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4 Tips For Startups During A Pandemic

YoungUpstarts

Of course, you want to make sure that your employees are also feeling financially secure. Contributing seed money to an employee’s HSA or 401K, or instituting a match program for contributions, can encourage employees to save.

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How Investors Think About Valuation of Pre-Revenue Startups

SoCal CTO

They might have some seed money and are thinking or raising a Series A based on success of an early release (MVP). A lot of my time is spent helping early-stage companies get to proof points so that they can raise capital. What are they really looking for? is a requirement.

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10 Reasons Why Capital Shouldn't Make Or Break Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

For most of us, though, the idea of investors or even securing financing may as well go the way of the corporate ladder. With a bank account full of someone else's money, it's hard not to feel flush with cash and have a false sense of security. A lean image is appreciated. Your mortgage and grocery bill depend on it.

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Tiered Valuation Caps

Austin Startup

The valuation cap has evolved into a proxy for valuation, even though by definition it is in fact a cap on valuation, and if things go south, the actual valuation at which the security converts goes downward with it. The PR story behind that trend — the way it gets sold — is that it’s about saving companies money. Sounds legit.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

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