Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We drew this conclusion after a meeting we had with Morgan Stanley where they showed us historical 15 & 20 year valuation trends and we all discussed what we thought this meant. But rest assured valuations get reset. When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas.

Technical Review 416

Technical Review Pre-Money Valuation San Francisco Valuation 416

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

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Think partners coming together to tap their own networks for your follow-on rounds of financing. The Clarity of the Terms : how will your company be financed? Every accelerator also finances its cohort companies differently. To avoid signaling issues, we intentionally will not lead the next round of financing.

Programming 156

Programming Sacramento San Francisco Founder 156

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

There are of course other outposts like Austin and Seattle. It had the audience, the people, the network, everything! The networks seem to be emphatic about monetization for the present. The networks must be bewildered by the fact that one of their main competitors is a company that started with a mail-based DVD service.

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Cofounder Merger Founder Venture Capital 277

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