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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

Analysts perform a valuation of the company in question before the beginning of any round of funding. The management of a company, its established track record, the size of the market, and the level of risk all play a role in determining a company’s valuation. What is the Evaluation of the Funding?

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Beyond the Lemonade Stand: How to Teach High School Students Lean Startups

Steve Blank

Therefore we needed them to think and learn about two parts of a startup; 1) ideation - how to create new ideas and 2) customer development – how do they test the validity of their idea (is it the right product, customer, channel, pricing, etc.). That’s when everything changed.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. -CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011.

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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 Diversification across industry sectors is not as easily achieved for angels as could be accomplished in public markets, but can be achieved by co-investing with trusted angel colleagues in a broader set of businesses.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . Russell Rothstein, Founder and CEO, IT Central Station , a product review site, said, “We see VCs on our site very often.

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Transcript of How to Prepare to Sell Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

He is the founder and CEO of Stackify. Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. As a founder of a company, a CEO of a company. Go check it out. Podcastbookers.com. I was that hired gun in some senses.