Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. The Valuation Question. When companies seeking their first round of serious funding are good enough to receive a term-sheet from an investor, the first issue that always arises is valuation. Let’s start at the end.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve been involved with SaaS companies with VCs who don’t understand demand generation, lead qualification, sales coverage ratios, sales forecasting or frankly when deals should be inside sales vs. outside sales. Politics are a part of human nature and thus a part of all startups. Startups are hard. Nail on the head.

Portfolio 364

Portfolio Chicago Sales Incubator 364

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Salesforce.com is a startup with 76,000 subscribers (over 2.1M I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. May 26, 2011.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The use of cutting-edge algorithms and analytics allows these consultants to make educated forecasts about market dynamics and potential adverse events. They constantly search for security and consistency in their investment decisions. This is where risk management consulting becomes invaluable.

Security 139

Security Management Forecast Finance 139

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?” 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.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 246

Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011. It’s a deceptively simple question:  what is the optimal way to finance a new startup? It’s a deceptively simple question:  what is the optimal way to finance a new startup? April 2013.

Finance 83

Finance Bootstrapping Startup Equity 83

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad.

Founder 187

Founder Startup Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 187

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. The only problem that faces startup investors now is how to mine this new data layer efficiently to increase returns.”. But beyond that, not much.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Berkonomics

MARCH 21, 2019

If there is no record of revenues, see the “The Berkus Method” available with any search query for valuing the business before revenues. If the business is not a startup, expect to supply income statements for the past several years as well, to emphasize trends in revenue and costs. Careful about “hockey stick” forecasts.

Hockey Stick 63

Hockey Stick Liquidity Event Valuation Balance Sheet 63

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. Planning, Startups, Stories. I wont bother going into details on start-up financing terms ( see this post for an overview of typical VC terms) except to say if you dont know and understand: the firms cap table and valuation. Small Business Labs.

Equity 40

Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2018

For one thing, when you purchase an existing company, someone else has probably already done a lot of the startup legwork, like verifying that there’s a market for your product or service, establishing a customer base, hiring employees, and negotiating a lease. Consider starting your search locally—close to home.

Due Diligence 71

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Forecast 71

Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. « Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations | Main. |   For an example written by a VC, see A Startups Guide to Market Sizing from DocStoc. .    For an example written by a VC, see A Startups Guide to Market Sizing from DocStoc.

Marketing 116

Marketing Wisconsin Startup Angel Investor 116

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The growth and $1 billion valuation of Twitter and its impact on business – The Big Thaw discussion would obviously not be complete without discussing Twitter. To be clear, I don’t have a crystal ball that forecasts the future or I’d quit my VC job and purely be a day trader. But I do believe it’s too early to proclaim victory.

IPO 255

IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. I have been talking about my concerns about valuations for the past couple of years because, well, they’ve been rising very rapidly the past two years!

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

When I was seeking a co-founder for my startup, each time I’d dive deep into a discussion about commitment with potential partners, they’d bring up venture capitalists and fundraising. as if it’s a requirement of doing a tech startup. See Also: The Best Places Worldwide to Start Your High-Growth Startup.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Startup Forecast Channel 60

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He’s been a developer/hacker for over 15 years, and he sold his first startup, VinSolutions for $150 million. We do a lot of soul searching around how do we built this product, when nobody knows it exist. When they have a problem, the first thing they do is they go to Google and they search for it. How do you reach them?

Kansas City 38

Kansas City CTO Hire Las Vegas Software Developers 38

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

The former are often institutional shareholders who can earn rates of return as high as 11% for “loaning” money to the SPAC in search of its target. So, even assuming they wanted to raise the same amount of nominal dollars at the IPO as in the past, a higher valuation means they can do so by issuing many fewer shares.

SEC 36

SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

I have been involved in startups since I graduated from college in 1996. My background with entrepreneurialism is this is my sixth startup. One, I’m an entrepreneur or in the startup stage of a business. This is really an exciting panel to be a part of. Bates: Fantastic. Thank you Sabrina. Joshua Reeves: Thanks, John.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95