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.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. But back in 2005 there were a few people who spotted the trend before others and one of the true pioneers was (and continues to be) Jeff Clavier who founded SoftTech VC. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

So how do you use financial projections as valuation metrics when you know the odds of those being accurate predictors of the future are so very unreliable? There is a universal truth: fewer than one in a thousand start-ups meet or exceed their projected revenues in the periods planned.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Unexpected Startup Lesson #1: Quitting the day job - Currently Obsessed , May 10, 2010 This post is the first of a series on “unexpected lessons&# learned through my experience as co-founder and CEO of Snapvine , a venture-backed mobile social networking service founded in 2005 and acquired by WhitePages in June of 2008. Where Do You Fit?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. Good press and industry mojo wasn’t enough to overcome the financial metrics of the business and the offers came in at more like $10 million. I believe in company metrics that are publicized and can be used as company motivation and creating a unified sense of purpose.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Cody Simms: Obviously, I live here in LA, and I have been since 2005. Sometimes entrepreneurs ask if we need certain metrics and traction�you don't. As you mention, this is the third (or fourth, if you could the former Walt Disney Accelerator) Techstars accelerator in LA � why the decision to run another one here?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 20, 2015

Lifestyle businesses are typically looked upon with derision by investors, as they generally do not have economic metrics that lead to large exits. According to Wardog, “We registered the domain www.standuppaddlesurfing.com on October 21, 2005, before the sport was even referred to as ‘standup paddle surfing.’”

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