Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital.

Venture Capital 217

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. Competition. What are the customer’s alternatives? In economics this is known as a “substitute product.” You need a wedge.

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I think that the market was, however, hotter two years ago, when companies were buying more aggressively, and there was lots of pent-up demand. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. We were involved in the Gradient X deal, and that was a nice one.

Southern California 124

Southern California SoCal Commerce Invest 124