Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Paul Graham provides what is roughly the core formula for equity at any point in The Equity Equation : You can use the same formula when giving stock to employees, but it works in the other direction. I've talked about this topic before in How Investors Think About Valuation of Pre-Revenue Startups. Stock vests for 4 years.

Early Stage 391

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2020

If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation. Look for examples of similar companies and revenue multiples achieved from acquirers. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary.

Technical Review 436

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Equity is stock, but private company stock has no market value until the company goes public or is sold or merged with another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event.

Exit Strategy 376

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

On a public stock market that is the value that investors place on future free cash flows of the business discounted to today’s date to account for the time value of money. The price of public stocks change instantly in reaction to news that is perceived to affect the future value of that company. Here’s what I mean.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

If your goal is a large national corporation with more than 100 investors, and multiple classes of stock, you might prefer a C-Corp or S-Corp. All startups, including non-profits, need revenue to thrive, such as such as from subscriptions, retail, online, licensing, or services. They want to see revenue to share in the return.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2020

When it occurs, the consequences can be swift and devastating, wreaking potential havoc on a once steady stream of revenue. More than revenue, a client account is a window into the competition, providing valuable insight that can strengthen internal processes and methods of communication. Work to win them back.

Customer 347

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Equity is stock, but private company stock has no market value until the company goes public or is sold or merged with another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event.

Exit Strategy 289

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Almost overnight the floodgates opened, and risk capital was available at scale from venture capital investors who rushed their startups toward public offerings.

Lean 335

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Great team members may take more time to find, and cost you stock options, but a qualified and highly motivated team that stretches your budget is a good calculated risk. Risk is more manageable with subscriptions and even freemium pricing.

Management 322

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Equity is stock, but private company stock has no market value until the company goes public or is sold or merged with another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event.

Exit Strategy 264

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Great team members may take more time to find, and cost you stock options, but a qualified and highly motivated team that stretches your budget is a good calculated risk. Risk is more manageable with subscriptions and even freemium pricing.

Forecast 304

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

Its employees and investors don’t depend on an existing revenue stream. Every Airbnb rental is a lost night of revenue for hotels that hate it. Corporations using existing business models have people, processes and revenue goals that can’t be changed overnight. None of the renters pay hotel or tourist tax.

Startup 306

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 6, 2012

When you had physical stores selling books, the bookseller would have to stock the shelves with those books most likely to sell so consumer choice was more limited. With what is rumored to be around 2 million consumers paying $8 / month that is now a $200 million per year not including their ad revenue business.

Media 302

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2014

Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Great team members may take more time to find, and cost you stock options, but a qualified and highly motivated team that stretches your budget is a good calculated risk. Risk is more manageable with subscriptions and even freemium pricing.

Startup 283

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The company landed one big customer representing 80% of total revenue, but that customer canceled. When a company has revenue but is susceptible to the fatal afflictions above, I call it “brittle.” Which means they have to stock large amounts of gasoline. But sometimes you experience the adverse end of that risk.

Software Review 294

Software Review Channel Revenue Non-Compete 294

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. At the time he was not only running GM but was a major Wall Street speculator (even on GM stock) and was big in the New York social scene. But trouble was on the horizon.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

REASON 4: Digitally Driven Companies Have Greater Revenue Growth. A study by the Aberdeen Group found that the top 20 percent of companies as measured by their “quality of digital customer experience” enjoyed an average year-over-year increase in revenue of over 35 percent, compared to a 7.7 percent average for the rest. Bottom line?

Valuation 264

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big change in the numbers soon, even with recent stock market rallies. Today around 90 percent of successful startups are still acquired by bigger companies, as the safer and preferred method of growth and funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big change in the numbers soon, even with recent stock market rallies. Today around 90 percent of successful startups are still acquired by bigger companies, as the safer and preferred method of growth and funding.

IPO 210

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 11, 2021

We didn’t have any financing except for Brad’s credit card and the $10 with which we had purchased our common stock. Much of our revenue for the month had come from one highly productive though erratic undergraduate developer, Mike, who was working on a billable client project.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

I like the work just published by Bob Rice in “ The Alternative Answer ,” which does a great job of summarizing the investment universe, starting with the “conventional” stocks, bonds, and real estate, but moving on through more esoteric alternatives, including hedge funds, private equity, real assets, managed futures, and finally venture funding.

Angel Investor 269

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2022

Typical incentives give percentages of quarterly revenues and contribution as rewards for success. An even better alternative could be stock options, linked to the long-term success of the company. Provide bonuses for volumes, not milestones. Always promote from within rather than seek fresh blood.

Stock Options 277

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 billion in revenue last year. Gamestop stock becomes more valuable than Google :-) Just kidding. First it was Fortnite and Epic, now it’s Facebook and soon other players will team up to reduce the revenue share with app stores.

Technical Review 207

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Investment risk management. Companies need the same service on partner and acquisition candidates, even vendors.

Analytics 257

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 13, 2022

We’ll address the fundamental considerations to consider when distributing stock in a business, including the method of dividing equity among founders and typical traps to avoid, in this post. As a result, you will have no dividend or voting rights until you convert your options to stock. Required funds.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2020

Check out these stock newsletters at No BS IM Reviews to know everything about how you can create a review website. In return, the revenue will be higher. The benefit of dropshipping is that you have no risk of buying up stock in a product and losing money if it doesn’t sell. Self-Publish a Book on Amazon. The concept is simple.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation. Look for examples of similar companies and revenue multiples achieved from acquirers. Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary.

Sweat Equity 207

Sweat Equity Burn Rate Technical Review Intellectual Property 207

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Investment risk management. Companies need the same service on partner and acquisition candidates, even vendors.

Analytics 248

Analytics Retention Social Media Startup 248

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2024

As the production halts due to faulty equipment, you have to bear the costs of labor, lost revenue, reduced capacity, etc. Keep Critical Spare Parts in Stock When equipment fails, the availability of replacement parts can mean the difference between a quick fix and prolonged manufacturing downtime.

Analytics 155

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Typical incentives give percentages of quarterly revenues and contribution as rewards for success. An even better alternative could be stock options, linked to the long-term success of the company. Provide bonuses for volumes, not milestones. Always promote from within rather than seek fresh blood.

Stock Options 236

Stock Options Incubator Framework Stock 236

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2021

In addition, they can neither issue stocks nor bonds. And even though an LLC is legally required to report its revenues, profits, and losses, it does not have to pay corporate income taxes on profits. While LLCs cannot issue stocks, they can sell bonds to investors. For one, they have no liability protection.

Technical Review 158

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 6, 2024

Revenue generation can be increased and sped up using efficient strategic moves and policies. Productions, inventory management, and stocking, all are dependent in one way or the other on long-term strategic planning particularly in operations management.

Operations 158

Operations Management Software Review Technical Review 158

ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

After analysing our case studies and CRM, we saw that 73% of total revenue came from these two segments. In the first quarter of 2020 we grew our revenue by 50% and were able to double revenue compared to 2019, significantly decreasing the sales cycle length and growing the ACV—all the while the world faced the consuqneces of a pandemic.

B2B 150

B2B Sales Cycle Belgium IP 150

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Outsiders confuse a successful venture investment with companies that generate lots of revenue and profit. If the stock price can stay high for 6 months the investors can sell their shares and make a pile of money regardless of what happens to the company. That’s not always true.

Technical Review 267

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Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2015

I had lunch last week with Tom, the CEO of a startup that was quickly becoming a large company – last year’s revenue was $40M, this year likely to be $80M maybe even $100 million in ad revenue. to drive traffic to their site, which they then turned into ad revenue. Refactoring” organizational debt. the company had.

Technical Review 120

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

2/ The Metrics-Momentum Signal: According to Forbes , Airtable’s revenues are slated to grow 4x this year to $20M annualized, with over 80,000 different companies using some part of the platform. 5/ The Enduring Allure Of Platform Potential: Revenue is important. Revenue acceleration is, too.

Technical Review 127

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