Startup Valuation

$ Revenues/
Earnings
The Lightbulb (Idea) Moment
From idea to business
The Bar Mitzvah
The Scaling up Test
The Midlife Crisis
The End Game
Corporate Life Cycle
Revenues
Earnings
(Profits)
Time
Growth stage
Stage 1
Start-up
Stage 2
Young Growth
Stage 3:
High Growth
Stage 4 Stage 5
Mature Growth Mature Stable
Stage 6
Decline
Description
Have an idea for Create a business Build the Grow your Defend your Scale down
a business that model that business, business, business from your business
meets an unmet converts ideas converting shifting from new as market
need in the
market.
into potential
revenues &
earnings
potential into
revenues.
losses to
profits
competitors &
find new
markets
shrinks.