. The old PDRs were quite cumbersome due diligence processes.

Software Review 100

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Security 100

Mucker Lab

MAY 28, 2020

Like a teenager with a million-dollar allowance and an identity crisis, a startup with too much capital and no product-market fit will become capable of making larger mistakes. Compass.co, a benchmarking and research service, analyzed 3,200 internet startups and found that 74 percent “fail due to premature scaling.” Lose focus.

Startup 78

Startup Cofounder Burn Rate Technical Review 78

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

On June 18, Aswath Damodaran , a finance professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, published an article on FiveThirtyEight titled “ Uber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion. Using a combination of market data, math, and financial analysis, Professor Damodaran concluded that his best estimate of the value of Uber is $5.9

San Francisco 111

San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

It is home to over 680 million people and over 400 million internet users- nearly 70% of the population. The report predicts that the region’s internet economy can cross $300 billion by 2025. According to Jungle Ventures, Southeast Asia’s technology startups had a combined valuation of $340 billion in 2020.

Asia 171

Asia Indonesia Silicon Valley Malaysia 171

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. and (2) their leadership position in multi-billion dollar markets will likely make them dominant players in the software landscape, even though they are still small today (SuccessFactors $2.5B SaaS 13 Index Valuation.

Software Review 101

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

a new segment of the institutional venture market is emerging. Both super-angels are institutionalizing “up” and formerly traditional VCs shifting “down” to fill a market opportunity. It’s clear that despite the varied terminology (Super Angel, Micro VC, Seed Stage VC, Seed Firms, etc.), Structural.

Seed Stage 175

Seed Stage Technical Review Dilution Offshore 175

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Entrepreneur Homepage Startups Starting a Business Home How-To Guides Startup Basics Business Ideas Business Planning Startup Financing Success Stories Home-Based Business Starting a Business Play Video How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business (Video). Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway. July 31, 2007 |.

Sweat Equity 55

Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: Europe Consumer , internet. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. internet. (6). sales and marketing. (10). Cracking The Code. at 12:17 PM.

Software Review 95

Software Review Europe Technical Review Spain 95

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

This has been an important year for us as a firm, as well as the market in general. There was a significant pull-back of the public markets in Q1. In other words, any correction in public valuations happened quickly and has now stabilized. But what kind of impact has this had on the private markets? Looking ahead to 2017.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Early Stage Portfolio Valuation 60

Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. internet. (6). sales and marketing. (10). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. at 11:03 AM.

Software Review 67

Software Review Europe Technical Review Search 67

Hacking Startups

JUNE 25, 2013

While Bitcoin is exceedingly poor store of value, it may be, for the right market participant, a good medium for speculation. Well, pal, then you are meat for those who can move the market. Given that Bitcoin is a small market in total, the trading trends will be for the conceivable future dominated by manipulation.

Technical Review 61

Technical Review Offshore Cyprus Software Review 61

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. internet. (6). sales and marketing. (10). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. at 5:29 PM.

Software Review 59

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 59

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While institutional LPs know big changes are happening, most focus too much on 1) increasing/decreasing fund size or 2) marketing + branding as the major trends. These two divergent groups have optimized for very different market conditions and behaviors. This is a long piece, so if you’re not a fan of inside baseball, skip it.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary.

Pre-Money Valuation 246

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 246

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

If they have, then we should be able to see some evidence that the dominant public technology companies are moving towards bubble valuations. Apple’s valuation is now a case for business historians to discuss because I don’t think there are modern precedents. The internet is working. Ex-cash it’s 13.5.

Technical Review 67

Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 67

The Equity Kicker

MAY 14, 2012

Twice in the last week I found myself coaching founders on how to build a financing plan around value creation milestones so I thought I would share what I said here. for consumer internet companies, breaking through user based thresholds – e.g. successful public beta with thousands or tens of thousands of users, 1m monthly uniques and so on.

Finance 118

Finance Valuation Venture Capital Dilution 118

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

Silicon Valley 235

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 235

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2016

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $400B. Should they focus on increasing revenues and profitability, or entice more and more users with “free” services, to increase their valuation. Both have worked. Most are still confused about the right priority.

Revenue 145

Revenue Valuation Startup Viral 145

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. Valuation caps can come into play in settings other than seed-stage convertible note financing rounds. Read on for a fuller explanation.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2014

Both have worked.Google reached $1 billion in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $400 billion. Should they focus on increasing revenues and profitability, or entice more and more users with free services to increase their valuation. Traditionally, it was simple.

Revenue 246

Revenue Entrepreneur Valuation Viral 246

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. SALES & MARKETING. Online Marketing. Internet and Online Business. Bringing Innovation to Market. Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. Franchises.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2016

The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own assets and time, and capitalize on the idle resources of others. Restaurants. In Cuba today, there are over 1,000 restaurants in people’s homes, known as paladares.

Cuba 120

Cuba Marketing Venture Capital Community 120

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. internet. (6). sales and marketing. (10). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. at 6:01 PM.

Software Review 54

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 54

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 30, 2014

He had just read my post on being uncomfortable with the phase of the current cycle and told me an anecdote from the great Internet bubble of 2001 that I hadn’t heard. He’d gotten a random note asking about his valuation when we invested relative to another financing that was just announced.

Valuation 143

Valuation Stock Angel Investor IPO 143

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2017

That is, how much should your company be willing to lose in cash every month as you make investments in staff and equipment that funds technology, sales, marketing and management. Sometimes it means spending less on marketing or not adding new bodies so that revenue can catch up with expenses and thus reduce burn through revenue growth.

Burn Rate 212

Burn Rate Startup .Net Venture Capital 212

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The SEC’s proposed rules (mandated by the JOBS Act of 2012) amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow the offer and sale of securities through an internet crowdfunding campaign, similar in some respects to donation crowdfunding campaigns conducted on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.

Equity 125

Equity SEC Technical Review Security 125

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing. Finance Dissertation Help. Finance Dissertation Proposal. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. internet. (6).

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. internet. (6). sales and marketing. (10). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. at 5:00 PM.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48