crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Interesting perspective on LinkedIn’s IPO – arguing that the IPO price was reasonable – [link]. The Internet Is 20% Of Economic Growth – [link].

Social Media 86

Social Media Small Business Design Media 86

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

Of late, with the advent of new technology and the spread of the internet to nearly all corners of the country, Indians have taken up a new kind of shop! Advertising and marketing tech. Here the company looks to grow and strives to create a dominant position in the market. Are you wondering how to invest in startups in India?

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Technical Review Due Diligence India Startup 143

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

They have seen one side of a market where many of us have seen the ebb and flow multiple times. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe a bubble occurs when a market is willing to pay greater than intrinsic value for an asset class. I spoke about a lot of things during the keynote.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. They taught you about customers, markets and profits. Carpe Diem.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” Internet scale. If you have a market lead then raising capital and making investments now will help you as others enter the market.

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Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. I can’t control the market. Private markets for stocks are the opposite.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

A VDR is an internet database in which companies’ share and store private information used during financial transactions. IPOs are difficult company transactions as it requires companies to go public. VDR provides the necessary channel through which such companies can survive and launch careful IPO document management and retention.

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Software Review Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. Usually a small company can sell about 20 percent of its stock in an IPO. The market is moving back up, but slowly. The market is moving back up, but slowly. How’s the timing?

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IPO Social Media Media Exit Strategy 223

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. Investors call this the seed stage , where money is required to build a market and a real product. The final product works great, and all the early users love it.”

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Initial Public Offering (IPO). Reasons an outside company might seek to acquire or merge with another company range from allowing them to break into a new market, to giving them a competitive edge, and removing you as a competitor from the current market. Types of exit strategies. Management buyout. Family succession.

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Exit Strategy Lock-up Period Merger IPO 117

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2014

In the last two weeks there’s been a flurry of articles about the implications of a 25% decline in the public market value of a bunch of Internet stocks. We probably had about $150m committed and were running around trying to get to $300m for what we had positioned as a dedicated Internet VC fund.

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Stock Internet SEC Italy 140

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 15, 2010 Some IPO speculation Inspired by Steve Blank’s post today about the “lost decade&# of IPO’s , I’d like to make some predictions. The fact that IPO’s are disappearing makes intuitive sense to me. Let me be clear: Steve is the historian.

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IPO San Francisco Lean Silicon Valley 166

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

That’s a reason why some are quick to portend “a new bubble” but this post sets out to show that would be a misunderstanding of the market and in fact by historic levels this may be amongst the best times to invest in seed and early-stage funds. More on that later. If you look even more closely you’ll see just how skewed the data really is.

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Venture Capital IPO Mezzanine Early Stage 292

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2016

When an organization is within the startup phase, the first thing on their mind is “How do we get our product to market as fast as possible?” Do we have an internet connected product/app? When are we looking for funding, investors, or going IPO? by Andrew Ostashen, co-founder of Vulsec. Do we have store fronts?

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Security Intellectual Property CTO Hire Offshore 100

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

When he founded Netflix as a DVD rental service in 1997, Hastings had already led one company, Pure Software, from its birth to an IPO. You’ve IPOed two companies. Doing an IPO can be a great thing, but there are always consequences. Streaming obviously has the future and will be relevant as long as the Internet stays relevant.

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Swaziland Entrepreneur IPO Netherlands 137

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 21, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Surprise Is One Of The Most Powerful Small Business Marketing Tools – [link]. Surprise Is One Of The Most Powerful Small Business Marketing Tools – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2011

The opportunities for tech startups today are more immense than they’ve ever been with billions of people now connected to the Internet nearly all the time. A normalization of the venture capital market will bring more rational valuations over time but should produce more stable companies and better returns for VCs and LPs.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation Angel Investor 289

Genuine VC

MARCH 26, 2012

Over the past decade, VCs have been lamenting about the poor state of the IPO markets and that the number of real potential acquirers for consumer internet startups has dwindled down to a handful, if that. That optimism, even, can extend beyond the IPO markets to M&A as well.

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Acquisition Internet IPO Venture Capital 128

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Hundreds of new micro funds somehow keep getting into the market. More and more angels will be minted as the 2019 IPO class emerges. If every sector is to be transformed by technology, and if private markets keep growing, it makes today’s conditions understandable. 5/ Early Effects Of The Softbank Effect.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. To live to its potential as a core part of the Metaverse Meta has to overcome a challenging market and a confused brand. Roblox is publicly traded and has a market cap of $27.2 Here we go! Epic Games.

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 3 Ways to Amplify Small-Business Marketing with Crowdsourcing – [link]. Why Email Marketing is King – [link]. Why Email Marketing is King – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

Tech IPOs Are Back – So Now What? Three of the five “blockbuster” tech IPOs I predicted have happened (LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga) and the biggest of all (Facebook) has filed and will likely go public within the next 90 days. I see several dynamics at work in today’s IPO markets. March 8, 2012.

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IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. In 1980 Genentech became the first IPO of a venture funded biotech company. The Rise of the “Lean VC’s” – Consumer Internet Gets Funded. Here’s why. Electron-based Venture Capital.

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Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 258

Genuine VC

MARCH 26, 2012

Over the past decade, VCs have been lamenting about the poor state of the IPO markets and that the number of real potential acquirers for consumer internet startups has dwindled down to a handful, if that. That optimism, even, can extend beyond the IPO markets to M&A as well.

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Acquisition Internet IPO Venture Capital 100

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. Salesforce.com is a startup with 76,000 subscribers (over 2.1M

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

Using a combination of market data, math, and financial analysis, Professor Damodaran concluded that his best estimate of the value of Uber is $5.9 billion, far short of the value recently determined by the market. The first is TAM, and the second is Uber’s market share within that market. Total Available Market Analysis.

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San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. Investors call this the seed stage , where money is required to build a market and a real product. The final product works great, and all the early users love it.”

Angel Investor 370

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 370

Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2014

If you’d still like to be running the company in 10 years time, you’re probably going to want to ensure that exit plan comes in the form of a steady revenue stream that allows you to pay off investors; an IPO instead of a buy-out; or simply opt for a different strategy – your own funds or private/government loans and grants.

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Small Business Exit Strategy Cofounder Angel Investor 154

Growthink Blog

MAY 14, 2012

Because golly, when it comes to the IPO market and public market returns in general, help is needed in a big way. Since the Internet bubble burst in 2001, the number of IPOs hasn’t recovered to even 1980s levels. Hopefully, it will help. How bad is it? That's 30 years ago, folks. What does it all mean?

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IPO Private Equity Initial Public Offering Balance Sheet 78

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. When the market run started in March people were relieved that “the world wasn’t ending” so they started spending again. Unemployment coupled with a stock market drop will stop this spending cold IMHO.

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Technical Review Stock Hawaii Early Stage 269

Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Modern theories of economics and finance teach us that in a world of perfect information, the market will decide what a fair price is for any company’s stock at any point in time based on its current financial condition, results of past operations, analysts’ forecasts of future performance, industry conditions and so on.

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SEC Prospectus United States Technical Review 158

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

There is an industry changing shift going on in the internet and mobile-based IT space for sure. Dan believed that consumer internet entrepreneurs have a choice now: traditional VC vs. super seed investors. Losses will come a few years from now and take steam out of the market. Minutes 28 – 31.

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Seed Stage Valuation Private Equity Venture Capital 232

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Staying “lean&# is not an option.

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LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 18, 2012

1) Expect the angel and seed stage market to continue to stay hot. 2) Facebook will be hungry for growth in its ad business, and since it is running out of internet connected humans to connect to, it will need tools to make more out of each person. If you're just money, you are toast. If you're just money, you are toast.

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IPO Seed Stage Early Stage Green 115

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. was starting.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

The Equity Kicker

JUNE 8, 2012

There is quite rightly a lot of chat at the moment about Facebook’s poor showing post IPO, but the fact that the shares are down 30% doesn’t mean that Facebook is a bad business, it means that investors now think the $100bn IPO price was too high. 30% to high to be precise. That is why the valuations of companies are so hotly debated.

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IPO Valuation Mobile Internet 100