The Startup Magazine

JULY 25, 2021

In fact, the announcement of the share issue led to a decline in Galactic share prices and overall market valuation. Below are tips on how you can boost growth and increase your business’s market valuation. Spotting new trends ahead of your competitors is an excellent way to increase your market valuation.

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Valuation Artificial Inteligence Dilution Marketing 167

Growthink Blog

MAY 20, 2011

I received an email last week from an entrepreneur (let's call him Mike) Now to begin, I was pretty impressed with Mike since he used a nice technique to get his email in my inbox (due to the volume of emails I receive, they are screened by others before they get to me). Getting a $100 Million valuation is impossible for a startup.

Venture Capital 109

Venture Capital Valuation NDA Non-disclosure Agreement 109

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

This article will assist you in gaining a fundamental understanding of equity valuation, kinds of equity, and other related topics. In the context of an equity definition, the “share” price refers to the relative value assigned to the corporation’s earning potential depending on various variables.

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Valuation Equity Warrant Common Stock 108

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I thought I’d try to look at it from a different lens, that of the entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur you should assume that. Have you reference them? At what valuation? So what is an entrepreneur to do? I sometimes ask entrepreneurs. It makes my post even more poignant. __. How well do you know them?

Entrepreneur 292

Entrepreneur Technical Review Stealth Valuation 292

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2020

As an angel investor in startups, I’m a believer that smart investors invest more in you as the entrepreneur than the next billion dollar solution you are pitching. Even if you are still in school, and never started a company before, strong entrepreneur candidates can point to projects they initiated, led, that produced significant results.

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Entrepreneur Angel Investor Valuation Leadership 312

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Before I do, however, I want to talk about a thumb rule that I'd like to propose to entrepreneurs about raising money. As a thumb rule, try to get enough validation so that you can get to at least a $2 million pre-money valuation before raising equity capital. Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive. Well, I don't.

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Valuation Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Bootstrapping 119

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Helping Entrepreneurs Buy And Sell Their Agencies written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. In this episode, she’s sharing how she’s helped many entrepreneurs buy and sell businesses. And we're gonna talk today about helping entrepreneurs buy and sell their agencies. So Amanda, welcome to the show.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Cofounder Valuation 78

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. In that context, I offer you my latest collection of popular investor-to-entrepreneur terms and concepts. Frothy startup valuations. Seed-round investment.

Software Review 120

Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Basically these sayings are referring to people who talk a big game but then can’t back it up with action. If things are going great, you still may get a lower valuation or smaller round. My heart goes out to Tony Hsieh’s close friends and family, a smart and generous tech entrepreneur who passed away this week at 46.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Startup Matching 144

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Improper requirement analysis can leave entrepreneurs suffering longer project schedules, higher costs, and producing poorer quality products. Lean product development strategy or MVP (Minimum Viable Product) refers to creating a product with core features and offering it to a specific audience to get feedback. Do your design first.

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Cost Developer Azure Cloud 158

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2020

So, what are the in demand products during this time of pandemic that both budding and seasoned entrepreneurs may want to consider manufacturing or distributing? estimates in their recent report that medical products will have a very high global market valuation, crossing 30 billion US dollars by 2026. These are some of those: 1.

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Demand Product Artificial Inteligence Software Review 173

Gust

JULY 23, 2014

So even if my own mother asked me to meet with you, and you were pitching me a biotech opportunity for a $10 million investment at a $90 million valuation, I might take the meeting, but it wouldn’t be particularly useful for either of us. In this case, it’s not a lack of interest, just a lack of time and efficiency.

Angel Investor 153

Angel Investor Elevator Pitch Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review 153

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. In March 2022, Yuga Labs , the company behind BAYC, raised a $450M seed round at $4 billion valuation led by A16Z with the aim: create a better Metaverse. Roblox is publicly traded and has a market cap of $27.2

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

What Are Your Valuation Expectations? But mainly we did it because these corporate VCs were among the only groups willing to invest at PayPal’s somewhat inflated post-money valuation, during the middle of the dot-com crash when traditional VCs pulled back sharply and other sources of funding were constrained.” ” (Rob Go).

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Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. In these cases both the entrepreneur and the friends are the fools. Don’t be one or create one.

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Management Cram Down Angel Investor Equity 308

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Entrepreneurs need to find a way to get traction (sales) without funding. If entrepreneurs are only pitching to angel groups, they’re only pitching to 6% of the active angels, and 0.4% However, entrepreneurs still need to approach angel investors offline for larger amounts of capital. Furthermore, according to the IRS, about 3.9

Angel Investor 159

Angel Investor Technical Review Software Review Accredited Investor 159

Gust

DECEMBER 6, 2011

The resources required to start a company vary significantly , depending on the type of company and growth rate anticipated by the entrepreneur. There are several important sources of capital for entrepreneurs starting their businesses, depending on the stage of development of the company. ANNUAL US $$$. TYPICAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Venture Capital Valuation Software Engineering 179

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

A reminder that it is important for all entrepreneurs is to remember to be careful about “deal drift.” million at a $15 million pre-money valuation. Morgan Stanley had proposed a higher valuation to let them in. Conversely I offered the same deal to another entrepreneur who decided to shop around longer. Grind wisely.

Technical Review 301

Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve watched VCs help with valuation support (spreadsheets, comps) on next round financing, participate in M&A meetings, interview senior job candidates – even help terminate tricky senior hires. If I were looking at which VCs to choose I would reference strongly for which ones are supportive in good times and bad.

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Portfolio Chicago Sales Incubator 364

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2021

With the onset of COVID-19, we, along with the broader ecosystem of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, have been pushed to rapidly adapt, forge connections, and do our jobs remotely. Despite the sustained climate of uncertainty, valuations continued to climb and VC exit values reached their second highest total ever in Q3.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Early Stage Seed Stage 350

Agile VC

JANUARY 13, 2016

A realignment of valuations by late stage investors? Many of the current crop of unicorns raised capital in 2013 and 2014, so the investor and entrepreneur ecosystem was seduced by growth for 2+ years. People started thinking of startup unicorns like this: Illustration for WSJ: Chris Silas Neal. What happened?

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Technical Review .Net Revenue Software Review 157

Feld Thoughts

JULY 9, 2019

This was before the IPO Summer of 2019 when all conventional valuation metrics have entered the land of “suspension of disbelief” which is short-term good and long-term well-we-will-see-…-eventually. We ended up talking about using Gross Profit, instead of Revenue, to do valuation analysis. Isn’t accounting fun?

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Revenue Valuation .Net IPO 179

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

. × At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Entrepreneurs often ask me for help with their pitch decks.

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Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

They were referring to non-founder engineers, most commonly the first hire for technology businesses. As an aside for founders, there is an interesting approach on how to arrive at equity offers outlined by Fred Wilson that may be worth checking out once there is a sense of valuation. “It kinda sucks to be engineer #1.”.

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Engineer Dilution Option Pool Vesting 129

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

This does neither, so I’m out” Cuban said, “I see you guys not as entrepreneurs but as wantrepreneurs” I agree with him. In this way, they remind me of the Lifter Hamper entrepreneur. That’s why most entrepreneurs do not make a specific ask on valuation, but wait to hear offers from investors.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Technical Cofounder Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 110

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

The first step in creating a business plan to sell your startup to an acquirer is to create a valuation of your company. The valuation should include a business optimization plan that outlines strategies and tactics for growing transferable value, attracting potential buyers, and driving deal value.

Merger 158

Merger Acquisition Due Diligence Valuation 158

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Many Asian entrepreneurs tell me that they want to raise funds from Silicon Valley firms because they perceive the valuations to be higher. Asia’s entrepreneurs and investors have a much longer history of being scrappy and building massive businesses with very little upfront resources, because capital has always been so scarce.

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Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Up and Running

JULY 24, 2017

Even though the executive summary is at the beginning of a finished business plan, many experienced entrepreneurs (including me) choose to write the executive summary after they’ve written everything else. Keep it brief, just a reference to more information to come later, but make sure it’s there. It’s a summary, not just a pitch.

Software Review 151

Software Review SBA Due Diligence Business Plan 151

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

In most cases if you can’t get a prototype done you’re probably not an entrepreneur. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. Surround yourself with great advisors or other entrepreneurs.

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Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

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. Current Average.

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation St. Louis 125

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Only 7% of the search queries are performed by users referred by search engines, meaning Kayak’s brand is very strong and they continue to build it ($39M spent in 2010 on brand advertising, nearly $92M in total marketing spend). Post-money valuation probably no higher than $12M (2). Pre-money valuation was approx.

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Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

At the end of this post, we’ll discuss the valuation at each step (how much the investors value your company and therefore how much of it you need to give up to get this money) and how much revenue you should generate at each step.). On the other hand, in a SaaS business $1 in recurring annual revenue equals ~10x in valuation.).

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Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 431

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Check references carefully. But as an entrepreneur, you can mitigate the number of times you have to walk away by developing good alternative options to a particular deal. But – and this is an important but – you should expect to “pay” for quality in the form of slightly weaker terms (whether valuation or type of security).

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Valuation Term Sheet B2C Security 133

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2013

a) The entrepreneur is distracted from doing what they need to do--i.e. The same goes for vetting the entrepreneur. In many cases, I got to know the entrepreneur before they were pitching or even had a deck. The fact that most entrepreneurs don''t focus on fundraising enough can drag this whole thing out a lot.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Due Diligence Venture Capital Valuation 145

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

ithacaVC

OCTOBER 16, 2012

I hosted a guest lecturer today named Doug Rowan at Johnson (for those of you not in the Cornell ecosystem, “Johnson” is how the marketing department likes us to refer to Cornell’s business school). Doug is an older guy with lots of startup experience both as entrepreneur and investor. Period, the end.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Startup Equity 58