Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Many entrepreneurs stumble at this point, losing the deal or most of their ownership, by having no answer, saying “make me an offer,” or quoting an exorbitant number. All principals and employees add value. I’ve written about this before, but it’s a mysterious subject, and I’m always learning more. NewCo doesn’t have any of these yet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Many entrepreneurs stumble at this point, losing the deal or most of their ownership, by having no answer, saying “make me an offer,” or quoting an exorbitant number. All principals and employees add value. I’ve written about this before, but it’s a mysterious subject, and I’m always learning more. NewCo doesn’t have any of these yet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Many entrepreneurs stumble at this point, losing the deal or most of their ownership, by having no answer, playing coy, or quoting an exorbitant number. All principals and employees add value. NewCo is projecting revenues of $25M in five years, even with a 40% discount rate, the NPV or current valuation comes out to about $3M.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Many entrepreneurs stumble at this point, losing the deal or most of their ownership, by having no answer, saying “make me an offer,” or quoting an exorbitant number. All principals and employees add value. Image via eHow.com. I’ve written about this before, but it’s a mysterious subject, and I’m always learning more.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

But there are plenty of partners and successful entrepreneurs who don’t have MBAs. Don’t forget that long after you forget the CAPM pricing model, how to do regression analysis or how to calculate NPV without a spreadsheet – your network should endure. It pays for all of our great engineers. What you lose: 4.

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