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

Both Sides of the Table

When I went to raise money in 2006 I thought I knew every term in a term sheet but somehow I still got a bit duped by the option pool shuffle. You’ll need to hire and retain talen to grow your company. We spend a lot of time on them in the video but frankly we could have done a 3-hour session. That’s normal.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. Nine times out of ten, the meeting ends with them asking me for introductions to VCs. Inevitably, the excuses begin: I need to hire people to build the product.