Gust

OCTOBER 18, 2011

This is the first of a six part series on different methods used by angel investors to arrive at pre-money startup valuations. The Venture Capital Method. The Venture Capital Method (VC Method) was first described by Professor Bill Sahlman at Harvard Business School in 1987 in a case study and has been revised since.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA).

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Technical Review IPO Southern California Venture Capital 241

Gust

NOVEMBER 2, 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. Dave Berkus is a founding member of the Tech Coast Angels in Southern California, a lecturer and educator. Add to Pre-money Valuation. Zero to $0.5

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

. “Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. This is all explicit decision making.

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Scalable Startup

APRIL 6, 2015

By most measures, we are in crazy times right now in the tech startup world. A $1 billion valuation used to be a big deal for a web based company that wasn’t one of the top few. Those are the people who will give you funding based on no actual research or due diligence. Look out for this trend, put your wallet away.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

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