www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

If you are considering working at a startup, you should ask these questions. What is the post-money valuation of your last round? Post-money valuation” is the value of the company after the last round of money was put in (again, lines of credit and promises don’t count). The right answer is, “We’re a startup.

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www.mattbartus.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Perspectives on issues affecting founders, startups and investors from a veteran startup lawyer in Silicon Valley. How to pump up your VC valuation. Let’s say you receive a term sheet for a $1 million investment at a $3 million fully diluted pre-money valuation, and you’re kind of disappointed. 10,000,000.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

If you can go over the valuation methods each side used, that would be very helpful to know, even if you don’t share the cash figures involved. If this series has been interesting stick around ( RSS feeds are cool). This effort is still very much in progress; more to come in future posts. Only then did I tender an offer.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Great content again in September that meets at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. Why You Should Write. Your service: the game.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting blog posts, articles and podcasts relating to entrepreneurship and startups, M&A and legal issues. If you’d like to see all of my tweets (or an RSS feed of them), you can do so here. they can reduce your valuation.” they can reduce your valuation.”

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. The goal of their startup in this stage becomes “getting funded.”

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Scott Edward Walker

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting blog posts, articles and podcasts relating to entrepreneurship and startups, M&A and legal issues. If you’d like to see all of my tweets (or an RSS feed of them), you can do so here. ” - @Jason bit.ly/wJaxJm ” - @Jason bit.ly/wJaxJm

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I followed up with her on e-mail about her interest in coding up a little RSS related side project I was thinking about and we stayed in touch. That's how you win out in the venture and startup world. How did this startup come to be? Six months later, she was accepting a job from me. Don't get me wrong. Not in the slightest.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

After these slides, these VC’s recognized that this company had dramatically reduced risk and built a startup that was agile, resilient and customer-centric. The presentation didn’t have a single word about Lean Startups or Customer Development.

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venturehacks.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. Offers from top-tier firms increase your valuation. For the average startup, that would be an extraordinary bargain. It would improve the average startup’s prospects by more than 43% just to be able to say they were funded by Sequoia, even if they never actually got the money.”

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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andrewchen.co

AUGUST 20, 2012

You can also subscribe by RSS or email below, and youll get updates when things start back up again. 2012 has been good to startups. My theory is, we’re currently in a golden age for early stage startups, and the early stage market will stay hot for at least the next 3-5 years. Or follow me on Twitter here. Andrew. -->.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

This means that the incumbants still arent moving fast enough, and well-funded startups can run laps around the traditional vendors. Add RSS feed. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. Philippe, I have to both agree and disagree with you. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post.

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trada.com

APRIL 7, 2010

One of my favorite startup debates is about stealth mode. Vivek Wadhwa ( @vwadhwa ) TechCrunch even published a piece decrying the end of startup stealth mode. Which is in direct contradiction to his earlier blog post, “ Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret.&#

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. MySpace would liked to have owned YouTube but didn’t have the public stock valuation to purchase them at the price that Google did. Murdoch seethed at these “startups&# getting rich off the back of MySpace. cheap accessible digital hardware]. Twitter is much more.

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www.startupnorth.ca

OCTOBER 23, 2010

We talk about the founders of startups and companies. Steve Blank divides the individuals associated with startups as: Founders Early Employees (Employees # 1-25) Later Employees (Employees # 26-125) The majority of his division is about the temperament of the individual as related to risk and dealing with chaos and uncertainty.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. Assuming normal valuations at fund raising rounds you’ll be down to 6-12% after you’ve created a stock-option pool and raised capital.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

This past week while I was in Tokyo for meetings with potential partners for Fab, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion on startups. There’s no time to dicker around at a startup. Startups are hard work. At my first startup I soured on executives too quickly, blaming them vs. accepting ownership myself.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

ReadWriteStart ReadWriteWeb Channels ReadWriteStart ReadWriteBiz ReadWriteEnterprise ReadWriteCloud ReadWriteHack ReadWriteMobile International ReadWriteBrazil ReadWriteChina ReadWriteFrance ReadWriteSpain ReadWriteStart All Posts Archives Featured RSS Twitter Facebook Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets (..)

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

ReadWriteStart ReadWriteWeb Channels ReadWriteStart ReadWriteBiz ReadWriteEnterprise ReadWriteCloud ReadWriteHack ReadWriteMobile International ReadWriteBrazil ReadWriteChina ReadWriteFrance ReadWriteSpain ReadWriteStart All Posts Archives Featured RSS Twitter Facebook Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets (..)

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms.

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venturehacks.com

MARCH 21, 2008

Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors, Part 2 by Nivi on February 27th, 2008 Here are more frequently asked questions about advisors. Search Twitter Venture Hacks on Facebook Our Daily Digest Sign up via email or RSS.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. August 18th, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. If youre trying to grow your startup youve come to the right place. 27 Ruben on 08.18.10

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venturehacks.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS The Option Pool Shuffle by Nivi on April 10th, 2007 “Follow the money card!&# – The Inside Man, Three-Card Shuffle Summary: Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. share to $1.00/share:

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The CEO of a startup must, must, must be the product manager. ” This is someone who has done it before — raised money, done deals, worked with startups. Don’t choose your investors based on valuation. 10M post-money valuation = $100M target. Fab.com Bradfords Blog Fab Feed. Be technical. startupcto

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 27, 2011

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting blog posts, articles and podcasts relating to entrepreneurship and startups, M&A and legal issues. If you’d like to see all of my tweets (or an RSS feed of them), you can do so here.

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www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Top Startup Advisor Paul Graham Just Warned Against Taking Googles Money. Paul Graham is warning startups against "lowball offers.". What Its Really Like To Go Through Y Combinator, The Most Important Startup School In The World. What Its Really Like To Go Through Y Combinator, The Most Important Startup School In The World.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

There have been many promising SaaS startups that stepped on the gas too early and were wiped out as a result. As private investors and public acquirers become more SaaS savvy, multiples of CMRR will likely become the primary valuation metric. Add RSS feed. Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark).

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Sometimes these loans have a valuation cap and/or a discount. Although these types of notes are relatively easy and cheap to form, many have argued that these types of vehicles are not startup-friendly for a variety of reasons, which we’ll explain below. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase.

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allthingsd.com

AUGUST 24, 2012

ethics statement bio e-mail RSS. Fenwick VC Survey: Q2 Funding Valuations Shoot the Moon. According to Fenwick & West’s latest Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey , fundings in the second quarter of this year showed the highest valuation increases in more than five years. ATDstartups (Startups). Kara Swisher.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2010

I know that people prefer to use Twitter as their RSS feed these days but wanted to remind anybody else that you can still get the traditional feed. I’m not just writing that “I love entrepreneurs&# to curry favor with startup CEO’s. And they actually hinted that I could get a better valuation. Closing text.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Photo credit: althecat See Also The Startup Financing Dating Game: Courting Potential Investors Be Prepared! Advice for Startups Entering the Mobile Sector Inside the Mind of an Early Stage Venture Capitalist Need Startup Office Space? Use Google Analytics to understand and track traffic sources and entrance and exit paths.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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