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Take Five – how shut are the venture markets right now?

VC Cafe

According to new research by Pitchbook , the trickle down effect has already started in seed and series A startups with round sizes and valuations shrinking in size compared to 2021. But recently those round sizes and valuations have tumbled to about $10 million and $50 million, respectively, he said.

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Why Entrepreneurs Should Be Generous With Investors

YoungUpstarts

As well as how to work with pre and post-money valuations. Not compared to potential customers or lenders. Generous is not a word often associated with talking about negotiations between startup entrepreneurs and their investors. This instantly puts founders on guard, in a defensive position.

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Founders: Learning should be your top 2013 New Year’s resolution

The Next Web

How to Build a Startup (EP245) by Steve Blank: You’ll learn the key steps of the Customer Development process. How to identify and engage the first customers for your product, and how to gather, evaluate and use their feedback to make your product, marketing and business model far stronger.

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

Taking Corporate Venture Money: When it Makes Sense “PayPal took on these investors in small part because it gave us an imprimatur in the stodgy and regulated world of financial services. Boxes vs Conveyor Belt Businesses “Box companies struggle to keep customers engaged and buying from the company over time.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

You are particularly vulnerable if: You have revenue concentration (few customers each providing a large total of percentage of your revenue). You have a large number of startup customers (because when markets crash they have a funny way of going bankrupt quickly or cutting burn precipitously).

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The $10 Million Photo and Other VC Stories

ReadWriteStart

They really wanted to invest, but it was the beginning of the bubble, and I wanted (what was then) an absurd valuation. All we had were six slides, and I wanted a $10 million post-money valuation. We had gone back and forth with them on valuation, but this was a new firm and they wanted to close a deal with us.

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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

Both Sides of the Table

Taking it from an investor perspective (not me, angels) I think it’s totally unfair to see early angels invest, take more risk, help you get to the next level through both sweat & money, and then pay a higher price because the round had a convertible note with no cap.

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