Post-Money Valuation Sales Valuation Venture Capital 
Gust
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
We recently started a series of posts on establishing the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue startup companies for purposes of investment by seed and startup investors. It is one of the useful methods for establishing the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue startup ventures. million ÷ 20X.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 22, 2010
Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. Due to competitive markets we ended up with a pretty good term sheet until we needed to raise money in April 2001 and then we got completely screwed. I turned them down. They were nonplussed.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service. If you have a very low gross margin (10-30%) it can be very hard to build a large, scalable business because you need to make a lot of sales to cover your operating costs.
View from Seed
MARCH 24, 2021
At NextView Ventures we have written many pieces about venture capital — how to raise it, build your business, engage with investors, iterate your product, navigate expanding industries, etc. What Are Your Valuation Expectations? Where does the money really go in retail? VCs sure do love writing. ” (Rob Go).
The Next Web
DECEMBER 30, 2012
Strategy Mapping Selling : Business-to-business sales and marketing – advanced selling and marketing strategies for major and key account sales. A few selections: Hedge Funds, Venture Capital, and Private Equity : Similarities in compensation structure for hedge funds, venture capital firms, and private equity investors.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
2: As expected at least one person accused me of writing this post because I want to see lower valuations. As the risks below get eliminated the higher the valuation investors are prepared to pay. So rounds tend to be “range bound&# where the top end of the valuation spectrum often being done in boom markets (i.e.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 25, 2010
Because I built two SaaS companies and sold my second one to Salesforce.com (where I then took on the role of VP Products) I am often asked to look at SaaS and/or sales-oriented deals for others. In my next post I’ll talk about using social proof in getting customer traction. So what are you waiting for? Go get your anchors.
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