VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

At Remagine Ventures we like to say that “we invest in technologies that change how people spend their time and money”. Advancements in technology and changing cultural behaviour are big drivers of this trend and Covid-19 was like pouring gasoline on fire. . Revenue in Q2 2021 was up 127% to $454.1m. . *by Kevin Baxpehler.

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Technical Review South Korea Due Diligence IP 178

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. I think it’s important for enterprise startups to layer in professional services into your revenue stream.

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Software Review Software IP Technical Review 321

ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

At the time we were planning a workshop for B2B tech startups from the IMEC accelerator (Ghent, Belgium) and had a chance to interview many of the companies that had signed up. And while this was a good start, a significant position of these companies were early-stage startups. Sales cycle length increased. Content blindness.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4 Noteworthy Machine Intelligence startups in Israel ??

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

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!” Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. Simplifying: Revenue -.

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Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) That changed when I joined the board of a startup, and we sued Microsoft and Sony on the same day for patent infringement – and won $120 million. Type of IP. _. non-public technology. Inventions.

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Intellectual Property IP Software Review Non-disclosure Agreement 213

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. I love how transparently Danielle lives her startup (& encourages other to join in) because it provides much needed transparency to other startups. ” I highly recommend reading it.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP. The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

The Department of Defense has thought that Artificial Intelligence is such a foundational set of technologies that they started a dedicated organization- the JAIC – to enable and implement artificial intelligence across the Department. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. But What Is It?

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Artificial Inteligence Software Review Algorithm Technical Review 417

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 7, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Our ecosystem crowdsources up to $4 trillion dollars of orphan and dormant IP, which becomes the center of the collaboration environment.

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Technical Review Malta Startup 48

Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

Small Business Administration , an organization is considered to be a small business if their: Firm revenue ranges from $1 million to $40 million Number of employees is between 100 and 1,500. Intellectual property (IP) is anything created by the human intellect that’s protected by the law from unauthorized use by other people.

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Small Business Intellectual Property Cofounder Software Review 167

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Esports revenues as an industry. Despite the massive viewership, Esports as whole is still relatively small when it comes to revenue. In 2020, revenues are expected to reach $1 billion, and grow by 60% in 2023. A few facts about Esports revenue according to Newzoo : Global esports revenues will grow to $1.1

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Technical Review Revenue IP Affiliate 167

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In the current economic landscape, it’s common for startups and businesses to seek a buyout or acquisition — in fact, it’s frequently the goal from the start. Watch out for complex areas such as accounting for revenue, inventory, contingencies, equity instruments and consolidation. by Jeff Stark, Audit Partner at Sensiba San Filippo.

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Acquisition Intellectual Property Technical Review Due Diligence 100

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

In the startup world, opportunities are fleeting, and obstacles are ubiquitous. Competition from other startups and established incumbents, constraints on time and capital, and limited access to talent and technology resources are just a few of the hurdles nearly every first-time founder faces while trying to build a business.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 140

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

If someone asked whether or not your business has Intellectual Property (IP) and your answer is “I do not know” or “I doubt it,” you are not alone. It is difficult to be in a business situation completely devoid of IP worth identifying and protecting. IP is a not just a legal issue.

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Intellectual Property IP Technical Review Software Review 109

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

NPD reported on Friday that consumers spent 10% less in the first six months of 2022 than they did during the same time period last year, with game industry revenue down to $26.3 While mobile game revenue was down 6.6% On that note, I recommend Joost van Dreunen’s review of Matthew Ball’s new book on the Metaverse.

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Forecast IP Mobile Acquisition 190

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Our categorization is not a technical one. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. Of the Inc.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

This is the second in a three-part series that aims to help you understand the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale. Likewise, there’s a substantial amount of support for the very few startups that make it to the third, go-to-scale phase. Go-to-Product.

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Cleveland Framework Marketing Early Stage 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Project your costs as diligently as your revenues. Understating or overstating your request will likely kill your credibility or your startup in lieu of follow-on requirements. On the other hand, if your solution is aimed at boomers or requires in-depth technical knowledge, crowdfunding may be futile.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Technical Review Vesting 120

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

If I had a nickel for every pitch I saw where the financial projections grow in the shape of a hockey stick, I could have funded my last startup! get to revenue, b.) how many customers you’ll acquire and when, how many you’ll retain in year one, how many will churn out (leave you), the average revenue each customer will spend, etc.).

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Hockey Stick Technical Review Due Diligence Seattle 114

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever. Push hard to set up the technical reviews, the due diligence meetings, the reference calls – whatever.

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Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. I’m looking to turn dots into lines over time.

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Seattle Silicon Valley Technical Review Los Angeles 317

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Most of the Internet startup consulting firms went bankrupt. Since that date the S&P 500 is up 2.45% while Accenture stock is up 206% with revenue of $23 billion and a market cap of $32 billion. The size of magazines seems to be expanding, marketing seems to be up and the number of tech announcements per day is dizzying.

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Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 9, 2019

In the worst case, you might end up with a cloud infrastructure that is a step down from your original solution — leading to lost customers and revenue. If an outage is due to your internet service provider , for example, one part of the plan would be to failover to your secondary line. Create an in-house committee. .

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Cloud Developer Azure Technical Review 115

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. I’ve listed a few more below which require meaningful startup and ongoing costs. For more, see the Startup Studio Playbook. This requires a real financial sacrifice.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

As a two person team Arlo and AJ built out the whole site and the back-end technology — and built it to scale — at one point they did a A/B test on Zappos and were easily able to handle all the traffic coming to the Zappos test site while being able to show results from the enormous Zappos inventory.

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Software Review Technical Review IP Finance 134

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Often, marketing creativity encounters technical limitations. In any case, you need to see past the shiny objects in web design pitches and know how PWA technology will (or won’t) help you achieve your marketing goals. Armed with an understanding of how PWAs work, let’s dive into the outcomes of deploying the technology.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

Business plan competitions are the air guitar championships of the startup world. It’s as if the plan for creating a startup is: Step #1: Come up with an idea. The fact of the matter is, most startups, particularly ones built by young professionals with no network and no track record, aren’t going to get funded.

New York 116

New York CTO Hire Technical Review New York City 116

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I never implied that startups are all great and job hoppers are all at fault. Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. That is when no customers wanted to work with Internet startups because we as an industry had burned so many customers.

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Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

This the 21st installment of Startup Decision Making will conclude my writing until after the Holidays. Hurricane Irma had a major negative revenue impact on one whose fall book of business was mostly in Florida. But, credit is due to all these CEO’s for perseverance. It’s not my place to form judgments based on that.

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Silicon Valley Atlanta Software Review Early Stage 48

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. Make sure you’ve done the due diligence on all of these areas of your business. Now you’re going to move into your revenue model.

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Could you talk a bit about the diligence you did during the acquisition? How long into the discussion before you commenced diligence? Due diligence is the most important part of the process because it dictates whether you should move forward with the acquisition, and at what price. Monthly expenses. Number of free users.

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Acquisition Software Review Technical Review NDA 53

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

August 20, 2017: This is another in my series of posts all leading up to a book on Startup Decision Making. One of the most common mistakes I see in startups is making decisions that lose sight of the context , including the past, present, and future. Sooner or later everybody in a startup knows what everyone else is getting paid.

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Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

I frequently see promising startups with a great product and strong initial economics hit a wall due to the piling up of problems relating to these questions, or what I like to call the ‘DTC death by a thousand cuts’. Bloggers are especially valuable in the early days when consumers are looking for actual reviews that are searchable.

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Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

I’ve had the opportunity to work with many impressive teams and product managers from a broad range of leading tech companies, and this has helped me to get a better sense of the what is essential to the role, and to success. Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model.

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Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

Revenue needs to grow 20x, and margins must expand dramatically. I won’t dive into cost structure in this blog post, but let’s think through how Snap could grow revenue 20x. I won’t dive into cost structure in this blog post, but let’s think through how Snap could grow revenue 20x. Global smartphone revenue is about $420B.

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Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

Scalable Startup

MARCH 7, 2012

Seth Levine, a successful VC with the Foundry Group , wrote a great blog entry about all the hype going on currently in the startup world. Currently Los Angeles is in what could be a startup renaissance or an apocalypse, dependent on how long the hype goes on. Worth the read. I’ve been harping about this a lot (too much?)

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Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Due Diligence 26