NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

“I was then able to say to the rest of the angel groups that the others invested.”. The snowball effect meant one person’s confidence inspired the next which Sutton says reduced the due diligence workload for him. He found many private investors were interested in him as much as StockTrim. “It Lesson 10.

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Gust

OCTOBER 18, 2011

This is the first of a six part series on different methods used by angel investors to arrive at pre-money startup valuations. It is one of the most useful methods for establishing the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue startup ventures. Below is a brief description of each of the most popular methods. The Dave Berkus Method.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2018

There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around. I recommend you work only with financial and broker organizations who have done the due diligence required, and who have a track record of success. It takes real money to get into the game. Being a public company isn’t cheap or easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2014

There just aren’t enough Angel investors and VCs to go around. I recommend you work only with financial and broker organizations who have done the due diligence required, and who have a track record of success. It takes real money to get into the game. Being a public company isn’t cheap or easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2015

There just aren’t enough Angel investors and VCs to go around. I recommend you work only with financial and broker organizations who have done the due diligence required, and who have a track record of success. It takes real money to get into the game. Being a public company isn’t cheap or easy.

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Scalable Startup

APRIL 6, 2015

The frenzy at these higher levels, and the continuous stories of first time entrepreneurs in their early 20s who magically start these amazing companies is creating a demand at the bottom of the funding market, like the pyramid schemes in Southern California in 980 (see below). Look out for this trend, put your wallet away.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

A Progress Graph on the right visually shows how far you’ve come (in whatever units of goodness you’re tracking – revenue, units, users, etc.) Good if you have your own money, better if the cash comes from investors, but best if it’s revenues from customers. Get back up and running.

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