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Worked Up about Unrealistic Venture Capital Valuation

Growthink Blog

So, Mike tells me he wants to raise a first round of venture capital based on a $100 million valuation. Getting a $100 Million valuation is impossible for a startup. In fact, getting above a $10 Million valuation is also virtually impossible unless you have at least some traction (e.g., you have customers).

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5 Factors That Set Your Best Startup Funding Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

Investors are very wary of unknown owners and valuation. Yet it required fourteen rounds of investment totaling many millions, before it became profitable enough to fund its own growth, and reach a current market valuation of over $500 billion. Facebook , for example, may seem like a reasonably simple consumer application.

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8 Portfolio Assets Are Key To Your Startup Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

If you need early reviews or assistance by people you don’t know well, get them to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement first. A sample agreement is available for free download from my website. Your business plan holds the keys to your kingdom, so you don’t want it in the hands of competitors. Marty Zwilling.

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Create your IP strategy early to avoid common pitfalls

NZ Entrepreneur

Many businesses rely on patents for the defensive aspect of establishing and protecting a core technological competency, and as a valuable asset for valuation purposes. Others use patents more aggressively to seek out joint ventures and licensing opportunities or to merely protect their own patch in the market.

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9 Business Acronyms You Need To Know

YoungUpstarts

An NDA, or Non-Disclosure Agreement, is an essential business acronym that often takes many forms. It is also known clandestinely as a secrecy agreement, and can also be called a CDA (a confidential disclosure agreement), a CA (confidentiality agreement), or a PIA (proprietary information agreement).

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Cloud Tools: Useful PDF Forms For Business and Education

The Startup Magazine

The nondisclosure agreement is a written contract, in which a Disclosing Party binds a recipient of confidential information from releasing it to a third party or to the general public. You can download the non-disclosure agreement form to stay on the safe side. Assignments Sheet.

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Your New Venture IP Portfolio Sets Investment Value

Startup Professionals Musings

If you need early reviews or assistance by people you don’t know well, get them to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement first. A sample agreement is available for free download from my website. Your business plan holds the keys to your kingdom, so you don’t want it in the hands of competitors. Marty Zwilling.

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