www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

In the past few years, hundreds of small companies have been snatched up by private equity firms willing to agree to ever-rising valuations. One of the ways vendors and partners--whose behind-the-scenes assistance often is crucial to a start-ups success--can get a piece of the action is to exchange services for equity. Select Services.

Arizona 40

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

But mainly we did it because these corporate VCs were among the only groups willing to invest at PayPal’s somewhat inflated post-money valuation, during the middle of the dot-com crash when traditional VCs pulled back sharply and other sources of funding were constrained. 4) Are these investment partners for the long haul?

Strategic Investors 120

Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

Mostly you read about fundings, product releases, big valuations, and M&A. Inbound calls from partners, people who want to join, atta boys from friends. We just landed the biz dev partner we’ve been working on for 9 months. Google DID NOT just acquire our main biz dev partner. Sit back and watch usage.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

Austin Startup

JULY 23, 2010

The company announced that is just completed $13M in financing from existing investors SMH Private Equity Group, ABS Ventures, Austin Ventures, and Trellis Partners. The cash looks good on the balance sheet, and venture investors want to pile on money at low valuations before the valuation increases by 10x as a public stock.

Balance Sheet 67

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finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

Now Fortune has obtained more granular data, including returns for dotcom-era funds managed by such firms as Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, General Catalyst Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Overall, the fund-of-funds is 97% called for 45 funds raised between 1999 and 2002. Onset Ventures IV (2000): 31% (4%).

Naming 49

Naming Term Sheet Private Equity Equity 49

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

Mostly you read about fundings, product releases, big valuations, and M&A. Inbound calls from partners, people who want to join, atta boys from friends. We just landed the biz dev partner we’ve been working on for 9 months. Google DID NOT just acquire our main biz dev partner. Sit back and watch usage.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

This will lead to a lot of opportunities for insurance companies willing to blaze that trail and for SaaS companies and other partners who can help them do it. The SARS outbreak in 2002 leads to the tremendous growth of online marketplace platforms in China. I think the writing is on the wall: go digital or die. 19- Silvertech.

Technical Review 159

Technical Review Software Review Entrepreneur China 159

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The Past (1985-2002). Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did. Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. The Present Era.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Hearpreneur

JULY 28, 2019

This concept was explored in cinematic form in the film ‘Minority Report’ (2002) in which people are served advertisements in public places based on their personal profiles on an individual basis. Right from launch, the Libra will be accepted by partner companies such as Uber, Lyft and eBay. Photo Credit: Rio Rocket.

Technical Review 67

Technical Review Technology Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 67

David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

To quote my Partner John Frankel , traditional money managers are great at managing your money until there is none left. We over-weighted small cap value stocks in 1998-2002. However, it was the right thing to do from a valuation perspective. Chernick: Exactly. It was a nutty thing to do at the time.

Software Review 114

Software Review Due Diligence Venture Capital Portfolio 114

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Sarah also points to the vast global wealth that has to get allocated somewhere as well as a small bump in long term average returns, now that the generally terrible performance of funds from the 2000-2002 time frame (after the tech bubble of the late 90s crashed) no longer factor in to 10 year returns.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

2002, the stock price went from $17.5 Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. per share to $8.0 Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Software Review 48

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 14, 2012

I have my own one-pager of “look how great I am” bullet points – building and selling a couple companies before my 35th birthday, writing a few business books, facilitating angel and VC raises (and getting ridiculous valuations), hosting business makeover segments on TV, keynoting a lot and being the CEO of a business consulting group.

.Net 167

.Net Securities and Exchange Commission California Angel Investor 167

Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

This year, the panel included Steve Jurveston from DFJ, Vinod Khosla from Khosla Ventures, Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital, Roger McNamee from Elevation Partners and Joe Schoendorf from Accel. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). Post a Comment.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review San Jose Venture Capital 48