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When Should Startup Founders Discuss Valuation with Seed VCs?

View from Seed

As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging.

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Signaling Pricing Expectations Early in Seed Investment Discussions

Genuine VC

Sharing these expectations early in potential lead investor discussions fundamentally qualifies the conversations, but it also runs the risk of prematurely losing a potential financing partner or reducing options to maximize a financing process outcome.

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Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name

David Teten

Another route is to approach a lender like Domain Capital that is familiar with the industry and will finance the domain at rates far better than traditional financing. I mentioned earlier World Accelerator.com , a unique accelerator program which helps entrepreneurs build value on top of premium domain names.

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Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name

David Teten

Another route is to approach a lender like Domain Capital that is familiar with the industry and will finance the domain at rates far better than traditional financing. I mentioned earlier World Accelerator.com , a unique accelerator program which helps entrepreneurs build value on top of premium domain names.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. VIII: The Leading Flexible VCs, With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing. Purpose Ventures’ deal structures are bespoke to each company.

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Why Leave A Six Figure Corporate Job For Internet Entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Professionally, I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), may also be called a Chartered Accountant (CA) on your side of the globe, a Finance Charter-holder and a Certified Financial Planner. I attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, a top ten business program year-in year-out and love to pretend to brag about it.