VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Israeli innovation authority deems the sector suffers from ‘ chronic employee shortage’ The battle for talent has meant that companies had to lure potential employees with billboards, influencer videos, referral schemes, etc. Plenty of fresh powder in the market across stages. billion (15.8% Mitigating Factors.

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Israel Technical Review Lock-up Period South Korea 158

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Common exit strategies include being acquired by another company, the sale of equity, or a management or employee buyout. Management buyout: If you’ve built a business whose legacy you want to see continued long after you’re gone, you may want to consider turning to your employees. Who needs an exit strategy?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Becoming a unicorn doesn’t equal immortality – it’s just a value pegged in the private markets and Unicorns are susceptible to failure like any other startup. For example, in the case of Ironsource alone, Israeli newspaper Calcalist estimated that over 230 employees made over $1 million.

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View from Seed

MAY 16, 2019

One of the key questions for me was how might Slack stack up against other great SaaS companies when it comes to average revenue per user (ARPU), and how ARPU and total addressable market (TAM) might drive Slack’s long run market cap. Market Cap. might have a market cap of $150B+. ARPUs/year. Salesforce = $2,200+.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Well, actually, quite a few tech companies IPO’d in 2018, though many of those are a bit underwater now given December’s public market volatility. If things hold up through lock-up periods, waves of cash will wash up in northern California. December public market volatility was pretty messy.

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Agile VC

MAY 16, 2019

One of the key questions for me was how might Slack stack up against other great SaaS companies when it comes to average revenue per user (ARPU), and how ARPU and total addressable market (TAM) might drive Slack’s long run market cap. Market Cap. might have a market cap of $150B+. ARPUs/year.

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Lock-up Period Retention .Net Azure 100

Venture Chronicles

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Don Dodge wrote about a very dry but critically important issue facing private companies that issue equity to employees… 409A valuations : IPO bump? – If private investors have already bid up the valuation, will there be an IPO jump in the stock price? Good deal for employees and a good deal for investors.

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