Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

One of our core tasks was “market analysis,&# which consistent of: market sizing, market forecasts, competitive analysis and then instructing customers on which direction to take. Every investment banker I know is “number 1″ in something. It was originally COBOL and DB2 – so what? I encourage it.

Investment Bankers 415

Investment Bankers Mobile Software Review Japan 415

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

An early example occurred in 2010 when UBS Analyst Neil Currie accessed satellite imagery to monitor activity in Walmart parking lots, running the data thru a mathematical regression to translate it into customer activity for better earnings forecasts. Revisiting our components let’s see why.

Technical Review 154

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

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

IPO 255

IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Growthink Blog

JULY 11, 2011

And then, from those assessments, forecast how a course of specific decisions or investments will be received by the market, by current or prospective customers, and responded to by the competition. But a focus on simple to do list management, in the modern world, is far from sufficient.

Investment Bankers 89

Investment Bankers Affiliate Forecast Campaign 89

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

A financial buyer will analyze your numbers, past and forecast, to the n’th degree, and calculate the price based upon the result, after carefully comparing your numbers with those of others in the same and similar industries. This is one of my favorite insights, since I lived this one in a positive exit from my computer business.

Intellectual Property 88

Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Acquisition Forecast 88

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 7, 2016

This sort of tallies with my experience and what I’ve heard lots of investment bankers say over the years, which is that companies get acquired for up to around $100m without having to show that they are sustainable in the long term.

Acquisition 60

Acquisition Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Valuation 60

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

First and foremost, the traditional rule of thumb that most investment bankers have quoted me in the last couple of years was that in order to go public a company needs to have an annual run-rate of $40-50mm of revenue and a couple quarters of profitability.

IPO 78

IPO Investment Bankers Demand Revenue 78