The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Great news — your startup just got accepted to an incubator! But before your startup signs up and cashes that $[XX,000] check, your startup’s co-founders should sit down and evaluate the incubator’s offer. Pre-money valuations startups receive from incubators are typically low…really low.

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Incubator Pre-Money Valuation Option Pool Advisory Board 105

Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2016

Many students’ college experiences are getting a makeover; frat parties are replaced with finance meetings, and kegs with KPIs. Both trips were organized by my school and cost me less than I would have spent doing them on my own. See Also: How to Find a Mentor.

Incubator 79

Incubator Elevator Pitch Ireland Japan 79

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

The major change Josh and his team recognized was that startup costs were dropping dramatically in post-crash early 2000s, and by investing in a larger # of smaller seed rounds at $250K-$1M, rather than fewer / later Series A rounds at $2-5M, they could capture more winners & success earlier in the funding lifecycle.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I took a job in corporate finance as an intern my junior year at First Interstate Bank and I did system design on the side, as my main job was corporate planning. I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. What you lose: 4.

NPV 337

NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

One of the primary drivers of the switch is cost. The long tail apps can easily be ported to or developed on Google App Engine in a third of the time and cost using OrangeScape as an application platform. Voila, the entire productivity suite of an enterprise can become cloud-ready, quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively!

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley Massachusetts 114

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some intensive discussions around market sizing and its impact on financing. So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. He is also struggling with the pricing structure, because until he can get to volume printing, the cost per unit is way too high.

Bootstrapping 114

Bootstrapping Marketing Angel Investor Silicon Valley 114

Up and Running

JULY 25, 2016

The forever-failing-upward “Big Head” had just opened his own incubator with some of the $20 million he received as severance from tech giant Hooli, and is eventually talked into partnering with fellow incubator Erlich Bachman, who brings little to the table beyond his desire to glom onto the success of others.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property NDA 60