Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

Some LPs have privately speculated that later-stage VCs may have a field day in the next 18 months, buying up large positions in firms with strong revenue at attractive prices given the recent squeeze on funding. Final upfront lp survey data 2016 from Mark Suster. The full presentation can be downloaded on SlideShare or viewed below.

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View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

revenue business still growing >50% YoY? Chewy now has over 10 million customers, repeat purchases by existing customers account for approximately 90% of their revenue today. This is analogous to SaaS companies like Slack or Dropbox, which have strong revenue growth just as their existing users consumer more of their service.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The end of the year is approaching but many businesses have yet to meet their end-of-year revenue goals. She was a top three finalist for the Tempe Chamber’s Business Woman of the Year Award in 2009, and was named to the San Diego Business Journal’s Most Admired CEO list in 2016 and 2017.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In 2016, Neil set up his own digital marketing agency, NP Digital , that has been hired to bring in more traffic for corporations like Amazon, HP and Google. In April 2015, Neil took things a step further and ran a live marketing experiment: within 12 months, he would build a business that would generate $100,000 of revenue a month.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Since then, innovative startups registered in 2014 more than tripled their sales volume by the end of 2016, while those which registered in 2015 doubled their revenue in one year alone. Perhaps due to… This story continues at The Next Web.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4 Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ). Raised $8M in series B in September 2016. The company completed its $16M Series B in November 2016. Billion in VC funding. in seed round in November.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

This generated $16 billion in annual revenues in 2015. In 2016, 16.4% In 2016, Winnipeg’s tech market saw a growth spurt which led the city to become a booming center for tech talent in Canada. billion in revenue. By 2025, the province wants to generate annual revenue of $4 billion within the tech sector.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. 5/ The Enduring Allure Of Platform Potential: Revenue is important.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Fast forward a couple of years and the company is now beyond 8-figure million of recurring revenue, has dozens of sales reps and growing rapidly and is now gearing up for multiple offices, enterprise integrations and relationships with Salesforce.com, HubSpot, Marketo, Marin Software and many others.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2016

We couldn’t begin any recap of 2016 without focusing on the bubble we hear so much about. So, what really happened in 2016? As Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint showed, in February 2016, public SaaS companies had fallen 57% from their highs. 2016 for Version One companies. Collectively, our companies raised over $100M in 2016.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

In SaaS the main benchmarks being measured are revenue growth, sales efficiency (unit economics), churn and burn rate. If nothing else, for its simplicity (back of the napkin) but also for the fund’s commitment to keep updating the metrics since 2016. Example of Baremetrics revenue per user benchmarks.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors (“RBI”) are emerging. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Rational burn profile, up to 50% of revenue at close, scaling down. Bigfoot Capital.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2017

For those that do, the benefits are a bigger customer base, higher revenues and higher profitability. All the small business owners cited are winners of the FedEx Small Business Grant Contest 2016. 2 PwC, 19th Annual Global CEO Survey, January, 2016. 3 Facebook, OECD, The World Bank, Future of Business Survey, September, 2016.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 6, 2017

Starting in 2016, Research and Development (R&D) tax credits can be used to offset payroll taxes. Start-ups in their first 5 years of existence and with less than $5 million in gross revenue for the taxable year likely qualify to use the R&D credit to offset payroll taxes. Who qualifies for the payroll taxes offset?

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. of venture capital deals.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

However, this number quickly grew, and by 2016 there were over 100 exchanges in operation. The industry has contributed to the country’s tax revenue and foreign exchange earnings. NFTs trading first began to take off in Serbia in the early 2010s. At that time, there were only a handful of exchanges operating in the country.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. The MVP took around four months to build, during which time the company earned no revenue. It cost less than $1k to build, and they released it in 2016. million in revenue a year. .

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Declare a $10 million valuation with no revenue or customers. Annual revenue projections exceed $100 million before fifth year. Annual revenue projections exceed $100 million before fifth year. Revenue projections should never exceed rational business growth constraints, or they defy credibility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2016

They don’t realize that strong team engagement leads to even stronger customer engagement, which can more than double your startup revenue and growth, according to experts. Highly satisfied customers become your best advocates, bringing in new customers, repeat business, and ramping up revenue and profits. Are you there yet?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2017

Data science plays a vital role in unlocking the potential of enterprise data to extract maximum value, improve revenue and increase profitability. He joined Hortonworks in 2016 to lead the expansion in one of the growing regions for the company. Kamal Brar is Vice President & GM for Asia Pacific/Middle East at Hortonworks.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

This funding is big news, particularly since 2016 was a weak year for Ed Tech funding. They focused on revenue early on. Top Hat had an early and continuous focus on revenue; they have been operating profitably since their launch in 2009.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Back in 2016, I read a book called Sprint by Jake Knapp, founder of Google Ventures. For ambitious agencies, taking an MVP approach can unlock incredibly lucrative revenue streams. Here’s what our very first landing page looked like in 2016: This landing page wasn’t pretty and broke many copywriting rules in the book.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 22, 2014

Profit, on the other hand, is what remains from sales revenue after the company’s expenses are subtracted. Gartner report suggests that by 2016, cloud computing will become bulk of new IT spending. In theory, even a profitable company can go broke. Let’s see how: Suppose you bought an item for $100 and sell it for $200.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2015

With an impressive product lineup of new iPhones, Apple watches, iPads and an all-new Apple TV queued for shipment this week, 2015 is the most successful year of revenue growth for Apple , according to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook. The online retailer Amazon experienced an 18 percent growth of revenue in 2015. percent) to 2014 (21.9

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

Even social entrepreneurs need milestones, quantifiable results, and revenue to sustain their value. Investors expect to hear annual revenues, average margins, customer acquisition costs and sales pipelines. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 05/18/2016. Focus on customer needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

Forecast revenue growth that defies business principles. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 02/24/2016. It’s tempting to tell everyone about all the future potential uses of your new technology and risk confusing them, having them wait for your future or disappoint them with several poor solutions.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Here are seven ways that advisors can immediately help your small business achieve the next level of success: Assist With Strategies & Connections to Have Record Revenue & Profit in 2016. Have an Experienced CFO Advisor Analyze & Immediately Improve Your Financials.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In 2016, businesses and organisations will need to put a greater emphasis on effectiveness, top-line revenue and overall engagement. As such, brands in 2016 will likely be putting more resources towards optimizing around social media networks, so as to help future customers utilize additional avenues in finding them online.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In 2016, Neil set up his own digital marketing agency, NP Digital , that has been hired to bring in more traffic for corporations like Amazon, HP and Google. In April 2015, Neil took things a step further and ran a live marketing experiment: within 12 months, he would build a business that would generate $100,000 of revenue a month.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It turns out that to build a successful company you ultimately need this strange thing called “revenue” that people don’t just hand you: You need to earn it. And there’s this other thing called “gross margin,” which shows the quality of your revenue. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 24, 2017

Growth stocks provide the ideal opportunity as they see earnings and revenues rise at above-average speed. Investors, therefore, should be willing to sacrifice current return as long as the revenue keeps on increasing at an above-average rate. Strong and sustainable growth is challenging to discover.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2016

federal income tax (Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code). In addition to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other organizations, including the Charity Watch , regularly analyze and publish the ratio of funds in to those applied to the causes supported. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 06/03/2016.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 31, 2017

Beyond that, they actually went back in time and looked at the earlier stage periods for these companies so we can track how some of the world’s best SaaS companies performed at revenue levels more akin to the typical Series B business. Companies in the study that scored 40% of greater had TTM revenue multiples of 6.4x

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

As we noted in our survey of more than 150 VCs we know in the industry, many saw drops in Q4 valuations last year with nearly all of them projecting decreases in 2016. So here’s my take away.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 7, 2019

Regardless of the intent of your membership website, these tips can save time and bring in more dues revenue. without any personalization (from Statista in 2016). According to one study, segmented and targeted emails generate 58% of all revenue. Shopping cart revenue. Photo by kevin laminto on Unsplash.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Premium ventures need real traction, such as 100 million users, 10 million in revenue, or brand recognition around the world. Additional defensibility elements that unicorn investors look for include speed of implementation, rate of revenue and user growth, and exceptional team strength and leadership.

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