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. Assign value to all paid professionals, as their skills, training, and knowledge of your business technology is very valuable. NewCo doesn’t have any of these yet.

Valuation 270

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 270

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. Assign value to all paid professionals, as their skills, training, and knowledge of your business technology is very valuable. NewCo doesn’t have any of these yet.

Pre-Money Valuation 246

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 246

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. Assign value to all paid professionals, as their skills, training, and knowledge of your business technology is very valuable. Early customers and contracts in progress add value.

Valuation 234

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Startup 234

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. Assign value to all paid professionals, as their skills, training, and knowledge of your business technology is very valuable. Image via eHow.com.

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

My wife just pointed out to me that learning about the time value of money or how to value a company is something that every non-business undergrad should learn how to do. But there are plenty of partners and successful entrepreneurs who don’t have MBAs. It pays for all of our great engineers.

NPV 337

NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337