Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 25, 2020
Equity is stock, but private company stock has no market value until the company goes public or is sold or merged with another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 30, 2014
It’s true the some VCs have started writing so many checks that they resemble stock pickers but the majority of us still have less than 10 board seats at any time and tend to go pretty deep so the result is that we care deeply about where we commit our time. Was there consumer demand? No brainer.
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
I always remind this to journalists who ask me about public stocks. So while the simplest way that people often evaluate stocks is by P/E ratios (price-to-earnings), one also needs to look at other metrics such as the PEG (price-to-earnings-growth). [of Let’s look at years 3-5 of the two companies.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 1, 2014
The first is that it could carry limited inventory in stock because it had limited physical shelf space. But what if you could do the reverse of Amazon? Amazon was early in spotting a macro trend – that physical, local retail had a few key disadvantages.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
On a public stock market that is the value that investors place on future free cash flows of the business discounted to today’s date to account for the time value of money. The price of public stocks change instantly in reaction to news that is perceived to affect the future value of that company. Here’s what I mean.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Can you imagine investing in the stock market where your price was determined at a future date and the better that company performed the HIGHER the price you paid for that investment. I want 100% of my stock to convert at that lower price.” I’m not arguing for full ratchets – just explaining them. Just like that.
The Startup Magazine
DECEMBER 19, 2024
With millions of businesses launching annually, the competitive field is becoming more complex and demanding. These systems apply complex algorithms to parse sales data, forecast demand trends, and manage stock levels efficiently. Startups must tackle challenges from scarce resources to changing customer needs proactively.
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