VC Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2021

I was reading the book “Super Founders” by Ali Temaseb in which he breaks down the data behind billion dollar startups. “Toys” are new startups attacking a narrow or unattractive segment of the market. — Aaron Levie (@levie) June 20, 2019. Today, it’s $100B+.

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Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. I don’t follow the Chinese startup market as closely as I follow the US, but Alibaba’s 2014 IPO was a similar watershed moment. This post also appears on NextView’s blog.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Startup Magazine continues our Founder Interview series with entrepreneur Richard Lavina, Co-Founder and CEO of accounting services platform, Taxfyle. Here are Richard’s insights and startup advice he shared with us about his entrepreneurial journey…. TSM: Taxfyle is really no longer a startup, it is a “scaleup”.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

The first time I wrote about startup benchmarks was in 2019 and it became one of the most popular posts on VC Cafe. Key Metrics for B2B SaaS Startups: Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) Definition: ARR is the yearly value of a company’s recurring revenue from subscription-based services.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Like many things in life, the VC/startup ecosystem is one of cycles. But let’s look back at the last decade in VC-backed startups… it’s easy to forget how predominant mindsets change throughout the cycle. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly. Reading Time: 5 minutes. 2009-2011: Retrenchment.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

For example, here’s how we’d describe a segment of the app development agency’s audience: Existing Startup Founder: Sometimes, founders will already have an MVP or prototype. For example, in 2019, Buffer partnered with social media agency The Social Chain to produce a “ State of Social ” report.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. Recently one of the startups in our portfolio, eRelevance, failed, as the Austin American-Statesman documented.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

When it comes to launching a startup, most founders think they should reside in the United States, Silicon Valley, in particular, to have a successful business. While being in Silicon Valley provides excellent access to key people and companies, its fierce competition and fast-paced environment can soon kill the dreams of having a startup.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 24, 2024

The rumours on the death of consumer startups have been greatly exaggerated, it seems. Less than half of the amount invested in consumer in 2019 (14.3%). It analysed 12,000 venture backed companies that raised a series B since 2010 and categorised 7,800 of them as B2C or B2B. Enterprise seems to be all the rage for VC investors.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2021

This allowed us to emphasize how to differentiate a technical spec from a value proposition and expand on the parts of the business model that are unique for science and engineering startups. Ended in Week 10 as a B2C platform for scheduling on-demand at-home senior care. If you can’t see the Celsius video, click here.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 30, 2020

The relationship between a founder and their startup is a unique one?—?we’re Our revenue was consistently correlated to marketing spend, which to us indicated that it was unsustainable and there was low product/market fit, and we knew that lack of fit was the most commonly cited reason for why startups failed.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

JuiceBox Hero team members Ada Ryland, Laurie Felker Jones, Andrea Troncoso, Youssef Chaker & Laurie’s son Dean, an inspiration for the venture (not pictured: Breck Baig, Caroline Garry) After two wonderful years, JuiceBox Hero is discontinuing service as of June 28, 2019. Less than 1% of all startups raise from Angels and VCs.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2019

In February 2019, President Donald Trump issued an executive order , outlined in five major directives, meant to solidify America’s position as the global leader in AI technology. Additionally, over the last four years, Chinese AI startups have raised more than $6 billion in VC funding, while their U.S. China’s AI fight is lacking.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. The phrase is quite ambiguous.

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