mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. May 23, 2011 16:24:51 Reply 0 Flag this comment Joe Ortiz Follow Interesting comparison.

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Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

Although we got some early traction, we were unable to prevent a bankruptcy from happening in October 2011. The metrics that matter the most are returning customers (user retention), turnover per customer and viral growth (k-factor). Most start-ups fail.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

While the aforementioned example may not fit every startup, regardless, you need to have an actionable, scalable business model with measurable metrics (downloads, customers, etc.) September 14, 2011 00:53:22 Reply 0 Flag this comment Fabrizio Poli Follow If you want to expand your business internationally, this will be useful.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2015

Customer loyalty is just one of the analytics that I highlight in my new book (which is relevant for almost all leaders, considering the extent to which measures and metrics have crept into almost every aspect of doing business). In February 2011, the company’s NPS was very high at 73 percent. Netflix offers a great example.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

It is a pretty narrow filter of the 750+ companies that completed the 2010 CompStudy survey, but there are 55 rounds of financing to look at…enough to be a meaningful dataset I think. Perhaps the are other tell-tale metrics like time required to raise money vs. number of founders…need to think more on that.

Pre-Money Valuation 66

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Cofounder Founder 66

Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Similarly, in recent high profile private financing rounds for private technology companies with valuations over $1B, the valuation multiples were at or below corresponding multiples for publicly traded companies such as Google. Welcome to the great Internet Boom of 2011. Public market comparables.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Valuation Venture Capital Database 78

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.   First , dividends.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In this two-part guide to starting a brewery, we’re going to talk with brewers who’ve been there-done-that, and we’ll get insights from experts in supporting industries such as insurance and finance, as well as discuss regulatory issues. In part two, we’ll discuss finances, insurance, and regulations for breweries. Keep on reading!

Oregon 60

Oregon Jordan SBA Cofounder 60

gtziralis.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Put these, along with your basic operations metrics and core finance numbers in one page and share it with your investors, these are sufficient to get them engaged and updated. November 2011. September 2011. August 2011. February 2011. And the game goes on… :-) . Archives by Month. October 2012.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

In December 2011, Expedia felt it wasn’t getting full economic credit for TripAdvisor buried within its financials and so spun TripAdvisor out as an independent company, where it now trades on the NASDAQ with a $4.8 Expedia grew to account for roughly one third of the company’s revenues. billion market capitalization as of this writing. .

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 30, 2011

The site has 11 million page views a month, and Jeu expects 2011 revenues to be about $250k. Jeu is trying to figure out his financing options, and the majority of the discussion today was around target market, product roadmap, and monetization models, which are the factors that would drive investment strategy.

India 115

India Entrepreneur Israel Silicon Valley 115

Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

  They have a growth metric – one measurement of success – that focuses the attention of the entire enterprise. Here in America, 95+% of all entrepreneurs never have had any external investment financing.   They have a growth metric – one measurement of success – that focuses the attention of the entire enterprise.

Bootstrapping 60

Bootstrapping Startup America Employee 60

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

In that presentation, I said that Seed is not the first round of financing any more and that K9’s investments were mostly “pre-seed”. As the check size increases, investors tend to look for more traction, established revenue models, proven unit-economics, and other metrics that were previously associated with later stage companies.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

The spring semester of my Entrepreneurial Finance class starts tomorrow. We will also look at a variety of financing methods including venture capital, angel investing, licensing, franchising, roll-up, venture debt and my old favorite, bootstrapping. Labels: entrepreneur , entrepreneurial finance course , venture capital.

San Jose 28

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Venture Capital 28

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on “validated learning,” rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. So it's more like a reservation.

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Lean Startup Metrics Private Equity 167

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

As I mentioned in the previous post, Jeff Fluhr (founder of StubHub) recently stopped by my Entrepreneurial Finance class to share his 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship with the students. He raised less financing than originally planned but was able to launch the site and was running a business by the time his classmates graduated 9 months later.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

In May 2011, I wrote the post: Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral. The party rounds , which were the range in late 2010 and early 2011, became less common and we started to see the smaller funds begin to lead rounds. Seed is not the first round of financing any more. The deal stage and sizes have changed dramatically.

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Mezzanine Seed Stage Early Stage IPO 134

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

IPOs by year, 1980-2011, with pre-IPO last 12-month sales less than (small firms) or greater than (large firms) $50 million (2009 purchasing power). A company can validate its growth metrics, Bullpen believes, in as little as four to six months after its initial funding periods. Number of U.S. Everything's better with the lean model.

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IPO Stock San Francisco Lean 115

VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The charts of the day comes from a new Mattermark report on the current pace of financing. Both relate to the pace of seed funding in the US and the challenge of raising Series A financing. Obviously, start with building a great business and stand out because of your metrics.

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Deal Flow Finance Metrics Restful 48

A Crowded Space

AUGUST 31, 2015

We are an all-partner VC firm focused on Series A financings for SaaS and marketplace startups from our offices in the heart of the startup ecosystem in San Francisco at Jackson Square. We’re probably never going to be at the top of the charts for active VCs (we don’t think “activity” should be a key metric for VCs). We’re glad we did.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Naming 60

Hunter Walker

JUNE 8, 2016

Technically, I opened Tone in June of 2011. After teaching in NYC at SO many different schools, I realized that in 2011 I had enough of a reputation and following that it would make more sense to start a community of parents and teachers who could share in my vision. How did it all begin?

SBA 60

SBA Social Media Algorithm eCommerce 60

Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

In April 2011, just prior to the Linked In, Pandora, and RenRen IPO’s, Fred Wilson reaffirmed his belief on his blog that we were not in a bubble in this sector: “I n all the posts over the past year or so outlining my thoughts on the financing and valuation environment in the internet sector, I’ve avoided using the word Bubble.

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Valuation Social Media Media IPO 50

Professor VC

DECEMBER 26, 2012

For those readers not already familiar with this concept, it refers to the bottleneck for Series A financing created by the increasing number of seed financings and constant number of Series A financings. According to their research, 2,283 companies received seed funding over a 5-quarter period beginning Q3 2011.

Finance 48

Finance Angel Investor Private Equity Preferred Stock 48

Hunter Walker

JUNE 8, 2016

Technically, I opened Tone in June of 2011. After teaching in NYC at SO many different schools, I realized that in 2011 I had enough of a reputation and following that it would make more sense to start a community of parents and teachers who could share in my vision. How did it all begin?

SBA 48

SBA Social Media Algorithm eCommerce 48

Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Friday, August 26, 2011. To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. What are the key drivers and metrics? ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley.

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Silicon Valley San Jose Hockey Stick Venture Capital 35

Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

That was in 2011, late 2010. See Also The 5 Metrics You Need to Track for Your Subscription Business to Succeed. How important are metrics to your business? We have a number of different things, and each of my employees is responsible for one to three key metrics that they report on weekly basis. We called it a Picky Bar.

Oregon 60

Oregon Metrics Cofounder Social Media 60

Early Growth Financial Services

JANUARY 29, 2015

Measured by any metric: dollars invested, numbers of participants, and average deal size, seed funding is through the roof. Funding Trends There were 1,843 seed deals in 2013 versus 1,749 in 2012 and 1,065 in 2011. Funding Trends There were 1,843 seed deals in 2013 versus 1,749 in 2012 and 1,065 in 2011.

Incubator 28

Incubator Equity Startup Metrics 28

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Maybe you are wondering which metrics to track, or whether or not you should take out a loan for your business. Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. My name is John Bates.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2019

So in 2011, with support from the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (the entrepreneurship center in the Stanford Engineering School), we created a new capstone entrepreneurship class – the Lean LaunchPad. If you had dropped by in 2011, the first time I taught the class, and then stuck your head in today, you’d say it was the same class.

Lean 256

Lean Business Model Balance Sheet Video 256

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Wednesday, February 23, 2011. It would have been easy to explain the difference by changes in the 2010/2011 revenue growth projections but unfortunately that is not the case. ▼ 2011. (2). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Yahoo Finance. SaaS Multiples: Recovery or Bubble? What happened?

Software Review 101

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Europe 101

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed. dot-com bonanza.

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

You could argue that it takes some time to restart the SaaS flywheel after a slow year, but an acceleration in 2010 should at least translate into a stronger 2011 guidance, which is not really the case (10/11 growth median is 18%, so barely above 2010). Finance Dissertation Help. Finance Dissertation Proposal. ► 2011. (2).

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Europe 63

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

► 2011. (2). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Yahoo Finance. sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Blog Archive. ▼ 2012. (1). ▼ 01/15 - 01/22. (1). BlablaCar - Travel Revolution. ► 07/31 - 08/07. (1). ► 02/20 - 02/27. (1).

Software Review 95

Software Review Europe Technical Review Spain 95

Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Wednesday, August 03, 2011. ▼ 2011. (2). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Yahoo Finance. Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. In search of Europes next tech stars. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 11:03 AM.

Software Review 67

Software Review Europe Technical Review Search 67

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

” To make the concept a little less abstract, Sean Ellis , founder of Qualaroo, has created a metric for knowing when you’ve achieve Product/Market fit. That was the metric that really told us we needed to start over.” “We couldn’t even get our friends to use it. emphasis mine). Conclusion.

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Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Y Combinator : They provide a series of AA equity financing documents that are written with simpler words so start-up companies will have an easier starting point. SlideShare.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Israel Startup 53

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

For SaaS companies, we found that MRR is the best metric on which to base sales commissions. ► 2011. (2). SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Yahoo Finance. sales and marketing. (10). Small and medium businesses. (2). software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Blog Archive. ► 2012. (1). ► 2010. (5).

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