Value Your Startup

A DEEPER LOOK INTO SNAP’S IPO

So Snap (AKA SnapChat) issued their S1 filing for an IPO last week. This is big news! One of the more known…

One of the most difficult tasks in offering consulting services to startup investors is convincing them that their deeply embedded methodologies or best practices are lacking. This is even more difficult when you pitch them…

(N.B. I was recently invited to write a series of guests posts for Tech In Asia, focusing on high level approaches to investing in startups. Below is the first of the series. Some of you might find this rudimentary, others may find this extremely…

At Value Your Startup, we work a lot with startups and with investors, helping each side make strategic decisions that are rooted in data, analysis, and finance. We are big fans of the use of KPIs, as they give a handy snapshot of a company, but we also…

Bill Gurley again made some internet waves with his recent post on the dangerous state of the Unicorn market.

His piece, like those of many others, questions the logic behind the unprecedented funding…

A couple of weeks ago I came across two fairly recent articles by Adrià Hernández and samir kaji on new VC firms, and their significance in the startup ecosystem (here and here). The articles are interesting and…