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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. I find comfort in founders in love with their markets and products and visions — whatever the economic consequences.

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Rustam Gilfanov: “The Business Plan Of A Startup Is A Test Of The Idea’s Survival Potential”

YoungUpstarts

Remember that investors will not appreciate a business plan that features exorbitant salaries of the founders. Rustam Gilfanov is an IT company co-founder, IT businessman and international investor. In 2006, Rustam Gilfanov, together with his partners, opened an international outsourcing IT company in Kyiv.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Other founders, “as a privately held company we don’t disclose our valuation.&# Me, “dude, I’m not a journalist. When I went to raise money in 2006 I thought I knew every term in a term sheet but somehow I still got a bit duped by the option pool shuffle. Investors own 25%, the founders own 75%.

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

And this era ushered in by Amazon changed everything from the age of founders to the skill sets required to the structure of the VC industry and even to the layout of cities (yes, I would proclaim that boldly that Amazon AWS affected city development). As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014.

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Sachin Bansal, Flipkart Co-founder appointed as Managing Director of Venture Navi Technologies

Our Own Start-up

After graduation, Bansal worked at Techspan for a few months and later in 2006 he joined Amazon Web Services as a Senior Software Engineer.

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The Entrepreneur’s Wish List – What One Founder Is Eyeing For The Holidays

YoungUpstarts

By Stephen Tanenbaum, co-founder and CEO of UGallery. I’m a startup founder and I spend more time at the office than I’d like to admit. Stephen Tanenbaum is co-founder and president of UGallery.com. Sound familiar? Work/life balance has become a hot topic in the startup world. https://seatgeek.com/.

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Is Entrepreneurship in Your DNA?

Duct Tape Marketing

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Sydni Craig-Hart CEO and Co-Founder of Smart Simple Marketing, an award-winning content marketing consultancy. written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Sydni Craig-Hart. Try for free with no billing info required.