The 7 Questions A Startup Should Answer in their Fund Raising Pitch

http://tomtunguz.com/pitch-deck/

Some of our companies started financing processes in earlier this quarter. At a strategy session with one of our companies, the team and I crafted the outline of the pitch deck. They asked me what questions a venture investor might ask in the initial meeting.

Verificação em massa de métricas do Google Analytics: Supermetrics

Eu já usei o GA Data Grabber com muito sucesso quando estava tomando conta do Bolsa de Mulher. A ferramenta me economizou horas e mais horas de copy and paste do GA e possibilitou fazer análises de dados agregados que eu não poderia fazer de outra maneira. Não é exatamente baratinho, mas vale a pena brincar com o trial e avaliar. Observação: usa e abusa do Excel. Não sei se funciona no Spreadsheet do Google. Acredito que não.

http://supermetrics.com/blog/#!

This week marks a major milestone for our company: we are retiring our old AutomateAnalytics, GA Data Grabber and GA Data Uploader brands to become Supermetrics. We’re doing this because we want to bring our various tools closer together and to make it clearer what we are offering.

Vaporizing VC Interest

http://epaley.com/2013/11/12/vaporizing-vc-interest/

Nearly every week, I receive an email from one of our portfolio founders that reads something like: “Hey, Eric, great news! We just got out of a meeting with Dave from AwesomeVC and he loves what we’re doing. I have a good feeling he’s going to lead our Series A round.”

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The Right Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees

http://firstround.com/article/The-Right-Way-to-Grant-Equity-to-Your-Employees

Andy Rachleff is President and CEO of Wealthfront, a software-based financial advisor. Prior to Wealthfront, Rachleff co-founded and was general partner of Benchmark Capital. He also teaches courses on technology entrepreneurship at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Term Sheet Series Wrap Up

http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/08/term-sheet-series-wrap-up.html

Jason and I hope you enjoyed reading our term sheet series at least as much as we enjoyed writing it.

With Moore’s Law receding, design is how we decide — Tech News and Analysis

http://gigaom.com/2013/11/09/with-moores-law-receding-design-is-how-we-decide/

For me, the best analogy for the current state of Moore’s Law comes from one of the first times I visited the Googleplex. Their incredible gourmet food program was expanding, and there was a new fruit smoothie shop where I was asked whether I wanted a small or a large.

Breaking Down How VC Funds Work

http://www.russwallace.com/post/64223943468/breaking-down-how-vc-funds-work

In my experience, a lot of startup execs understand the relationship side of working with venture capitalists, but they don’t have a deep knowledge of how VC funds work as businesses.

Why the Petal Diagram Isn't the Best Competition Diagram for Startup's Pitch

http://tomtunguz.com/ecosystem-vs-competition/

Steven Blank wrote yesterday about a novel way of depicting a startup's competitive landscape in a pitch deck, called a petal diagram.

Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at US government agency

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/11/03/fake-femme-fatale-dupes-it-guys-at-us-government-agency/

It was the birthday of the head of information security at a US government agency that isn't normally stupid about cyber security. He didn't have any accounts on social media websites, but two of his employees were talking about his special day on Facebook.

Why Twitter’s IPO is Bad for Startups

http://jackealtman.com/why-twitters-ipo-is-bad-for-startups

Twitter went public today, and I couldn’t help but feel alarmed. After seeing the 75% valuation pop from $14 billion to $25 billion, my initial condolences went to Twitter.

Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups

http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/02/welcome-to-the-unicorn-club/

Editor’s note: Aileen Lee is founder of Cowboy Ventures, a seed-stage fund that backs entrepreneurs reinventing work and personal life through software. Previously, she joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1999 and was also founding CEO of digital media company RMG Networks, backed by KPCB.

The Role Of Personal Chemistry In Investment Selection

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2013/10/the-role-of-personal-chemistry-in-investment-selection.html

My friend Matt Blumberg and I are co-teaching a class at Princeton in a few weeks. The subject of the class is the VC/entrepreneur relationship. As part of doing this class, Matt and I are doing two posts each in a point/counterpoint model.

The Three Churn Mitigation Strategies of SaaS Startups

http://tomtunguz.com/churn-mitigation/

Every SaaS business suffers from churn. If churn isn't managed properly, the lost revenue from churned customers offsets new revenue and the business flat-lines or suffers negative revenue growth.

10 Ways Your Startup Lawyer is Overcharging You

https://medium.com/entrepreneur-advice/4e8aff11668e

So you have a startup and you just signed on with a lawyer that offers deferred payment for a certain amount of legal services until you raise a round. You think this is great, and you happily sign their legal service agreement specifying how they’ll charge you.

Venture Capital: What is a typical fee structure of an advisory firm that is helping a startup raise investment of few $M for Series A from VCs?

http://www.quora.com/Venture-Capital/What-is-a-typical-fee-structure-of-an-advisory-firm-that-is-helping-a-startup-raise-investment-of-few-M-for-Series-A-from-VCs/answer/Jeremy-Liew

It is atypical for an advisory firm to help with a Series A financing from VCs, and this often carries negative signaling, as Josh Hannah outlines in his answer.

Buffer October Update: $2,388,000 annual revenue run rate, 1,123,000 users

http://open.bufferapp.com/buffer-october-update-2388000-run-rate-1123000-users/

Below is the monthly update email I have just sent this morning to all our investors. I hope you enjoy taking a read about the full details of our work on Buffer in the last month. I’m excited to hear from you in the comments if you have any questions about what we’re up to!

How much revenue did Buffer for Business generate in October, 2013? All stats and numbers

http://open.bufferapp.com/how-much-revenue-did-buffer-for-business-generate-in-october-2013-all-stats-and-numbers/

In October, we’ve been trying to push hard on the Buffer for Business front. Since we want to try and be as public and transparent about the things we’re doing, here are the full numbers about how Buffer for Business performed in October.

Basil Shkara

http://neat.io/blog/diary-of-a-programmer-with-no-clue-about-marketing.html

Last week I launched it. When I say “I launched it”, I mean I tweeted about it. So far I've had 11 sales, all through the MAS (day 8). Are people waiting for the trial to run out (14 day trial) or have they deleted the app? No idea.

CrunchBase, People+, and the EFF

http://link.crunchbase.com/501d6cf4dc87ac0b4fe4896b17eh5.1pif/UnmBxuYQq6JB3hD-C6349

We are in the midst of a disagreement with new mobile startup called People+. Wired.com broke the story and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has elected to represent People+.