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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. Almost no financings, many VCs and tech startups cratered for the second time in less than a decade following the dot com bursting. Steve Jobs still walked from his house on Waverly to the Apple Store on University Ave.

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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

Both Sides of the Table

Was Paul Graham right in his “high resolution” financing post? Because convertible debt deals often have both a ‘full ratchet’ and often have ‘multiple liquidation preferences’ “ Yup. You rarely find full ratchets in early-stage deals any more. Some thoughts on raising angel money.

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28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

After many years of giving up when things went south in the business, or blaming industry shifts, the one thing that has helped me boost my motivation as an entrepreneur, is to take a break from the routine sometimes and talk to some of your past customers. Thanks to Tara Sundaram, Chennai Dream Homes® ! Thanks to Nate Nead, SEO.co ! #14-

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors. .   First , dividends.

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Three Ways PR and SEO Can Be Best Friends

Duct Tape Marketing

After all, PR is all about reaching out to customers and creating positive relationships with them, something these tactics absolutely did not do. And as they make these changes, the customer gets a better user-experience on the Google search engine, making the company’s reign at the top even less unassailable. A modern era.

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Fear is the mind-killer

Startup Lessons Learned

As the product matured, they were able to ratchet up the quality to prevent regression on features that had been truly embraced by their customers. On the negative side, we got a visceral feel for the kinds of changes that could really harm customers, like commits that take the whole site down. And that was not a lot of fun.

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Economics In Asia In The Trump Era

YoungUpstarts

billion) globally from January through November 2017, according to customs data. White House advisers warned that additional trade measures related to steel, aluminum and other products from China could be coming, a signal that Mr. Trump is ratcheting up the protectionist policies he has long espoused as part of his “America First” approach.

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