Forecast IPO PR Revenue 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 28, 2009
Goldman Sachs (an investor in our company) told us we’d IPO within 18 months for $1 billion so not to take any offers. Our sales forecasts were revised downward – many times. I know that we haven’t brought in revenue as quickly as we had hoped. They haven’t hit their revenue targets. Believe me.
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crowdSPRING Blog
MARCH 28, 2013
Lessons Learned from Bill Gross’ 35 IPOs/Exits and 40 Failures – [link]. Revenue Traction Doesn’t Mean Product Market Fit – [link]. Forecasting Fox | NYTimes – [link]. Lead Or Follow, But Keep Your Eyes On The Crowd – [link]. 3 Things I Did Wrong with My Last Startup – [link].
crowdSPRING Blog
JANUARY 18, 2013
A VC: MBA Mondays: Revenue Models – Subscriptions – [link]. Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 Creative Forecast: How Marketing Will Change In 2013 | Co.Create – [link]. The Science of Productivity: How To Get More Done In Less Time – [link].
Cracking the Code
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
The Deutsche Bank report has a very interesting chart on the topic presenting the Free Cash Flow margins vs. the revenue growth four years post IPO for select software leaders: As you can see, with 20% Free Cash Flow margin and a 50% growth rate, Salesforce is well positioned in the pack! Tuesday, September 02, 2008. for Lawson?
Steve Blank
AUGUST 27, 2009
Yet we used the product development model not only to manage product development, but as a road map for finding customers and to time our marketing launch and sales revenue plan. If it’s a new division inside a larger company, forecasts talk about return on investment. We had no clue what our market was when we first started.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 9, 2009
We were focused on revenue, but we didnt understand that revenue is not important for its own sake in an early stage company. Almost all of them got scooped up by pre-IPO Google this time. That year, right before the IPO, those months mattered a great deal in terms of financial outcomes. I think its wasteful.
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