Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Keep the valuations consistent with company progress. The bottom line is that the pedigree of your investors will have much to do with your ultimate valuation and with your enjoyment of the startup experience. Your business works as intended if you can attract customers that fit into the context of your operation.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

We also know lots of valid reasons why the company could be valued at far less than it once was including: Stalled Growth – revenue essentially flat over the last 4 quarters. The “value” case goes like this: A) Valuation Net of Cash – Zynga’s market cap sits at around $2.2-2.3B trailing revenue multiple.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. While Walmart hasn’t acquired in this area yet, its internal initiatives and IP show interest. Walmart’s $3.3B Increase in-store efficiency. Madison Reed.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

But this is just the kindthat tends to be open source: operating systems, programminglanguages, editors, and so on. But for every startup like that, there are twenty more that operate in niche markets or live quietly down in the infrastructure.So Before you consummate a startup, ask everyone about their previous IP history.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

In case you don’t know, many of them of have the pleasure of only paying 1% tax on their revenue. Their ‘so called’ profit numbers are much lower than you’d expect them to be based on their revenues. So low, that you’d probably close down the business if your profit to revenue ratios ever got that low. tax on $10 of revenue.

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OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 3, 2010

It’s an important topic — as entrepreneurs build businesses, they frequently end up creating new revenue opportunities and go off on productive tangents. Business has its own culture and operations and “a life of its own&#. Operations of the unit too tethered to the mothership.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 10, 2017

We raised significant capital at a high valuation based on his credibility, and he certainly was entitled to call the shots on decisions like that. Over time a successful startup will grow to take on many of the operational functions in house and, it’s only natural for builders like me to work themselves out of a job and move on to the next.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Valuations. I think it’s difficult, if not impossible, to value a pre-revenue company with any reasonable accuracy. I was approached with one sweat equity offer that placed the valuation of the company at >$5 million pre-money and before even a seed round of funding. The company with all the revenue is Company C.

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