ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Money man and pundit Paul Kedrosky also spoke at the International Startup Festival and offered humorous, blunt advice about how to get what you want from investors and investment bankers. Kedrosky: "In the 90's I was an analyst through all this [tech investment and IPO] madness.

Investment Bankers 153

Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Jeff Pomeranz, Partner at Right Side Capital , said, “The biggest investment of resources with our tech platform relates to the capturing and maintenance of data on our huge portfolio of 1100+ evolving tech companies. Further reading: How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Accelerate Portfolio Company Success.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Before Twitter he held similar roles at SuccessFactors (SaaS), Akamai (telecoms infrastructure), McAfee (Security Software) and was an investment banker. The timing horizon is much shorter, the prices one pays are much higher so you can’t just be right about the company but you must be right about the valuation and the exit price.

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 23, 2021

The metrics from the dashboard are the key inputs for collective decisions. You can always instrument your business and gather metrics, but that doesn’t mean the data you gather will be useful. Just track metrics that help you improve the product. They’re how you understand if you’re making progress or not.

Venture Capital 46

Venture Capital Metrics Investment Bankers Framework 46

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 10, 2011

These dynamics harm startups at all stages, because they pressure founders to engage in “success theatre” – trying to make themselves look successful by general management standards by focusing on vanity metrics , product milestones, and whiz-bang demos. Fraud, deception, and dishonesty undermine this moral calculus.

Silicon Valley 167

Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Investment Bankers 167

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. The simplest way to track a company’s performance: have them give you access to their internal metrics dashboard. I used Ipreo heavily at one of my prior VC funds. 10) Report.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2014

Vanity metrics measure how much you’re being seen, but they don’t tell you much about how your business is doing. With the ease of data collection in today’s technological landscape, it’s easy to get bogged down in performance metrics. Avoid Vanity Metrics. Tie Metrics to Actions. Look at Similar Companies.

Metrics 109

Metrics Investment Bankers Revenue Early Stage 109