Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 10, 2011

Back in my IMVU days, I met with an investment banker who wanted to help us understand the M&A landscape. The course does not examine financing options or the composition of founding teams. Even worse, this breeds tremendous mistrust. The class debuts in a few weeks.

Silicon Valley 167

Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Investment Bankers 167

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

After stints as a technology investment banker, a dot-com entrepreneur, and a product manager in Silicon Valley, I moved to Los Angeles in 2006. For the last couple of years, I’ve been investing in startups as a partner at Mucker, while spending a lot of time in the Valley working with potential co-investors and partners.

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Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 27, 2014

A couple of days later, the Journal reported that Snapdeal, an Indian e-commerce site, was in talks to raise a round of financing (led by Credit Suisse) that would potentially value the company at $1 billion. Often these investors will invest with terms that protect their investment in return for the larger checks they are writing.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Valuation Venture Capital Investment Bankers 63

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? Before Twitter he held similar roles at SuccessFactors (SaaS), Akamai (telecoms infrastructure), McAfee (Security Software) and was an investment banker.

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Expensive new IT systems, consultants, and investment bankers are usually required. On the other hand, if you are looking for major financing to expand manufacturing capacity, or need major marketing efforts to build your brand, an IPO may be the only way to get you there. Increasing government regulations.

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Exit Strategy IPO Investment Bankers Entrepreneur 239

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

Expensive new IT systems, consultants, and investment bankers are usually required. On the other hand, if you are looking for major financing to expand manufacturing capacity, or need major marketing efforts to build your brand, an IPO may be the only way to get you there. Increasing government regulations.

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Exit Strategy IPO Entrepreneur Investment Bankers 235

Rob Go

JANUARY 18, 2012

Nick Beim (Gilt, The Ladders, JBoss) was a consultant and investment banker. The simplest example is negotiating future financings (assuming you and your investor are relatively well aligned). Fred Wilson (Twitter, Zynga, Foursquare) has been a VC for almost his entire career.

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Operations Technical Review Investment Bankers Cofounder 50

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Expensive new IT systems, consultants, and investment bankers are usually required. On the other hand, if you are looking for major financing to expand manufacturing capacity, or need major marketing efforts to build your brand, an IPO may be the only way to get you there. Increasing government regulations.

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IPO Founder Exit Strategy Investment Bankers 224

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

IPOs and M&A have returned – and with them the investment bankers have staged a rebound. VC’s are working hand-in-glove with the investment bankers to prepare for IPOs or create auction-style trade sales. but I’ll save that for post 3/3). billion and Omniture to Adobe for an astounding $1.8

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IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 27, 2020

How to Engage an Investment Banker (with help from Golding Partners). Legal Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know. The new chapters in this edition are 11. Venture Debt (with help from SVB), and 17.

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Investment Bankers Term Sheet Capitalization Table Venture Capital 109

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. At the time all investment bankers secretly wanted to be VCs and many did just that. And I had all the VCs play head games with me. But the “gilded age” ended quickly.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

Women Entrepreneurs Can

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A career in business is a broad term that encapsulates many roles but what is key about a career in business and particularly in business finance is that it is likely to always be in demand. So if you have a penchant for numbers and a key business brain consider these careers in business finance to future proof your career.

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Finance Investment Bankers Portfolio Demand 59

Our Own Start-up

JANUARY 29, 2021

Mihir Mehta joined Ashika Group, a diversified financial services business in 2015 and self-learned the ropes of Investment Banking, a role usually reserved for older and more experienced finance professionals.

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Investment Bankers India Finance Startup 52

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

So, you know, I, I have kids that are in their thirties and I'm envisioning a purple dinosaur that I did a a lot of watching with, but I guess there's also Smith Barney, which is certainly in the finance space, but I'm sure you have and Barney. Amanda Dixon (01:29): The store. John Jantsch (01:29): Oh, right, right, right.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Cofounder Valuation 94

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at The Independent , May 16, 2006: As an economist, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and current World Bank presidential candidate brings something completely different and equally valuable to discussions of entrepreneurship than CEOs and investment bankers.

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Entrepreneur Cofounder Washington Bangladesh 231

David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

I’ve often found it helpful to have on hand a simple model showing the impact of each financing stages on all team members, suitable for sharing with everyone in the company. Like me, he had the pleasure/pain of being trained as an investment banking analyst. I couldn’t find one online, so I built it.

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Employee IRR Startup Mexico 155

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Financing ipo JOBS Act s-1 sec twitter' And while there will always be a huge amount of noise around the process, especially for high profile companies like Twitter, at least there will be a clearly defined timeframe for all the pre-IPO noise.

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SEC IPO Investment Bankers Valuation 143

Start Up Blog

MARCH 31, 2012

The truth about investment bankers. The general populous has been tricked into thinking that investment bankers (yes the type that hang out in wall street and ruin economies) are mathematicians and brilliant statisticians who work out innovative ways to generate more money than existed before they arrived.

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Investment Bankers Algorithm Sales Salary 88

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2019

Getting a job at an investment bank can teach you a lot of skills that will translate to managing your own company. Fundraising and building financial models are just some of the transferable skill sets that you will pick up working as an investment banker.

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Investment Bankers Entrepreneur Finance Employee 113

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Derek Manuge, CEO, says that “Corl evaluates startups by assessing the risk-adjusted return of an investment based on over 500 metrics across financial (300+), banking (75+), payment (75+), marketing (25+), and team information (25+). 10) Report.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Scott Edward Walker

AUGUST 8, 2021

Whether you’re doing a financing or selling your startup, consider the following rules (in no particular order): Golden Rules. 3) Your strongest leverage in any financing/sale is prior to the execution of an exclusivity letter — i.e., an LOI/term sheet which includes a “no shop” provision. 1) Create a competitive environment.

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Investment Bankers Term Sheet Finance Sales 83

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Joe invested $2,000. Jim has $3,000 to invest. The total investment from these men is $6,000. ACME Commercial Bank’s fund manager is James, who is a very smart investment banker. Investing in UITF is a flexible investment option. John gave $1,000. – What is your risk appetite?

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Stock Investment Bankers Equity Government 116

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

Investors can tap this network for executive talent, followon financings, and eventually an exit. The Foursquare financing was among the most competitive early round financings I’ve seen in a long time …. Social media is valuable for more than just origination. One of the core assets of a fund is its corporate network.

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Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

The Equity Kicker

JULY 26, 2012

I wonder if part of the issue is that the discounted cash flow (DCF) methodology bankers use for valuing companies is letting them down because it doesn’t deal well with rapidly changing markets. DCF is now inappropriate for public companies like Zynga, Groupon and Facebook for the same reasons it is inappropriate for startups.

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Investment Bankers IPO Marketing Valuation 96

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 25, 2003

According to many investment bankers I have met with, today’s companies, unlike yesterday’s, need to have $10-20mm of revenue a quarter, be profitable now and not in 8 quarters, come from an established and not an emerging sector, and have a valuation based on real earnings and growth and not one on revenue.

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IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Valuation 78

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 25, 2003

According to many investment bankers I have met with, today’s companies, unlike yesterday’s, need to have $10-20mm of revenue a quarter, be profitable now and not in 8 quarters, come from an established and not an emerging sector, and have a valuation based on real earnings and growth and not one on revenue.

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IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Valuation 60

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Out of college, he briefly worked as an investment banker in New York, but before long heard the siren song from Silicon Valley. Here’s what happened: I started my career in Chase Manhattan Bank … then quickly made my way over to Bear Stearns because I really wanted to be an investment banker and do mergers and acquisitions. …

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Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Cofounder Investment Bankers 120

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Kensho can potentially replace all of those market strategists on Wall Street, and it can offer advice and crunch data, which should also make many investment bankers nervous as well. In 2010 Credibly was founded.

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San Francisco Investment Bankers Algorithm Mobile 100

Growthink Blog

MAY 21, 2014

Now Berkshire Model companies, as entities with fundamentally investment vs. operating mindsets more naturally position, language, and network their businesses in finance contexts. Let’s explain this by example. Then, on a hourly basis, this professional’s fixed cost is approximately $50 per hour.

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San Diego Warrant IRR Investment Bankers 72

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. At the time all investment bankers secretly wanted to be VCs and many did just that. And I had all the VCs play head games with me. But the “gilded age” ended quickly.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 16, 2014

This is the time-frame when the seller (or his investment banker) should be creating a competitive environment, and potential buyers/bidders should be played off of each other. Indeed, this is customary in public deals and large private deals if the buyer is unable to obtain financing and can be as high as 10% of the purchase price.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Acquisition New York City Non-Compete 101

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

First, the investment banker has to be pleased with all of the prices of stocks and the number of shares that will be offered. It takes lots of preparation. What about the evaluation of the company and how investors perceive the company?

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IPO Angel Investor Stock Investment Bankers 98

Start Up Blog

MARCH 31, 2012

The truth about investment bankers. The general populous has been tricked into thinking that investment bankers (yes the type that hang out in wall street and ruin economies) are mathematicians and brilliant statisticians who work out innovative ways to generate more money than existed before they arrived.

Investment Bankers 48

Investment Bankers Algorithm Sales Salary 48

David Teten

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Since then, I’ve talked with a number of other firms, and greatly expanded my database: Who are the major Revenue-Based (RBI) Investing VCs? That said, venture capital is just one of many options to finance your business, and it’s typically the most expensive. The first step is to decide the right capital structure for your financing.

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SBIC SBA Cap Table Database 60

Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

— Right out of college, Dave chased a dream of being rich, becoming an investment banker. Steve : Even though the old boys are not very old. . Wayne : No. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. It turned out to be the wrong path for him.

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Silicon Valley North Carolina Cofounder Entrepreneur 120

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Why are you so strongly sold on royalty licensing as the most effective way to finance a tech-based early stage company? So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? Investment banker? I have the weeks to follow to make mine.

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IP Intellectual Property Product Investment Bankers 54

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 3, 2012

billion in 203 financings. billion in 112 financings. Schools like Stanford and Harvard, which used to churn out a lot of investment bankers but have pivoted from that focus, want to see if their shift is paying off. Stanford alums have raised $4.1 Harvard alums are second, at $3.8 Where Are The Hotshot Startup Founders?

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Silicon Valley Investment Bankers New York Pennsylvania 60