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Web-Based Worthworm Helps Determine PMV For Startup Investment Purposes

YoungUpstarts

One of the challenges for investing in startups has always been the lack of an established way for founders and investors to actually measure and decide on the valuation of the startup concerned. “If you are an angel investor and a venture is seeking capital from you, insist on getting its Worthworm report.

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How to Pick the Right Attorney For Your Startup

Up and Running

We developed a kick-ass investor pitch and we started pitching it to family, friends, angel investors, and even venture capitalists for feedback. We soon got interest from an angel investor, and he wanted to invest $300,000 in our startup. We were on a roll.

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Equity for Consultants – Keep it Simple!

www.mattbartus.com

Perspectives on issues affecting founders, startups and investors from a veteran startup lawyer in Silicon Valley. I can tell you that, among other problems, any uncertainty in the capitalization table when the company is acquired will be resolved squarely and unequivocally in favor of the buyer. Angel Investors.

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Valuing Startup Employee Options

David Teten

Such a model is particularly helpful for those founders looking for a co-founder or key employee. Since he graduated, he’s now Founder and CEO of a Latin America-focused based startup, Participa.me (“I participate”). Like me, he had the pleasure/pain of being trained as an investment banking analyst.

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Shorter Flights at Lower Heights: The Right Way To Angel Invest

onstartups.com

Dave is the CEO of BzzAgent , founder of Smarterer , an active angel investor and a holder of proms. Everywhere you turn these days, you find an angel investor. I know this because my in my early days as an Angel investor I fell prey to behaviors that would practically guarantee that I'd lose money.

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10 Steps to Success With Angel Investors

Business Plan Blog

10 Steps to Success With Angel Investors. Raising funds from business angels may be difficult, time consuming and even frustrating but for the right founder with the right project it may be the preferred option. Representations, undertakings and warranties of the founders. Amount to be invested.