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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There were startups and a software industry but barely. We had nascent revenues, ridiculous cost structures and unrealistic valuations. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). It was 1991.

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The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare

Steve Blank

To get FDA clearance, Apple reportedly submitted two studies to the FDA (so far none of the data has been published or peer reviewed). Its purpose is to make sure that drugs, devices, diagnostics, and software products don’t harm thousands or even millions of people so the FDA wants a process to make sure they get it right.

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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

Indeed, Silicon Valley was born as a center for weapon systems development and its software and silicon helped end the Cold War. And from then on, innovation in semiconductors, supercomputers, and software would be driven by startups, not the government. But the 2013 Snowden revelations damaged that tenuous relationship yet again.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

Reviewing financial & operational performance. We also sat down and talked about what the big challenges for 2013-2016 would be for the company and we are in the fortunate position of our major issue being how to handle growth. Defections of large swaths of talented employees due to low morale. Mentorship. And so on.

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Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013!

crowdSPRING Blog

So while you keep an eye on your team, your customers, your marketing, your online activities, and your bottom line it is now also time to get ready for tax time, perform the year-end reviews, consider raises and bonuses, clean up the office, schedule holiday vacations, and plan the company party! Review your website. Clean up, now!

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My 13 Favorite Alternative Funding Options of 2013

Up and Running

Instead of looking at your credit score or asking you for your business’s detailed financial statements, Kabbage asks you for your UPS, PayPal, Amazon, Square, eBay, and/or Quickbooks accounts, and then uses the data it gathers from those accounts to determine your sales revenue and cash flow itself.

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Seduced By Growth, But Terminal Scale Still Matters

Agile VC

It used to take 5-10 years for a great startup to go from $0 to $75-100M+ in annual revenue. A $100M revenue company which has hit an asymptote of growth is unlikely to be worth $1B+ in enterprise value, even if it reached that point far more rapidly than most companies before it. Revenue is revenue, right?