David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Another example is Correlation Ventures ($300M+ AUM), a VC firm which co-invests in financings with at least one other new outside VC. We particularly help companies in winning revenue from our LP network and raising capital for subsequent rounds from top-tier late-stage investors. – Launch a “ venture studio ” or “ foundry ”.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs. Revenue multiple? In finance they call it “terminal value” but the truth is the price is as arbitrary at your A round as it is at your seed round. Less than you’ll probably grant your most junior employees in stock options? Your A round?

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Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. Now that my new career is in the personal finance industry, I’m helping women tame their money. As a financial planner, money was my stock in trade; however, I discovered true wealth was in good health and relationships.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

These strategies can be useful in increasing initial conversions from your ads and website traffic, but offering large discounts too early in the life of the company will lower your gross margins and CAC, both of which will affect your unit economics and future financing conversations. Will you ship internationally?

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

To illustrate, let’s investigate two typical company scenarios: Company Scenario #1: A company lacking great financial traction - slow revenue growth, little profit - but one that competes in an industry attractive to strategic and financial buyers. Many software and healthcare businesses fit this description.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Hate mail started streaming in from everywhere - including emails directly to Bill Gates who would forward them on to the team with messages like "this is depressing MSFT's stock price. To be specific, AdWords is currently 16 years old, and last year alone it generated well over $50B in revenue.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs. Revenue multiple? In finance they call it “terminal value” but the truth is the price is as arbitrary at your A round as it is at your seed round. Less than you’ll probably grant your most junior employees in stock options? There were no metrics. Your A round?

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors. . This is why a bottom up approach is more credible.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

That's why the Corona Initiative is a Public Benefit Corporation--a for-profit company dedicated to the public good that aims to fund its research with its revenues. He worked as an engineer and then went into finance for many years and then was recruited to be president of a biotech company, diagnostics company.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Enter into agreements between Newco and founders, early contributors, outside advisors or service providers under which they contribute or assign all intellectual property related to the company’s business to Newco in exchange for the issuance of founders’ stock (Common Stock). Make escrow arrangements for restricted stock (i.e.,

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Messy cap tables can come back to haunt you when you do a financing or sell the company. Between day one and your first confrontations with those issues, particularly if you’ve raised any outside capital, you will have formed a board and stocked it with people you can really get to work on your behalf.

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Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

But without sales there is no revenue, and without revenue there is no company. All the strategic thinking in the world won’t make up for a missed revenue plan. If sales revenue and profits are high enough, we could take the company public or sell it, and the stock would be worth more than the paper it was printed on.

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blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It outlines key points of agreement between founders around IP ownership, equity ownership, vesting, etc. For example, without a clear vehicle (a company) to contribute intellectual property into, a founder who walks away may mean that the future company won’t own its own IP. An email would do. The FastIgnite one is two pages.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Other factors such as your team, the market you are in, your ability to execute, and in fact other terms in your term sheet are much, much more important to your outcome and financial outcome than is the valuation of your company at the time of financing. i never thought about it like investing in stocks before.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Once you’ve done that – then. do something else.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2017

No, the first 2% is more valuable in terms of revenue. Create a revenue forecast before you even run the experiment. You need to track the right revenue goals. Abi Hough: Hypothesize This: How Do You Find $100M of Lost Revenue Without Creating a Single Experiment? Tips: Build your own device lab and keep it well-stocked.

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