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 Email + Pre-Money Valuation
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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | ANGEL INVESTING NEWS OCTOBER 8, 2011 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. Valuation. | VENTUREHACKS.COM OCTOBER 21, 2010  The Option Pool Shuffle Use a hiring plan to justify a small option pool, increase your share price, and increase your effective valuation. Don’t lose this game. | | | | | |
| | | | WWW.PAULGRAHAM.COM APRIL 28, 2010 How to Fund a Startup typical startup goes throughseveral rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take justenough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the nextgear. At Viaweb we got our first $10,000 ofseed money from our friend Julian, but he was sufficiently richthat its hard to say whether he should be classified as a friendor angel. | | | | | | | | |
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DONDODGE.TYPEPAD.COM | SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2011  How much equity for investors and employees?
Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? Should I take Angel or VC money? How much money should I raise? The entrepreneur expects the company to be worth many times this valuation and so does the investor. How much money should I take? MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010  Time is the Enemy of All Deals
I think the perfect saying to have as a reminder is “time is the enemy of all deals,” or as my wife is all too tired of hearing me say, “Don’t pop the champagne until the ink is dry on the contract and the money is in the bank.”. When I was raising money for my first company we had closed a seed round in 1999 and were working on our A round. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009  The Great VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) – Part 1 of 3
They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations. This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. The company was therefore priced at $15 million post- money and the VC (s) own 1/3 rd. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010  Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First
I learned all of this myself on your side of the table raising money at my first company. Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. That means that they likely raised money at a particularly high price relative to 2010 prices. Clean up your own shite. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011  Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?
They did not take salaries during the first two years and invested more money in the firm than they received from management fees. Twitter wanted to raise money for this new venture at a pre- money valuation which was quite a bit higher than First Round’s $10 million limit. I'm a huge fan of this innovation. MORE >>
- Timing is everything in a sale of a business. BERKONOMICS | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
- Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer THESTARTUPLAWYER.COM | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010
- Startup Blog: 7 Questions You May Get from Potential Investors TAFFY WILLIAMS | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011
- Fenwick & West - Internet/Digital Media and Software Industries Silicon Valley and Seattle 2010 RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011
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