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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

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Fab.com Fab Feed Bradfords Blog. 90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. 90 Things I’ve Learned Founding 4 Tech Companies: Find your company’s One Thing. ?? So, here goes.

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The Authoritative Guide to Prorata Rights

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Prorata rights are one of the most important rights of a private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. Also, because the entire industry has changed because it is cheaper to start a tech company these days – there are simply way more angel rounds. Why prorata rights are becoming a bigger deal to angels.

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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

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When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. As I’m generally a believer in ‘pricing rounds’ I initially didn’t agree with the premise of the post. Photo credit: D.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Before booking a hotel I always check out Trip Advisor and read reviews. If you haven’t read it you should definitely buy it – other people just like you did.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. So a large part of your personal assessment on how much you can afford to burn also has to be your current valuation. ” I highly recommend reading it. Profitability.

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Shark Tank Season 4 week 4 breakdown

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I’ve been writing up reviews of this season’s Shark Tank pitches from a silicon valley VCs perspective. Doing the research to form your own view of a company’s prospects is called due diligence. So the entrepreneur was willing to accept a valuation more than $10M lower than a previous valuation.

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Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup

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What is the post-money valuation of your last round? Post-money valuation” is the value of the company after the last round of money was put in (again, lines of credit and promises don’t count). like Frugal Bon Vivant 461 days ago Loving the new blog look, Mint! I agree with him also.