Berkonomics
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Many of the start-ups my various angel funds have financed died a slow death , not because of poor concept but because of poor execution, wasting fixed overhead and draining the financial resources from the company coffers. And professional investors often penalize the company with lower-priced down rounds or expensive loans as a result.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 26, 2020
If you are building a startup, you’ll find no shortage of people who are willing to give you advice, particularly when it comes to raising financing. Here are three pieces of advice that are tossed around Silicon Valley as if they are gospel, but they are really Startup Myths. Unfortunately, much of this advice is wrong.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article.
ReadWriteStart
NOVEMBER 22, 2010
The law firm Fenwick & West LLP has released its Third Quarter 2010 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey. The survey looks at the valuations and the terms of financing for over 100 technology companies in Silicon Valley that reported raising capital in the third quarter of this year.
Berkonomics
AUGUST 10, 2017
Many of the start-ups my various angel funds have financed died a slow death, not because of poor concept but because of poor execution, wasting fixed overhead and draining the financial resources from the company coffers. And professional investors often penalize the company with lower-priced down rounds or expensive loans as a result.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 7, 2012
I’ve been writing up reviews of this season’s Shark Tank pitches from a silicon valley VCs perspective. This time I’ll break down week four of this season. As Cuban pointed out, this is a “down round” Zomm is seeking $2M for 10% of the company, implying an $18M pre money valuation today.
Berkonomics
MARCH 30, 2010
Many of the start-ups my various angel funds have financed died a slow death, not because of poor concept but because of poor execution, wasting fixed overhead and draining the final resources from the company coffers. . Email readers continue here.]
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