Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Metrics like Return on Net Assets, Return on Capital and Internal Rate of Return are the guiding stars of the board and CEO. As Harvard professor Clayton Christensen noted, these efficiency metrics provided wise guidance for times when capital was scarce and raising money was hard. We legalized robbing the corporate treasury.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

This structure allows for alignment on the front end, and real-time flexibility for performance metrics,” says Samira Salman , a family office investor and advisor. . Flexible VCs have created structures based on other company performance metrics than revenues, such as profits or founder salaries. Flexible VC 102: Variations.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

These groups are adapting or adopting the practices of startups and accelerators – disruption and innovation rather than direct competition, customer development versus more product features, agility and speed versus lowest cost. A business model guides an organization to create and deliver products/service and make money from it.

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IRR Startup Business Model Agile 335

Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

As a consequence, corporations used metrics like return on net assets (RONA), return on capital deployed, and internal rate of return (IRR) to measure efficiency. These metrics make it difficult for a company that wants to invest in long-term innovation. These resulting business models made them look incredibly profitable.

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Architecture IRR Balance Sheet Liquidity Event 227

Hippoland

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

And all of the companies I pick are at roughly the same stage — all seed companies who have launched a product and have some semblance of traction, though this ranges quite a bit. Even if it’s tough to raise money now, eventually, business metrics will trump all at the later stages; that’s what investors will care about then.

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Portfolio IRR Later Stage Limited Partner 48

The Next Web

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Income-based valuations consider aspects like CAPM (capital asset pricing model), IRR (internal rate of return), NPV (net present value), WACC (weighted average cost of capital), NCF (net cash flow), and GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles). Asset approach. The quality, reliability and cost of site traffic.

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Valuation NPV Net Present Value IRR 128

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

A multiple is a company value divided by a metric. This growth could be a function of product differentiation, go-to-market operations, sheer market size, new geographies, and expansion into adjacent categories. Not too shabby!

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Valuation Balance Sheet Cofounder Forecast 36