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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. There were startups and a software industry but barely. Nobody cared about our valuations any more. What happened? There was no money train. It was 1991.

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8 Tactics To Make You A Fearless Business Innovator

Startup Professionals Musings

Every business owner and entrepreneur I meet in my consulting rounds dreams of finding that “ disruptive ” innovation that will supercharge their business and move it into the ranks of business unicorns (billion-dollar valuations), such as SpaceX and Apple. Be sure to hire and cultivate new talent with the right mindset.

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ClickUp Raises $400 Million At $4 Billion Valuation As Competition Heats Up In Productivity Software

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The post ClickUp Raises $400 Million At $4 Billion Valuation As Competition Heats Up In Productivity Software appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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8 New Venture Smarts That You Can’t Afford To Ignore

Startup Professionals Musings

A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. The key here is to create a win-win partner situation for your investors. Lack of clear objectives/goals.

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Meet Our Newest Investment: Properly

View from Seed

Properly provides full-service brokerage service through its data and software platform, just like what you’d get from a traditional agent. In executing against this vision he has a perfect partner and co-founder, Jude Rasmus , a real estate veteran who has sold over $2 billion of real estate over a 25-year career.

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Low-Cost Business Ideas for 2022

ReadWriteStart

Conforming with Torchbankz, the dropshipping industry is expected to reach a market valuation of $557.9 All you have to do is partner with wholesalers and manufacturers to sell their products under your brand name. Implement enterprise resource planning software to customize and automate the process straight away.

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10 Reflections After 10 Years of NextView

View from Seed

It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. My partners will tell you that I am an incredibly impatient person. Effective post money is the effective valuation of an investor’s dollars at any one time.

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