Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. So it makes me laugh to this day when I talk with a journalist or potential investor in the company and they ask flippantly, “How is MakeSpace a technology company?”

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Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2018

How do you find the balance between not too small to prove itself but not too big to have an off-putting valuation? You’ll find exceptions to this rule, like Snapchat, which was operating at a loss at its IPO, when it experienced high initial trading prices due to its huge popularity and untapped monetization capabilities.

Valuation 145

Valuation Technical Review Exit Strategy Metrics 145

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

With advances in technology, green buildings can also be built at fairly competitive prices. Higher asset valuation – growing awareness about the environment; the social impact of buildings and the need to meet sustainability credentials is increasingly making real estate investors and occupiers turn to green buildings.

Green 137

Green California Government Valuation 137

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

How Most Board Meeting Prep Works I’ve been sitting on tech boards for two decades so I have some experience with what goes wrong. The law firm has done its job of preparing the stock option requests, board meeting minutes, 409a valuations. Often board members themselves don’t do the work to say “what metrics would we like to see.”

Stock Options 226

Stock Options Metrics Stock Valuation 226

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

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. As the risks below get eliminated the higher the valuation investors are prepared to pay.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. They compete on features, price and execution.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Our categorization is not a technical one. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”. 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. .

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. million registered users, 7500 supplier partners, 600 team members, and a run-rate of more than $150M in sales in just 15 months. Even executives need reviews.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

What’s critical for entrepreneurs to understand is that valuations for startups do not increase at a linear rate; they increase geometrically based on achieving the right milestones. The best entrepreneurs raise enough money to achieve a set of interim milestones and then raise capital again at a significantly increased valuation.

Valuation 100

Valuation Dilution Chicago Technical Review 100

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Here we discuss how you need to handle data efficiently to enhance the organizational functions and boost business growth: Enhance Customer Experience: Reviewing the data produced by your sales department regarding the customers can give you great insights. It is of great use in increasing your sales figure.

Analytics 131

Analytics Portfolio Advertising Technical Review 131

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

On the strength of that ad, Go Daddy had its biggest sales day ever. Why Innovators Love Constraints | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Valuations in the Series A and Series B Market are Booming – [link]. How Monoprice Is Eating The Tech World From The Inside Out – [link]. Penn – [link].

Social Media 106

Social Media Small Business Technical Review Design 106

Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

In search of Europes next tech stars. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. anecdotes.

Software Review 67

Software Review Europe Technical Review Search 67

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

In comparison, the overall technology sector growth was projected at 9-10% in early 2010 and this forecast did not change significantly today. To justify a 60pts difference, we have to believe that the current growth rates of 10% for technology and 20% for SaaS will continue to hold for the next 9 years before converging. anecdotes.

Software Review 101

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.   I’ve sat down with entrepreneurs and a copy of a term sheet guide I like [ “Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations ” by Alex Wilmerding, Aspatore Press.] The Valuation Question.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Different models require different performance metrics. developed a white paper on performance metrics for Technology service Vendors (TSV) and this post present the key elements of his reflexion adapted for SaaS companies. The MRR is a great metrics, but it can be perfected.

Software Review 66

Software Review Metrics Valuation Technical Review 66

Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Set a specific time each month to review it , comparing forecasts to actuals and revising as necessary. Tailor your marketing and sales plan to attract more people like your ideal customer. Components of this section include: Your marketing and sales plan. Milestones and metrics that you’ll need to hit to be viable.

El Paso 61

El Paso Business Plan Technical Review Forecast 61

ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

A sponsorship strategy should cover five areas: Assets Audience data Asset valuation Activations Market identification. Sponsors will have different reasons for backing your project: sales, lead generation, brand awareness, product launches , corporate social responsibility, etc. Asset valuation. Audience data.

Audience 139

Audience Social Media Email Ruby 139

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

Software Review 95

Software Review Europe Technical Review Spain 95

Cracking the Code

MARCH 10, 2008

Measuring sales and marketing effectiveness of SaaS companies. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing , software. a new entrant trying to gain awareness in the marketplace investing in various mktg programs and sales to get the lead-gen engine flywheel started)? Monday, March 10, 2008. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 8:58 PM.

Sales 79

Sales Software Review Marketing Technical Review 79

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

This post describes how companies using the Customer Development model can increase their credibility, valuation and probability of getting a first round of funding by presenting their results in a “Lesson Learned&# venture pitch. Knowing this venture firms have come up with a canonical checklist of what they would like to see.

Customer Development 262

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 262

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Compensating the sales force is a difficult task and the key is usually to keep things simple, so that each sales rep knows what he needs to optimize to make more money at the end of the quarter. which is very close to the typical 8% paid for sales commissions.

Software Review 91

Software Review Clawback Sales Salary 91

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. billion for a company with less than $50 million in sales. Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

He serves clients across a range of industries on growth strategy, performance improvement, and value creation by harnessing the power of data and analytics, digital culture and capabilities, and modernized core technology. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! That's right. So Rodney, welcome to the show.

Technical Review 65

Technical Review Silicon Valley Generative AI Arizona 65

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

Software Review 59

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 59

Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

While there is a great deal of appreciation for the power of metrics/data, I've come to realize that Sr. Leaders don't quite appreciate the deep, and often corrosive, consequences of choosing metric x over metric y as a key performance indicator (KPI). It is a standard metric. Don't believe me?

Metrics 152

Metrics Analytics Search Channel 152

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing productivity. However, if the SaaS & Cloud computing industry is doing relatively well in this downturn, the recession has severely impacted the sales&marketing productivity of these companies, with longer sales cycle, smaller deal size and limited upsells opportunity.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 48

Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. I attended yesterday the 10th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends organized by the Churchill Club at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. This opens a large opportunity for water purification related technologies (in particular technologies to convert sea water into drinking water). anecdotes. (13).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review San Jose Venture Capital 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Labels: Cloud Computing , SaaS , sales and marketing. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. The recession created opportunities! Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 12:41 PM. No comments: Post a Comment.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. I make the most of this time by listening to my favorite tech and venture podcasts. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. My Investments.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Technology San Francisco 48

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

Software Review 54

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 54

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

The SaaS growth recovery does not seem to take a "V" shape 2) Sales productivity is ramping up: bottom was hit in the first half of 2009 However, the sales and productivity of the group, measured by the median "Customer Acquisition Cost ratio" or "CAC ratio", seems to be recovering more steeply. Labels: SaaS , sales and marketing.

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

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. Number of new paid accounts per month.

Acquisition 53

Acquisition Software Review Technical Review NDA 53

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Convertible debt financings have become an increasingly attractive approach for seed rounds because it delays the valuation discussion, costs less from a legal standpoint, and is an easier financial instrument to “keep raising more small amounts of money” on. One of them used to be a lead developer at [insert hot consumer tech company here].

Burn Rate 152

Burn Rate Equity Software Review Early Stage 152

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

The fact that SaaS valuations are being more affected by the downturn than the Nasdaq can be surprising given the supposed resiliency of the SaaS model (recurring revenues) but it translates the public investors belief that SMB software spend is going to be hit very hard by this recession. How long will the downturn last?

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 14, 2010

Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. sales and marketing. (10). In search of Europe's next tech stars. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Business model viability, in the majority of startups, will come down to balancing two variables: Cost to Acquire Customers (CAC) The ability to monetize those customers, or LTV (which stands for Lifetime Value of a Customer) Successful web businesses have long understood these metrics as they have such an easy way to measure them.

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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103