The document discusses the balancing act between growth and profitability for startups. It notes that startups are designed for fast growth initially, but must eventually achieve positive unit economics and profitability. The document outlines a "startup glide path" where early-stage startups focus on growth over profits, mid-stage startups work to achieve network effects and emerging revenue lines, and late-stage startups aim for profitability and cash generation. It also analyzes different business models and their varying abilities to achieve competitive advantages and pricing power. While recent Indian tech IPO crashes may be blamed on prioritizing growth over profits, the document argues the real problem is a mismatch between private and public market valuations.
Starting A New Tech Venture in Silicon Valley 102413Winston Choe
"Starting A New Tech Venture in Silicon Valley". This talk will cover the key factors to consider and best practices involved in starting a new tech venture, followed by a Q&A session. Areas of discussion will include Idea-Generation, Market-Research, Team-Building, Market-Validation, Business-Model and Funding
Are you thinking about what you need to fund your company? Where do you start? Funding is not “one size fits all”. Every company has to approach their pathway to funding with a unique approach. Join our fundraising experts for an in-depth discussion of what options you have for funding and how to decide which paths are right for you and your company. Topics covered will include investment criteria, time to closing, investment range, success rates, control features, compliance requirements and the overall costs of capital from each such source.
Jean Hammond – LearnLaunchX, LearnLaunch.org, Hub Angels, Launchpad Venture Group, Golden Seeds
Robert Bishop - Goodwin Procter
In partnership with:
Founders Workbench
PODIM 2015 Conference about startup and corporate cooperation. Grow VC Group presentation about digital finance ecosystem, including samples of the companies, e.g. investing and lending platforms, data dashboards, startup development tools and consulting services.
Podim: Digital Finance Ecosystem and SamplesGrow VC Group
PODIM 2015 Conference about startup and corporate cooperation. Grow VC Group presentation about digital finance ecosystem, including samples of the companies, e.g. investing and lending platforms, data dashboards, startup development tools and consulting services.
How Your Startup Can Raise Venture Capital in the COVID-19 Eraideatoipo
This presentation will cover some of the key topics that you will need think about as you prepare your startup for venture capital funding.
The speaker will address the following and provide context for the COVID-19 era:
1) Should you be raising money from venture capital investors yet, or does it make sense to seek more angel/friends and family financing to allow you to better succeed when you seek venture capital funding?
2) What kinds of marketing documents will you need?
3) Do you have a compelling team, including the right advisors?
4) Who are your targets?
5) Is your pitch and presentation ready for a prime time audience?
6) Can you effectively answer the questions you will face?
7) Is your company prepared for legal due diligence?
The speaker, veteran startup and corporate attorney Greg Chin of Duane Morris LLP, has seen hundreds of startups succeed and fail.
Greg will address these issues and more!
Funding Options at MassChallenge
Are you thinking about what you need to fund your company? Where do you start? Funding is not one size fits all. Every company has to approach their pathway to funding with a unique approach. Join our fundraising experts for an in depth discussion of what options you have for funding and how to decide which paths are right for you and your company. Topics covered will include investment criteria, time to closing, investment range, success rates, control features, compliance requirements and the overall costs of capital from each such source.
www.thecapitalnetwork.org
Starting A New Tech Venture in Silicon Valley 102413Winston Choe
"Starting A New Tech Venture in Silicon Valley". This talk will cover the key factors to consider and best practices involved in starting a new tech venture, followed by a Q&A session. Areas of discussion will include Idea-Generation, Market-Research, Team-Building, Market-Validation, Business-Model and Funding
Are you thinking about what you need to fund your company? Where do you start? Funding is not “one size fits all”. Every company has to approach their pathway to funding with a unique approach. Join our fundraising experts for an in-depth discussion of what options you have for funding and how to decide which paths are right for you and your company. Topics covered will include investment criteria, time to closing, investment range, success rates, control features, compliance requirements and the overall costs of capital from each such source.
Jean Hammond – LearnLaunchX, LearnLaunch.org, Hub Angels, Launchpad Venture Group, Golden Seeds
Robert Bishop - Goodwin Procter
In partnership with:
Founders Workbench
PODIM 2015 Conference about startup and corporate cooperation. Grow VC Group presentation about digital finance ecosystem, including samples of the companies, e.g. investing and lending platforms, data dashboards, startup development tools and consulting services.
Podim: Digital Finance Ecosystem and SamplesGrow VC Group
PODIM 2015 Conference about startup and corporate cooperation. Grow VC Group presentation about digital finance ecosystem, including samples of the companies, e.g. investing and lending platforms, data dashboards, startup development tools and consulting services.
How Your Startup Can Raise Venture Capital in the COVID-19 Eraideatoipo
This presentation will cover some of the key topics that you will need think about as you prepare your startup for venture capital funding.
The speaker will address the following and provide context for the COVID-19 era:
1) Should you be raising money from venture capital investors yet, or does it make sense to seek more angel/friends and family financing to allow you to better succeed when you seek venture capital funding?
2) What kinds of marketing documents will you need?
3) Do you have a compelling team, including the right advisors?
4) Who are your targets?
5) Is your pitch and presentation ready for a prime time audience?
6) Can you effectively answer the questions you will face?
7) Is your company prepared for legal due diligence?
The speaker, veteran startup and corporate attorney Greg Chin of Duane Morris LLP, has seen hundreds of startups succeed and fail.
Greg will address these issues and more!
Funding Options at MassChallenge
Are you thinking about what you need to fund your company? Where do you start? Funding is not one size fits all. Every company has to approach their pathway to funding with a unique approach. Join our fundraising experts for an in depth discussion of what options you have for funding and how to decide which paths are right for you and your company. Topics covered will include investment criteria, time to closing, investment range, success rates, control features, compliance requirements and the overall costs of capital from each such source.
www.thecapitalnetwork.org
US Venture Capital 101: An introduction for the USAID YALI fellows at Northw...Todd Warren
In July, I was asked to give an overview of US Venture Capital to the fellows from the Young African Leadership Initiative sponsored by USAID at Northwestern University. I used my personal experience as an Angel, Venture Fund LP, and now as a Managing Director at Divergent Ventures.
Venture Fast Track - Company Valuation and Metrics - top down or bottom up?The Capital Network
Defending your corporate valuation to Angels & VCs is nearly impossible. In this program, we will discuss valuation methodologies, metrics, tactics, and tips for early-stage corporate valuations.
Fairshare Model presentation for F50's SVE Demo Night @ Google Karl Sjogren
July 30, 2019 presentation by Karl Sjogren, author of the book "The Fairshare Model: A Performance-Based Capital Structure for Venture-Stage Initial Public Offerings."
Valuation Metrics and Drivers in Today’s Economy RoseRyan
Learn from Silicon Valley experts how to demystify the valuation equation. Topics covered include understanding market variables and market conditions, business model economics, and analyst and investor perspectives; developing a valuation strategy; building value across the organization; and avoiding mistakes and deal breakers.
Steve Currie of Communitech - ScaleUp CT keynote 2017Courtney King
Keynote presentation from Communitech's own Steve Currie. Covering how Communitech is changing Waterloo-Kitchener, what Connecticut can do to emulate it, and how ScaleUps can face- and conquer, their uniquer challenges.
US Venture Capital 101: An introduction for the USAID YALI fellows at Northw...Todd Warren
In July, I was asked to give an overview of US Venture Capital to the fellows from the Young African Leadership Initiative sponsored by USAID at Northwestern University. I used my personal experience as an Angel, Venture Fund LP, and now as a Managing Director at Divergent Ventures.
Venture Fast Track - Company Valuation and Metrics - top down or bottom up?The Capital Network
Defending your corporate valuation to Angels & VCs is nearly impossible. In this program, we will discuss valuation methodologies, metrics, tactics, and tips for early-stage corporate valuations.
Fairshare Model presentation for F50's SVE Demo Night @ Google Karl Sjogren
July 30, 2019 presentation by Karl Sjogren, author of the book "The Fairshare Model: A Performance-Based Capital Structure for Venture-Stage Initial Public Offerings."
Valuation Metrics and Drivers in Today’s Economy RoseRyan
Learn from Silicon Valley experts how to demystify the valuation equation. Topics covered include understanding market variables and market conditions, business model economics, and analyst and investor perspectives; developing a valuation strategy; building value across the organization; and avoiding mistakes and deal breakers.
Steve Currie of Communitech - ScaleUp CT keynote 2017Courtney King
Keynote presentation from Communitech's own Steve Currie. Covering how Communitech is changing Waterloo-Kitchener, what Connecticut can do to emulate it, and how ScaleUps can face- and conquer, their uniquer challenges.
Demo: How to get your Digital Aadhaar (eAadhaar) in DigiLockerAmit Ranjan
You can get a digital copy of your Aadhaar (eAadhaar issued by UIDAI, Unique Identification Authority of India) directly in your DigiLocker account. All you have to do is to sign up for a DigiLocker account and sync it with Aadhaar - the digital Aadhaar automatically shows up in your issued documents section.
Government of India Gazette Notification - The Information Technology (Preser...Amit Ranjan
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 87 and clause (wa) of subsection
(2) of section 87 read with section 6A and section 67C of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) the
Central Government of India hereby makes the following rules for the preservation and retention of information by intermediaries
providing Digital Locker Facilities, namely:–– the Information Technology (Preservation
and Retention of Information by Intermediaries Providing Digital Locker Facilities) Rules, 2016.
India needs highly scalable solutions and ‘public goods’ should act as a key enabler for building such solutions. IndiaStack is one such emerging system, which entrepreneurs and startups should embrace.
Presence-less, paperless, cashless Service Delivery for a Billion people is a very big task. The large-scale systems needed to cost-effectively deliver such a solution would only be built with the combined participation of all parties, including government bodies and private companies or startups. The government systems will enable critical capabilities made available to entrepreneurs who could build diverse set of Apps useful in reaching the services to a wide mass of people through mobile phones.
Digital India - Govt of India's flagship program for digital empowerment of I...Amit Ranjan
Digital India is the Indian Government's flagship program aimed at transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
Source : https://negp.gov.in/pdfs/DigitalIndia.pdf
This 7-second Brain Wave Ritual Attracts Money To You.!nirahealhty
Discover the power of a simple 7-second brain wave ritual that can attract wealth and abundance into your life. By tapping into specific brain frequencies, this technique helps you manifest financial success effortlessly. Ready to transform your financial future? Try this powerful ritual and start attracting money today!
Multi-cluster Kubernetes Networking- Patterns, Projects and GuidelinesSanjeev Rampal
Talk presented at Kubernetes Community Day, New York, May 2024.
Technical summary of Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Networking architectures with focus on 4 key topics.
1) Key patterns for Multi-cluster architectures
2) Architectural comparison of several OSS/ CNCF projects to address these patterns
3) Evolution trends for the APIs of these projects
4) Some design recommendations & guidelines for adopting/ deploying these solutions.
1.Wireless Communication System_Wireless communication is a broad term that i...JeyaPerumal1
Wireless communication involves the transmission of information over a distance without the help of wires, cables or any other forms of electrical conductors.
Wireless communication is a broad term that incorporates all procedures and forms of connecting and communicating between two or more devices using a wireless signal through wireless communication technologies and devices.
Features of Wireless Communication
The evolution of wireless technology has brought many advancements with its effective features.
The transmitted distance can be anywhere between a few meters (for example, a television's remote control) and thousands of kilometers (for example, radio communication).
Wireless communication can be used for cellular telephony, wireless access to the internet, wireless home networking, and so on.
ER(Entity Relationship) Diagram for online shopping - TAEHimani415946
https://bit.ly/3KACoyV
The ER diagram for the project is the foundation for the building of the database of the project. The properties, datatypes, and attributes are defined by the ER diagram.
2. Startups = Growth
“A startup is a company designed to grow fast”
Paul Graham - YCombinator
3. Startups are Risky: Most Die, Few
Change the World
• Traditional finance (debt) ruled out
• Enter Venture capital
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4. Venture Capital Model – Power Law
Fund Life ~ 7 yrs | 1/10 Success Probability | Large Outcomes (100X)
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Returns don’t follow Normal Distribution, Skewed towards Outliers
stocks, human life expectancy, avg height venture capital, music sales, video games
5. Large Outcomes (100X) Imply
• Large TAM
• Rapidly shifting user behavior – new habits, repeat usage
• Fast growth / distribution
• Command pricing power
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6. Growth v/s Profits is a Constant Balancing Act
Depends also on business types – Ecommerce v/s Marketplaces v/s Social Networks v/s SAAS v/s CoreTech
8. Early Stage
(Seed – Series A)
• Focus on PMF
• Cash Burn funds Growth
• Early Monetization
Experiments
• Growth over Profits!
Mid Stage
(Series B – Series D)
Late Stage
(Series E – IPO)
• Achieve Networks Effects
• Revenue Lines Emerge
• LTV > CAC
• +ve Unit Economics
• EBITDA +ve
• Stable Product
• Established Revenue Lines
• Profitable, Generating Cash
• Financial Budgets &
Forecasting
9. Indian Tech Startup IPOs Q1’22 Crash??
Is the Growth v/s Profitability equation to blame?
10. Experiential / Platforms
• Defensible competitive advantage
• Less competitive, no offline equivalent
• High Gross Margin
• SAAS, Social Networks, CoreTech
Transactional
• Digital equivalent of offline process
• Competes with offline, omnichannel
• Low competitive advantage
• Low Gross Margin, No/low pricing power
• Ecommerce, Marketplaces, Payments
Startups Business Models – Diff Types
11. Problem is Valuation, Not Growth vs Profits
• Post 2008 QE, Easy liquidity -> Hot Money into Assets
• Mismatch b/w Public vs Private Market Valuations
• Few IPOs look premature, ahead of time
• Markets will resolve this eventually, correction is due
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