View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

You can read various articles out there which will give you the cursory facts about Airbnb like their overall revenue or profitability or how their business has faired here in 2020 in the COVID environment. Everybody has known that for awhile, even without perusing a prospectus.

North America 401

North America IPO Prospectus Europe 401

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Startups are typically run by a couple of executives who are reluctant to disclose via the prospectus and SEC reports all the decision-making criteria, operational financial details, and compensation formulas. Thus, there is tremendous pressure to increase current earnings, and little appetite for strategic investments.

IPO 218

IPO SEC Prospectus Technical Review 218

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

Startups are typically run by a couple of executives who are reluctant to disclose via the prospectus and SEC reports all the decision-making criteria, operational financial details, and compensation formulas. Thus, there is tremendous pressure to increase current earnings, and little appetite for strategic investments.

IPO 210

IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 210

Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Before the commercial Internet, the primary tools of disclosure included: Prospectus and related registration statement (“S-1″) for an IPO. Public companies have dealt with financial disclosure in ways that evolved over time with markets and technologies.

SEC 158

SEC Prospectus United States Technical Review 158

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Startups are typically run by a couple of executives who are reluctant to disclose via the prospectus and SEC reports all the decision-making criteria, operational financial details, and compensation formulas. Thus, there is tremendous pressure to increase current earnings, and little appetite for strategic investments.

IPO 120

IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 120

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem.

Revenue 60

Revenue Term Sheet Founder Technical Review 60

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 24, 2011

Now do this: Total revenue divided by number of web_quotes. Start reporting the data with "Revenue," "Per Visit Goal Value" segmented by traffic source, "$index value" of the content, and so many more delightful things. Let that sink in. Stunning, right? " Now wait 60 days. Two seconds of work there.

Analytics 123

Analytics Conversion Affiliate Web 123