Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2: As expected at least one person accused me of writing this post because I want to see lower valuations. As the risks below get eliminated the higher the valuation investors are prepared to pay. So rounds tend to be “range bound&# where the top end of the valuation spectrum often being done in boom markets (i.e.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

On June 18, Aswath Damodaran , a finance professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, published an article on FiveThirtyEight titled “ Uber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion. Financial models, especially valuation models, are interesting in that they can be particularly precise. billion, far short of the value recently determined by the market.

San Francisco 111

San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

To begin answering this question, I started on a quest to understand startup financing. This book was written to help founders negotiate financing with investors, but it really helped me understand Keen’s financial situation, and I highly recommend it to anyone joining a startup. First, I read Venture Deals by Brad Feld.

Salary 50

Salary Equity Startup San Francisco 50

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Silicon Valleydominates, then Boston, then Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. The sixth largest center for oil, or finance, or publishing?Whatever Hiring Bad Programmers I forgot to include this in the early versions of the list,because nearly all the founders I know are programmers. Afterthat theres not much.

Startup 108

Startup Software Review Hiring Detroit 108

www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Valuation is an important aspect of VC deal terms, and a major determinant of your ultimate outcome. I unexpectedly found that it was more helpful to think about the company valuation as an output variable in the fund-raising equation. The net effect was more money raised, higher valuation and the same percentage of equity sold.

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Valuation Channel Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 42

www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

3: Hire Your Boss : Make sure you hire people that you would want to work for, who challenge you and you can learn from. Stay involved in the hiring process as long as you possibly can. Photo credit: althecat See Also The Startup Financing Dating Game: Courting Potential Investors Be Prepared! Beg, borrow and steal.

Entrepreneur 69

Entrepreneur Venture Capital San Francisco New Zealand 69