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johl2

09/12/13 9:23 PM

#43258 RE: surfgreen #43257

Surf, I think getting hung up on the 3yr time frame fails to properly represent the bigger picture which is the current
YOY Revenue Growth represented in Storm's post.

5 straight quarters of 25% revenue growth YOY and
Positive YOY revenue growth achieved 11 out of the last 12 quarters...

is exciting news and with more megas soon to be released Revenues should continue to grow.

I am optimistic about them acquiring funding which would accelerate Growth.
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colectinmrnj

09/13/13 9:25 AM

#43259 RE: surfgreen #43257

Had the bottom had not dropped out of the economy, and with the aversion to any risk that has gripped the financial community, I believe we would have had plenty of financing.

The following is from a Forbes article.

Most VCs like to invest in ventures after the potential has been proven and the risk reduced. In the first quarter of 2012, only three percent of VC funding went to start-ups. So about 97 percent goes to ventures on a post-startup basis, and the number of ventures funded increases to about 3,000-3,500. In addition, by building your venture to a level where your potential is evident, you are more likely to attract many VC funds to show an interest in you.

Now the other side from the same article.

But what are your odds of getting VC at a later stage? The average age of a venture at VC funding was about four years. If you assume that the range was about 0-8 years, this means that there are about 4,800,000 ventures started in the eight year period. So the probability that you will get VC funding at a later date is about 0.0.00068 (3,250/4,800,000), which means that 99.93 percent of you will never get VC.