Genuine VC

MAY 29, 2014

Yet even today, whether or not to take a (relatively) small check in a seed round syndicate from a multi-hundred million or even billion dollar fund is still a decision which takes quite a bit of consideration and sometimes consternation. So there is an element of (positive) selection bias in the larger VC syndicate cohort companies.

Syndicate 166

Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Valuation 166

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 17:45:54 Reply 0 Flag this comment HD1080i Follow +1 DITTO ON THAT … counting app downloads vs use-case metrics shows that the native app gets lost in its own sea of icons. Discovery by social and webapp html5 is more agile and less icon-find-item-search. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. startupcto

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. The simplest way to track a company’s performance: have them give you access to their internal metrics dashboard. I used Ipreo heavily at one of my prior VC funds.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. ” Historically, investing was a manual, artisan process.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The parts of digital marketing we can track— email marketing , paid social, content syndication—are the tip of the iceberg. When it does, look at the big picture rather than specific metrics. Word-of-mouth interactions (e.g., text messages, DMs, video calls, etc.) Events (e.g., industry conferences, marketing meetups, VC groups, etc.).

B2B 103

B2B Social Media Channel Audience 103

View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

When the culmination of an accelerator is a Demo Day show, then that is what teams prepare for and the resulting metrics by which they’re measured. The dynamics for participation in the next round’s fundraise syndicate is complex, and many accelerators (and VCs) obfuscate their intentions for self-serving interests.

Cofounder 177

Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Alabama 177

View from Seed

AUGUST 16, 2019

Is a Founder raising a new round well in advance of cash-out date because she sees an opportunity to put more gas in the tank ahead of what current underlying business metrics would suggest (i.e. The context for this assessment is typically around a fundraising event – the approach, when it should occur, and who is participating, etc.

Term Sheet 149

Term Sheet Syndication Syndicate Early Stage 149

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. They’ve come light years from there, that’s for sure. Matt Watson: That worked well for us. We built a product two years ago that’s been very successful for us.

Kansas City 62

Kansas City CTO Hire Las Vegas Software Developers 62

Hunter Walker

APRIL 4, 2014

There’s a influx of capital to back new funds: crowding funding via AngelList syndicates. Third fund is the B round – metrics, results. Sometimes it feels like it’s never been easier to become a VC but never harder to stay one. high net worth individuals. family offices. strategic investors (including corporates).

San Francisco 123

San Francisco Private Equity LP Syndication 123

View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2015

Our investment size may differ slightly from one company to the next, but it tends to be driven entirely by situation-specific factors (needs of the company, syndicate composition, anticipated reserves, etc) … and not based on our belief. For SaaS: At least $100K in MRR. For ecommerce: >$500K revenue/month.

Boston 120

Boston Syndicate Syndication eCommerce 120

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe.

Seed Stage 150

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 150

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

We are also the second or third most active angel group in New York, depending on which metric you use. We saw over time that our investor group, just like Angel List and most other angel groups, was good at syndication and not so good at leading rounds. about 150 for Golden Seeds in New York, the largest group). in 27 companies.

New York 114

New York Angel Groups Connecticut Florida 114

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 10, 2013

This is great provided you already have in place a strategic thinking business plan where you have clearly identified your ideal customers; know your market and have established key metrics. Thanks to Kenny Jahng , Big Click Syndicate LLC. Quintessential solutions to customer problems. WHY are you in business? Avoid Crowdfunding.

Viral 145

Viral Social Media LLC Mobile 145

Occam's Razor

JUNE 15, 2010

From: " Oh my God I did not know that metric had crashed for that segment!! Choose the metric you want to focus on. I choose the metric I like as an outcome on my blog (remember a non-ecommerce website!) Note: The god forbid is for the metric not for Bing!]. I don't syndicate the content of my blog.

Analytics 105

Analytics Customer Framework Web 105

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 24, 2018

This is great provided you already have in place a strategic thinking business plan where you have clearly identified your ideal customers; know your market and have established key metrics. Thanks to Kenny Jahng , Big Click Syndicate LLC. Quintessential solutions to customer problems. WHY are you in business? Avoid Crowdfunding.

Viral 126

Viral Social Media LLC Mobile 126

David Teten

JULY 23, 2019

See How VCs structure a syndicate and recruit coinvestors for more on this. – 1 sentence with most exciting metric from their growth. – Ideally revenues and other financial metrics if we can include that. One of my most important responsibilities as a VC is recruiting appropriate co-investors and follow-on investors.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Elevator Pitch Syndication Syndicate 60

View from Seed

JUNE 30, 2015

For all of these, the metrics and growth need to be the result of legitimate PMF and execution, not tricks. (If You may actually need to raise a few financing rounds just to get to a series A, so think about the syndicate you are constructing (will they be loyal to you?),

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Dilution 120

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The future is in finding relevance, curating for context, and syndicating this to the right audience at the right place. The value is in how to aggregate, curate, display relevant content, create participation around the conversation, and analyze how it drives real business metrics. That’s exactly the point.

Curation 118

Curation Austin Cofounder Ruby 118

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 29, 2015

No underlying metrics that drive the financing. Kyle followed the tradition of extreme openness about the financing process that I think Rand Fishkin started with his post three years ago titled Moz’s $18 Million Venture Financing: Our Story, Metrics and Future. There’s no real story there. Data, data everywhere.

Atlanta 70

Atlanta Valuation Term Sheet Syndicate 70

A Crowded Space

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

And yes, AngelList syndicates are trying to kill VC firms. The number of full-timers is an essential metric. Contently is killing off some marketing firms. . Wonolo is gearing up to take on staffing firms. They provide on-demand temp labor via mobile devices. . More thoughts on that here. .

Reputation 106

Reputation Curation Demand Syndicate 106

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2017

For important pieces, you may wish to invest a small sum to boost your content on Facebook, LinkedIn, or content syndication networks like Outbrain. Common indicators used include views, visitors, shares (on social media), leads generated, downloads and other metrics. Doing so helps you to extend your reach beyond your own networks. #7

Social Media 75

Social Media Syndicate Syndication Matching 75

Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

To date, we have led roughly 2/3 of the seed rounds we’ve been a part of, and even if our name isn’t the lead on the top of the term sheet, we act like a lead and drive to fast, independent decisions rather than hang back to see how syndicates take shape. In most ways however, Fund II is a carbon copy of fund I.

Seed Stage 69

Seed Stage Early Stage Due Diligence Liquidity Event 69

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I'm joined by Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Red Sea Ventures, NucleasHG, the founders of Seamless, a host of extremely helpful angels, and a CircleUp syndicate led by my friend Tom Potter, co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery. The human joy per square foot metric is one we'll be tracking closely over time here.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 60

Version One Ventures

MAY 22, 2018

But we plan to “formalize” our learnings and best practices on board meetings, metrics, building purposeful culture (including diversity and inclusion), compensation, coaches, hiring checklists for specific roles, list of best service providers and more. In the meantime, we’d love to hear how you decided on your investor syndicate?

Cap Table 60

Cap Table Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 60

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Manage a marketing budget that will drive the most qualified leads through paid programs such as content syndication, pay-per-click, and events. They’ll be heading up the team to develop new strategies, create new market segments , and define and measure metrics to demonstrate ROI to stakeholders.

Demand 95

Demand Management B2B Campaign 95

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

To be fair, “familiarity” and “Ever listened to” aren’t really great metrics that translate to consumption. Imagine this: with the push of a button, your show instantly syndicates to iTunes, Stitcher Radio, SoundCloud, and a number of other directories where they can be downloaded by eager listeners around the world.

Software 100

Software eCommerce Audio Hosting 100

entrepreMusings

JANUARY 30, 2011

The future is in finding relevance, curating for context, and syndicating this to the right audience at the right place. The value is in how to aggregate, curate, display relevant content, create participation around the conversation, and analyze how it drives real business metrics. Is there real value in that data?

Social Media 47

Social Media Curation Syndicate Syndication 47

Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

Here is a quick rehash of some of the metrics I’ve shared in the past. We don’t invest in “syndicates A rounds” as our first point of entry into a company. Syndicates: We have a bias to lead rounds. We also have a pretty broad range of syndicates that we are a part of. Seed rounds are what we do.

Syndication 45

Syndication Syndicate Portfolio Advertising 45

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

We’ve had a supportive board and encouraging metrics and a helpful climate for our community news notion (now 51 sites in 3 states). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

It is as if the staffing and management of projects is run by international syndicates more interested in controlling job territories than in assembling vital, dynamic teams who are empowered to succeed. Our profession is in trouble. krasicki April 3, 2009 7:19 AM control valves said. Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.

Software Review 164

Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

The metrics from SumAll show online retailers the real-time metrics that are having the biggest impact on their bottom line. Global Syndication Partners. There are even a few companies catering to the moms and pops of the web, giving them the tools to compete with the big guys. Remarketing. W3 EDGE Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

4) Unique Reporting of Accounting: Much has been made in the press that Groupon has chosen to report alternative non-GAAP metrics in addition to GAAP accounting. IMO this is much ado about nothing, as any comptentent analyst can look at Groupon’s GAAP and non-GAAP metrics and get a good sense of the business.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Done deal: after a quick syndication with the kitchen team (their job was at stake, so they were easy to convince.), SaaS business metrics: why are they different? Back to the team room, I looked at the yearly cost of parmesan and discovered that the spend was above $75k per year, or equivalent to 15g or parmesan per person per lunch!

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Companies will always create and present content but with increasing frequency they are now capturing, tagging with metadata, and syndicating across their various assets content which is created by people other than those who work for the company. The big shift in web content is how user generated content is being captured and re-used.

Customer 47

Customer Technical Review Software Review Analytics 47

Agile VC

AUGUST 12, 2011

” The challenge is that while there’s a simple answer, it’s not one that can be easily distilled into a set of metrics that can be followed as a cookie cutter plan. 4) Metric momentum – Everybody likes those up and to the right graphs. What’s Your Favorite Future?

Seed Stage 113

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Acquisition 113

Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Compared on typical media metrics of reach and engagement, Facebook stands apart which is why it’s both much larger as a business (30-40X bigger in revenue) and a far more valuable company. The “follow” modality is an interesting one and Twitter was a pioneer here where many others have now followed (sorry, no pun intended).

Media 113

Media Advertising Silicon Valley Revenue 113

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Not the successful companies themselves but the entire b t culture of swash-buckling startups who define themselves by hitting some magical $1 billion valuation number and the financiers who back them irrespective of metrics that justify it. 10 years from now people will be embarrassed to say unicorn. For a fee, of course.

Detroit 150

Detroit Government Syndicate Syndication 150