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The 7 Traits of Super Founders

VC Cafe

” – Marc Andreessen In the book “ Super Founders “, author Ali Tamaseb, studied 200 Unicorns, aka startups valued at over $1 billion, started between 2005 to 2018. “unique business models” – Successful startups develop business models that are difficult for competitors to replicate.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

In addition to FOMO it is partly driven by massive increase in valuations for earlier-stage companies who raised money at bit seed prices but who still have product risk. million pre-money valuation is now raising $1 million at a $12 million valuation the next investor has nowhere to go but up (or sit out the investment).

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Solving the "marketplace" business model - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 10, 2010 A sizable percentage of Capital Factory startup submissions take the form of the "marketplace." " In fact, 3 of the 10 selected companies from the past two years has followed this business model.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

Member since 01/2005. I wont bother going into details on start-up financing terms ( see this post for an overview of typical VC terms) except to say if you dont know and understand: the firms cap table and valuation. AOL, Tech Crunch and What Selling Your Business Means. Business Models. September 2011.

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The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

And the same thing happened after we sold IT WatchDogs in 2005. But all that investment in growth and sales force didn’t have a long-term payback, and the actual value of the product to small businesses wasn’t as high as claimed, even though the simplest of customer development reveals this fact (ask any restauranteur).

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Facebook, Serenity, Courage, and Wisdom

Growthink Blog

The reasons for this go beyond the obvious one of rarity - Facebook being the biggest business story of the new century, and correspondingly having one of the steepest valuation growth trajectories of all time. Well, the painful answer is that for almost everyone - it just isn’t going to happen. Let's start with being too poor.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community. What's the business model? Android Backlash.