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However, in scenarios where you have to estimate a more precise and technical value like estate planning, litigation, and transactions—rules of thumb do not provide an accurate value. Metrics such as discretionary cash flow or business revenue are used. Software (system and application) 0.7 Rules of thumb in business valuation.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 29, 2010
People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). Mark Jeffrey - Q: “Is it more traditional to do your ESOP (employee stock option plan) before or after your angel or Series A funding?&#
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www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. Your natural tendency when an investor says yes willbe to relax and go back to writing code.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2010
But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention. I learned how to retain employees when stock options were no longer a real currency. But in our first year of sales (and those were really shitty years to be selling software) we sold $2.1 million, then $5.9m, $7.7m
Ben's Blog
APRIL 28, 2010
The macro reason: that’s the way most of the great technology companies have been built. At Andreessen Horowitz, our primary goal is to invest in the great technology franchises. VMware—Diane Greene. (*) While not technically cofounders, Andy Grove and Thomas Watson, Sr. Oracle—Larry Ellison. Peoplesoft—Dave Duffield.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
MARCH 11, 2014
And when you look at the tools that we use, I mean we’ve made so many technological advances, but really to manage a meeting there’s not a practical tool available. Jason: And to me, trying to replace someone’s to-do software or their actual organization software? Edwin: I tend to disagree. Jason: Okay.
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