Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Although Intermix was doing well during that period, bringing in around $75 million annual revenue, all of the explosive traffic growth was occurring at one property, MySpace – the jewel for which FIM ended up acquiring the whole Intermix crown. of MySpace, Inc. of MySpace, Inc.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Growthink Blog

MAY 13, 2012

And they'll want to invest if they believe your company has great potential to achieve a liquidity event, and one that enables them to earn a significant return on their investment. Criteria #1: Scalability This is the potential for your company to achieve significant annual revenues. Here they are below.

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Angel Investor Exit Strategy Liquidity Event Angel Groups 93

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

They feel the money can and should be spent on ways to grow the company, so they shift into growth mode by hiring more employees, paying themselves, hiring salespeople, running paid ad campaigns, and spending on overhead. Investors are always thinking about growth mode because that’s the path to where they want to go – liquidity event.

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Metrics Cofounder Cram Down Liquidity Event 136

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2020

Find some credible opportunity statistics that can support your own revenue expectations of between $20 million and $100 million in the fifth year. No matter what the potential, every business is constrained in growth by the time and effort required to hire people, spread the message, and deliver and support solutions.

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Liquidity Event Forecast Exit Strategy Bootstrapping 308

Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2015

They financed their companies, to the extent possible, in a manner minimizing the cost of capital, planning for organic growth in the number of customers served and in associated revenues. Flippers financed by venture capitalists are more likely to hire executives having high level profiles and previous exit experience.

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Stock Options Valuation 48

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

They had only two strategic options – an early exit, or hiring a ‘name CEO’ that might be able to raise a big enough round in time. They knew their revenues were getting ready to grow – and possibly explode. Too many companies being founded with exactly the same business plan. Dave’s book on exits.

Vertical 48

Vertical Finance Valuation Global 48

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

In reality I had been hired as CEO and the adult supervision and administrative overseer of one of the most creative talents in the valley. Of course, they could be useful in creating liquidity events, but absent bubbly environment and disrupting marketplace what is the point? We understood none of this.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS Software Review 120

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This can be helpful when you are hiring a COO for the company, and the candidate asks to get percentage ownership in the company. A convertible note is like a loan, but this amount can be converted into company equity later on, usually during a liquidation event, like the acquisition of the company. Convertible notes.

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Cap Table Pre-Money Valuation Stock Options Option Pool 112

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue. Also, they have a strong belief that any sign of weakness (such as a down round) will have a catastrophic impact on their culture, hiring process, and ability to retain employees.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

To answer these questions, we built a database of 112 Israeli companies founded between 1996 and 2013 that have met or exceeded $20 million in revenue. Eighty-two percent have global offices, and yet 91% are still run by Israeli CEOs, as opposed to foreign executives hired from the outside. American VCs are critical.

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Sure, it garners the "winning " reply above, but in reality I find the answers below by Cody Riddar that directs the asker to go hire an inexpensive prototype development team much more helpful than the "leading answer" that gives the "Quora rockstar engineer" point of view. For your employees?

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Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42