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Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?

Both Sides of the Table

Due to competitive markets we ended up with a pretty good term sheet until we needed to raise money in April 2001 and then we got completely screwed. Luckily you all now have the spreadsheet to download that will calculate both for you. It was accept the terms or go into bankruptcy so we took the money. This is a shame.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

link] Click here to download a PDF with all of the tables above. Valuations in startups increased dramatically during the Dot Com boom and then both valuations and the availability of investment capital nationally collapsed in 2001 with the Dot Com bust and 9/11.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

This lasted from about 2001-2004. Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. SGN games downloaded +17mm times on mobile devices. Founded in Sunnyvale, CA in 2001. Read more: TechCrunch.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 21, Part 1: Kathy Ku and Orin Herskowitz

Steve Blank

Listen to the full interview with Orin and Kathy by downloading it from SoundCloud here. And download any of the past shows here.). She received the AUTM 2001 Bayh-Dole Award for her efforts in university licensing, and is currently a member of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Deputy Director of Intramural Research.

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Bullpen Capital's Duncan Davidson on VC Funding and "The Era of Cheap"

ReadWriteStart

Bullpen is one of a growing number of early-stage funds - or, perhaps more accurately, "earlier-stage," since even his is no longer the first out of the gate. stock market: The change led by NASDAQ in early 2001 to valuing stocks in increments from one-eighth of a dollar down to one cent. How old is Instagram?

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

Leading Late-Stage Technology Investors’ Portfolio by Geography, 2001-1Q2010. Battery & Sequoia data only include late stage/growth equity deals. Their late stage deals outside of the venture centers outperform by ~5% vs. those in the venture centers; early stage deals outperformed by ~4%.