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 Partner + Pre-Money Valuation
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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | JASON BALL'S TECHBYTES SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 Raise Money (Be like Jack) It stems from a talk a gave earlier this year in Bilbao… Up first is raising money. Raising money is probably the most important step you’ll take in your business. Don’t sweat the valuation too much. series D round held in September 2009 raised $100 million from Insight Venture Partners, T. Be like Jack. That’s | VENTUREHACKS.COM OCTOBER 21, 2010  The Option Pool Shuffle Use a hiring plan to justify a small option pool, increase your share price, and increase your effective valuation. Don’t lose this game. | | | | | |
| | | | STARTUPCFO NOVEMBER 24, 2010 The downside of high valuations Valuations are high. My partner JS does a thorough analysis of all this here. In times of rising valuations, it is important for entrepreneurs to think about their long term funding strategy and choose a valuation that is sustainable not just today but over the whole life cycle of your company. | WWW.PAULGRAHAM.COM APRIL 28, 2010 How to Fund a Startup typical startup goes throughseveral rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take justenough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the nextgear. At Viaweb we got our first $10,000 ofseed money from our friend Julian, but he was sufficiently richthat its hard to say whether he should be classified as a friendor angel. | | | | | | | |
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BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2010  Can VC’s Invest Across Two Funds?
In one of the posts I spoke about how the size and vintage of funds might affect you when you’re raising money. As usual the rule is, if you’re doing well, they’ll find the money for your next round.&#. Is their money being used to “protect&# the investment that was made from Fund 1? MORE >> -
SEEING BOTH SIDES | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2008 Why "Flat Is The New Up" and VC Funds Are Under-Reserved
That's because the two key assumptions regarding how much money a portfolio company would require from start to finish (the exit) have changed: (1) the length of time before exit; and (2) the number of portfolio companies that would attract outside capital to lead follow-on financing rounds. Very hard. In other words, "flat is the new up". MORE >> -
ONSTARTUPS | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010  Why Venture Capitalists Avoid Innovation: They Like Making Money
This in itself is a big step forward from "We invest in teams that have done it before" (Greylock partner, 90's), or "We look for the second time around" (Sigma partner, 90's). It rolls the clock back 80 years to Joseph Schumpeter's observation that entrepreneurs are driven by "animal spirits" rather than money. We honor it. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010  Time is the Enemy of All Deals
I think the perfect saying to have as a reminder is “time is the enemy of all deals,” or as my wife is all too tired of hearing me say, “Don’t pop the champagne until the ink is dry on the contract and the money is in the bank.”. When I was raising money for my first company we had closed a seed round in 1999 and were working on our A round. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009  The Great VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) – Part 1 of 3
They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations. This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. The company was therefore priced at $15 million post- money and the VC (s) own 1/3 rd. MORE >>
- Channel your Inner VC to Understand Startup Valuations WWW.CURRENTLYOBSESSED.COM | FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2010
- Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010
- On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011
- Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011
- Ask the Angels ASK THE ANGELS | MONDAY, JULY 28, 2008
- Timing is everything in a sale of a business. BERKONOMICS | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
- Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer THESTARTUPLAWYER.COM | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010
- Startup Blog: 7 Questions You May Get from Potential Investors TAFFY WILLIAMS | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011
- Fenwick & West - Internet/Digital Media and Software Industries Silicon Valley and Seattle 2010 RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011
- Ask the Angels ASK THE ANGELS | TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
- Ask the Angels ASK THE ANGELS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2008
- Ask the Angels ASK THE ANGELS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008
- Valuation for Seed Stage Investments ASK THE ANGELS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010
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