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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

.   You can vary both valuation and term-sheet assumptions (in the gray boxes) to assess the impact on the values of the business.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.   First , dividends. Let’s start at the end.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Any additional funds they take out of the business are considered dividends.

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A Silicon Valley Take on ABC’s Shark Tank

Lightspeed Venture Partners

This business school student made the classic mistake of mistaking an idea for a product for a business plan. This way the investor knows that they can get their money out because they can control the payment of dividends, and can wind down the company and distribute cash if they determine that there is no future in the company.

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Why Leave A Six Figure Corporate Job For Internet Entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I was trading real heavy hours for heavy dollars, and led a very mobile, demanding and by choice, a pressure packed lifestyle. I travelled all over the world wherever business deals were happening, gained tremendous experience and exposure to the Corporate landscape, and learned invaluable life lessons in my career.

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How I Pitched My Business and Raised $2.3 Million in VC Funding

Up and Running

At the same time, I was starting to realize that both the elegance of cloud-based software and the business models it enabled were what really got me excited. See Also: Demand Validation: How to Find Out If Customers Want to Buy Your Product. Find your own magic. Over Christmas break, I started building ZipBooks.