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Startup Map & Trends Analysis – September 2012

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Within the US, California significantly led the startup scene, while New York, Florida, and Texas followed closely behind in subsequent order and remained in the same top places as August. The newcomer to the top five countries in September was the UK, which more than doubled its prior amount of monthly startups.

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Valuation Methods 101

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Dave Berkus is a founding member of the Tech Coast Angels in Southern California, a lecturer and educator. (in the case of one investment round, no subsequent investment and therefore no dilution). Then: Post-money Valuation = Terminal Value ÷ Anticipated ROI. The Dave Berkus Method. He has invested in more than 70 startup ventures.

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There Is Only ONE Silicon Valley

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Boston, New York City, Seattle and Southern California spawn many exciting startups…but do not exceed the Valley in any measure of entrepreneurial achievement. Many other communities are entrepreneur-friendly and, by any measure, have the tools in place to spawn new high growth companies.

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A Startup’s First Steps: What’s In A Name?

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Most entrepreneurs focus on #3, and perhaps are also aware of the ability to search state business entity databases online (as with Delaware or California ). One or more acceptable domain names are available that incorporate the brand name; and. There are no serious trademark conflicts with existing brands.

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Right Entrepreneurs In The Right Place Get Funded

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California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention. Asian teams in California raised median funding rounds of $4.4M, significantly higher than the $3M raised by mixed or all-white founding teams. No surprises here. Experience does count.

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Valuations 101: The Dave Berkus Method

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Dave Berkus is a founding member of the Tech Coast Angels in Southern California, a lecturer and educator. We recently started a series of posts on establishing the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue startup companies for purposes of investment by seed and startup investors. He has invested in more than 70 startup ventures.

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Trends in Seed Stage Funding for Entrepreneurs

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Note that I merged the two Southern California regions (LA/Orange County and San Diego) into one. Southern California*. Southern California = LA County, Orange Cty and San Diego Cty. In 2010, MoneyTree© reports that only 138 seed stage VC deals were done outside of California, New England, NYC Metro and the Pacific Northwest.