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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 25: Nigel and Vaughn Caldon and Kerry Frank

Steve Blank

Nigel and Vaugn Caldon , co-founders of BallStar social network for basketball players. Kerry Frank co-founded Comply365 in 2007 with her husband. There’s almost $2 billion spent in North America on paying to play basketball. Nigel Caldon. Joining me in SiriusXM’s studio in New York were. Vaughn Caldon.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

Both Sides of the Table

Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. You’ll see here that in 2007 people were willing to pay 7.7x They had no such motive and no such power. Even Sequoia. Why Valuations in Recent Years Were Irrational.

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