Finance Internet Metrics Venture Capital 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. The Exit Problem.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 26, 2016
There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial metrics or even how to think about which ones are healthy. The first input is CAC. Customer acquisition cost.
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? What happened? It was 1991.
ReadWriteStart
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Rapid advancements in areas like AI, blockchain , and the Internet of Things (IoT) bring forth new possibilities. The Venture Capital Influence The role of venture capital (VC) has become increasingly prominent in shaping the tech startup scene.
Steve Blank
MARCH 31, 2014
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. As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
However, there was no way for founders to share this information with other founders (this was life before the Internet, incubators and accelerators). While 20th century metrics were revenue and profit, today it’s common for companies to get acquired for their user base. Filed under: Venture Capital.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 9, 2014
Maybe you are wondering which metrics to track, or whether or not you should take out a loan for your business. Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. My name is John Bates.
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