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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? We have a team of 7 in San Francisco (a counter bet on our belief that the Bay Area is an amazing place.) We do deals in NYC, Paris, Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, London?—?but

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Praying to the God of Valuation

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We had nascent revenues, ridiculous cost structures and unrealistic valuations. I would see Marc Benioff in the line for Starbucks at One Market in San Francisco and probably few could pick him out of a line up then. Until we weren’t. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. I am having fun again.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue. After the success of Smart Bear, I should be setting my sights on something big, not this.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

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While this reaction to such a valuation is understandable, to anybody who has seen the meteoric rise in consumer demand and actual revenue the valuation is much less surprising and may turn out to be quite conservative. I think it’s quite possible that Bird could be the fastest growing company to reach a billion dollars in run rate revenue.

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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

Since then, in about 3 months, we’ve fed over 170,000 people and injected over $1mm into the local economy in San Francisco and Detroit. Fortunately, Jeff Nobbs (one of the pillars of the HelpKitchen team) is the co-owner of Kitava , a restaurant in San Francisco.

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3 Secrets For Hiring On Wall Street Versus Silicon Valley

YoungUpstarts

While New York is influenced by Wall Street’s high-powered deal-making, business in San Francisco tends to have a more relaxed feel with an emphasis on relationships. While both cities are rich with sales people, talent and opportunities, companies hunting for talent in New York and San Francisco cannot follow the same strategy.

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Eight Subscription Companies Worth Watching:  Why They Are Growing And What They’re Doing Right 

YoungUpstarts

by Robbie Kellman Baxter, author of “ The Membership Economy: Find Your Super Users, Master the Forever Transaction, and Build Recurring Revenue “ In recent years, the Membership Economy has been disrupting the old methods of doing business in a major way. Stitch Fix. Fuzzy is the new frontier of pet wellness.