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Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?

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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. Other founders, “as a privately held company we don’t disclose our valuation.&# Me, “dude, I’m not a journalist. Investors own 25%, the founders own 75%.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., Personal Technology. What They Know.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities.

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How 99Designs.com came to be

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Today, I went to an event in the city of Campbell to hear Matt Mickiewicz, Founder of SitePoint, Flippa, and 99Designs, talk about how he got started. He figured out quickly that there was a demand for printed tutorials. He said they found some sh*ty online print on demand service who could take credit cards and went from there.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

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In places where international diplomacy had failed, citizens around the world found their individual and collective voices to topple dictatorships and demand better lives for themselves and future generations. Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley’s latest venture Profounder is one platform that could power these transactions.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

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These companies get the prevention-promotion balance right by evaluating every aspect of their business model—making near-term changes that reduce costs now and after demand returns (unlike layoffs). This means more people behind a screen, which means more opportunity across distribution channels. Progressive. Image source ).

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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Unfortunately after twenty years working such demanding jobs I was no longer able to physically do the work. First, we built relationships with 10+ colleges, getting distribution rights to their students. I’m currently a tech founder, my company is a sponsorship matching platform Vettdeck. Photo Credit: Sean Matula.