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When tech investors talk about valuation as "multiples" on revenue, what does that really mean? We demystify the role of entry multiples and share the two factors that matter most in tech growth investing.
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You’ve heard a version of this story before: Steve Jobs calls some executive out of the blue to come work for him. Only this time the story turns out great … and the company wasn’t Apple. This episode of the a16z Podcast shares some of the journey that former CFO Lawrence Levy went on with Steve Jobs as they took Pixar — a company then on the verge of failure — to its IPO and subsequent greatest hits.
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Venture capital marks are highly variable based on different valuation methods. These are the main "mark" valuation methods used by venture firms.
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A look at the market dynamics around the Square IPO and, more broadly, what it can teach us about private vs. public valuations (and investors).
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For most companies, fundraising isn’t about $100-million rounds and “unicorns”. It’s often an anxiety-ridden, lonely, frustrating process filled with uncertainty and self doubt. Despite the stories out there, rai...
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If there’s a bubble it’s eluding most large cap tech stocks — the likes of Apple, Facebook, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and so on. In fact, large cap tech has traded below industrials for the last five year...
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Whenever you're raising capital, think about constructing the round in such a way that you're strongly positioned for the future.
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While many entrepreneurs want a massive valuation, there are terms that come along with that number.
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Here are 10 ways to damage your fast-growing tech startup — and hurt the perception of Silicon Valley in the process. None of these are specific to any one company; they’re general patterns we’ve obse...