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by asanwal 12y ago
If I looked at these #s through the lens of a SaaS business, they sound terrible. 1200 leads (pipeline deals) >> 10 closed customers (investments) A VC wouldn't invest in a SaaS business with those metrics and the SaaS business p
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Ask HN: Bootstrapped tech founders who blog, write, etc?
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by asanwal 12y ago
The data on financing to the space referenced in para 2 is here for those interested - http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/wearable-tech-vc-2013
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Longreads acquired by Automattic(blog.longreads.com)
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The Venture Capital Funnel – 4% have unicorn potential(cbinsights.com)
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Dilution: How Founders Become Employees(4044walnut.com)
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Among VC-backed exits, consumer tech dominates enterprise(cbinsights.com)
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by asanwal 13y ago
Glad you found it interesting. I'm one of the co-founders of CBI, but the heavy lifting on this analysis one was done by our data team. These are good questions but unfortunately, they're hard to answer in a data-driven way. Esse
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by asanwal 13y ago
The data doesn't really support the signaling risk narrative. http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/trends/seed-venture-capital-f... It's an idea smaller micro-VC funds have propagated as a way to scare startup
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The Venture Capital Power Law – Showing Sequoia Capital's Dominance with Data(cbinsights.com)
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CB Insights grows the old-fashioned way: No VC, no bravado, no ball pits(crainsnewyork.com)
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The Best Venture Capital Partners: An Algorithmic Take(cbinsights.com)
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by asanwal 13y ago
Thanks and yes, we get that a lot. We're not religious about bootstrapping. We may raise funding at some point but want to do it when we find the perfect partner(s) whose interests are aligned with ours. Ultimately, we think bootstrap
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by asanwal 13y ago
We bootstrapped our SaaS company (www.cbinsights.com) and while profitability is not a goal as we reinvest any excess back into hiring, technology, etc, we're doing 7-figures of annual recurring revenue. We launched 4 years ago with 3
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by asanwal 13y ago
Good luck. One alarming thing IMO in the post is the focus on getting funded vs. validating (or even selling) a product Funding is just an ingredient (not even required always) in the recipe. The final product is the cake. Bootstrap if you
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by asanwal 13y ago
New York, NY CB Insights (www.cbinsights.com) We're looking for many positions including: - Front-end developer (data visualization, D3.js heavy) - Tech Industry Analyst (use data to model & predict disruptive tech trends) More pos
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by asanwal 13y ago
Fair point, but like it or not, cost per user matters. - When investing in or acquiring companies, people may use this metric in addition to price/sales or in rare cases for tech companies price/EBITDA valuation multiples. It for
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by asanwal 13y ago
Good article. A few additional things to note: 1. Most founders don't have to think about hedge funds as a funding source. They're not doing seed/early stage deals. There are 300-600 private companies that hedge funds trac
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How to avoid the venture capital trap(management.fortune.cnn.com)
1 points by asanwal 13y ago|0 comments
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by asanwal 13y ago
Copy of post. Original here - http://www.chubbybrain.com/blog/top-reasons-startups-fail-an...
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by asanwal 13y ago
New York - CB Insights http://www.cbinsights.com We are using data to predict the health & momentum of startups, VCs and emerging industries. Our customers love us - http://www.cbinsights.com/customer-love
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72 of the biggest, costliest VC startup failures of all time(cbinsights.com)
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As tech VCs pile into NY, Massachusetts falters(cbinsights.com)
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by asanwal 13y ago
Thx. We will add yours. If folks know of other post mortems we missed, leave them in comments and we will add them.
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by asanwal 13y ago
For those interested in trends & hard data on startup failure, this may be of interest - http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/trends/startup-death-data
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Startup failure post-mortems(cbinsights.com)
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The R.I.P. Report - data & trends on startup death(cbinsights.com)
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The rise of the acqui-hire: Breaking down talent acquisitions(cbinsights.com)
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by asanwal 13y ago
Great point. Lyft may still be the surprise in this. Affluent Mongolians are unlikely to be traveling and looking for a way to share rides with strangers, no? Possible perhaps but sounds much less likely.
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by asanwal 13y ago
Stephen -- really good points. I think the breadth of the countries is still surprising / bizarre. While Nigeria does sound plausible based on your comment, others like Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Barbados, etc do not have the same charact

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