2011 Course Metrics Product 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. Of course we can’t. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” Hot, Flat & Crowded.”
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
You’re unlikely to want to make this sort of investment with the product or the market not yet validated. Well, obviously if you knew that in advance it would be big of course that would be true. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range.
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
While Google and Facebook will buy “acquihires” (at least as of Dec 2011), many acquirers hate the idea of buying companies that aren’t profitable. They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million. ” The Details.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 26, 2016
One could argue that in 2010, 2011, and 2012, that growth was in the video and entertainment area. There are so many incredible ups and downs in the course of building your own company from the ground up. Sometimes entrepreneurs ask if we need certain metrics and traction�you don't. There is still amazing growth in that sector.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 7, 2013
Of course, there are always exceptions, but how much added risk do you need for your startup? But it is an important metric for firms in pursuit of explosive growth. Tech companies see engineers move frequently, integrate their products tightly, and often find themselves acquiring or merging with counterparts.
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2011
By linking the activities to P&L--not click rates, or cost per sale, or cost per lead, or brand awareness, which are all soft metrics--we are able to give our customers ammunition to take to their board or to finance, and prove the true effectiveness of their marketing and the true effectiveness of the agencies involved.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
What''s interesting, is that in 2011, there were seven large ad-tech firms which had all planned to go public and hired bankers. For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. Certainly, the IPO momentum seems to be back, and even more surprisingly, ad-tech has been lots of those IPOs. Now we have it.
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