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What Courses Of Study Are Good For Would Be Entrepreneurs?

YoungUpstarts

If you’re thinking of taking a course – whether it be a degree course or smaller courses here and there – here are some of the subjects that you should be considering as an entrepreneur: Finance and Accounting. Taking a course in finance and accounting will help to give you a better view of the financial aspects of running your own business.

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary. How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? Find “comparables” who have received financing (market approach).

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10 Ways to Size Your Company’s Value for Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary. How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? Find “comparables” who have received financing (market approach).

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Why Rand should take some money off the table

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

In that spirit, and because I’ve gotten requests for more articles about issues that arise after your startup is going strong, I wanted to follow Dharmesh’s lead and talk about of the questions from Rand’s post: Should Rand take out a few million dollars for himself as part of this financing?

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Gust

The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary. How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? Find “comparables” who have received financing (market approach).

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Ten Components of Startup Valuation For Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage blogs and other resources, and maybe even pay themselves a salary. How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? Find “comparables” who have received financing (market approach).

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The Right Way To Do A Software ROI Analysis

Feld Thoughts

Moreover, there’s no accounting for the time value of money, the customer time required to deploy the service, or the risk of time wasted if the deployment doesn’t go well. Lesson learned: Accounting for your benefits should be easy for both the purchasing manager and the finance evaluator to measure.

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