Scott Edward Walker

MAY 15, 2012

This post is the third part of a three-part primer on convertible note seed financings. Part 1, entitled “ Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Convertible Note Seed Financings (But Were Afraid To Ask) ,” addressed the basics. Part 2, entitled “ Convertible Note Seed Financings: Econ 101 for Founders ,” addressed the economics.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. In the past few years, hundreds of small companies have been snatched up by private equity firms willing to agree to ever-rising valuations. Create an Inc.com account: Subscribe to Inc.coms Free Newsletters. Franchises.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. San Diego, California) Jobs Comentum is a dynamic and cutting edge company.Be Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination).

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2018

Since 2015, Michael Patryn’s expertise in finance, compliance and strategic growth initiatives has helped a range of companies successfully position themselves to go public on the CSE and TSX-V. billion valuation. Michael Patryn’s other focus has been on the burgeoning digital currency field. And then there’s poker.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 30, 2018

That’s still OK given the IPO is more of a financing event than anything else, right? If things hold up through lock-up periods, waves of cash will wash up in northern California. Well, actually, quite a few tech companies IPO’d in 2018, though many of those are a bit underwater now given December’s public market volatility.

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keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

To begin answering this question, I started on a quest to understand startup financing. This book was written to help founders negotiate financing with investors, but it really helped me understand Keen’s financial situation, and I highly recommend it to anyone joining a startup. First, I read Venture Deals by Brad Feld.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. Unfortunately, none are very focused on Florida (California and New York are the top two destination). The YCombinator founder believes this means great things for entrepreneurs.

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Scalable Startup

JULY 19, 2011

Most of my 25 year career has been in California; about half of those in Silicon Valley. The term Silicon Valley is now a misnomer – it has moved way beyond silicon and way beyond the original Santa Clara valley to spread all over California. Great PR and finance firms, but not many startups. That has all changed.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 6, 2014

I like to think that our generation’s digital skills are replacing the startup’s traditional hunt for capital – all we need is a good idea, our team specs it out to make it sell, and we self-finance each company off its own cash flow.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

In June of 2008, Become.com was selected as Best Search & Comparison Site [link] by the Sloan Center [link] at the University of California, Riverside. California Avenue, Suite 110 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 T: 408-215-4627 ext. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Yahoo Finance.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Case in point, Procore just went public and is trading at an $11 billion valuation. This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. sold to Disney for $670 million and since our first investment was at < $10 million valuation we did quite well. that plays a leading role in funding in the Central Coast of California.

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Early Growth Financial Services

AUGUST 21, 2015

EGFS is an outsourced financial services firm that provides accounting, CFO, strategic finance, tax, and valuation services to small to mid-sized businesses nationwide. EGFS is one of 652 California-based companies that made the 2015 list as a result of its tremendous growth.

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Early Growth Financial Services

MARCH 6, 2014

As a value-add, Google is offering entrepreneurs a day-long boot camp on March 6 at Googleplex in Mountain View, California for which Early Growth Financial Services’ (EGFS) partner Steven Olson will be presenting on startup finance essentials.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Debt is often a very interesting way to help finance a startup and extend its runway or facilitate expansion, but it is usually a lot cheaper than what Corcoran offered the Coop. They had raised an additional $50k for 40% of the company from new investors a month ago and were now seeking a big markup in valuation from the sharks.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 24, 2011

With the performance of the public markets looking like an EKG read-out, I’ve been asked frequently in the past two weeks what effect this will have on the venture financing market. How tied are private company valuations to the public markets?

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

According to BusinessDictionary.com , perceived value pricing is: “The valuation of good or service according to how much consumers are willing to pay for it, rather than upon its production and delivery costs. They spend some of their advertising budget on gift certificates for its customers to finance projects on DonorsChoose.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 24, 2011

With the performance of the public markets looking like an EKG read-out, I’ve been asked frequently in the past two weeks what effect this will have on the venture financing market. How tied are private company valuations to the public markets?

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K9 Ventures

JULY 22, 2009

’ 3) The same also applies when having valuation discussions with VCs. If the company hasn’t even been incorporated yet, then they are likely to try and push you more on valuation. So you have to file taxes for the entity every year (Federal Taxes, DE Franchise Tax, California Tax ($800 minimum if I remember right)).

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

One common mistake is for entrepreneurs to simply select whichever venture capital firm is offering the highest valuation. One of the things a financing round brings is an opportunity to strengthen the startup’s overall network. Financing can be one of these things. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the board member?

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Jason Ball

JANUARY 18, 2009

I guess the difference this year is that everyone knows 2008 was simply awful across the board… Icon Corporate Finance has provided the data points though, demonstrating that 2008 looked very grim: You’ll notice the vast majority of exits were sub $100M last year, while valuations outside of this band are falling fast.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. That’s why Revolution was so supportive of Revolution Money, which sought to break up the troika that controls consumer finance. The Startup Visa movement.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2012

Egan, University of California, Berkeley “Rights to Valuations in Venture Capital Backed Startups: The Effects of Reputations” Erik P. Gilje, Boston College “Does Local Access to Finance Matter?: Evidence from U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

We have structural employment issues : The official unemployment rate in the US is hovering just below 10% but “true” unemployment is much higher when you account for those that have stopped looking or taken part-time employment and in key states like California and Michigan we’re downright hurting.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 27, 2011

Or what if we have another stock market collapse or if they shoot down a plane over California? They know there’s a minimum valuation, under which you’re not interested. Or what if we have another stock market collapse or if they shoot down a plane over California?

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

As a refresher, a convertible note is a loan that automatically converts into equity upon the closing of a Series A round of financing. Sometimes these loans have a valuation cap and/or a discount. The point, he says, is to avoid time-consuming valuation negotiations and allowing a variable amount of capital to be raised.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Similarly, the bulk of the companies getting funding are still California-based. Paglia, Pepperdiine’s Denney Academic Chair and Associate Professor of Finance. Think Again.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. A 20 th century VC was likely to have an MBA or finance background. 39 years ago I got on that plane and never went back.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Managewith.us - Collaborative Task Manager Mavenlink - manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments Industrial Logic – Agile eLearning Misc Office Help Google Apps – cloud mail server, calendar, docs, etc.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Y Combinator : They provide a series of AA equity financing documents that are written with simpler words so start-up companies will have an easier starting point. Startup Threads. Videos/presentations.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Lastly, seed-stage entrepreneurs who have pushed for the maximum valuation possible haven’t done themselves any favors. Meanwhile, their seed investors aren’t particularly incentivized to get them a Series A that crams the previous valuation down. Source: The Next Web ]. - November 29, 2012. ” Sounds about right.

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