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Valuing Startup Employee Options

David Teten

While working on my most recent startup, Navon Partners , we were fortunate to have Raul Trevino , a star former Citi investment banker and Columbia MBA, interning with us. Like me, he had the pleasure/pain of being trained as an investment banking analyst. In banking, a lot of my time was spent on modeling cash flows.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. Mostly you read about fundings, product releases, big valuations, and M&A. of your product. Great new product release.

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The Enterprise Is Cool Again, and Box CEO Aaron Levie Is Loving It

readwrite.com

Five years ago, Levie figured out that the enterprise ultimately would be a better market than consumer products. Back in 2007, that might have seemed like a crazy thing to do. Enterprise customers do tend to choose products with a great deal of caution, but they stick with them for a long time. A Smart Bet On The Enterprise.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. Mostly you read about fundings, product releases, big valuations, and M&A. of your product. Great new product release.

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[Review] How China’s Leaders Think

YoungUpstarts

The nation-building blueprint was ratified into the Chinese Communist Party’s Constitution in 2007. Li Yuanchao, for instance, was stated as the party secretary of Jiangsu when Liang Baohua has already succeeded him since 2007. This review was first posted on technology Techgoondu. ].