Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

During this time, there’s financial leverage used in the transaction to help buffer the firm’s cost of capital (e.g. Also during this time, the underlying metrics in that business can change positively, potentially trapping companies to accept the initially-agreed upon valuation. In the meantime, we have what we have today.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.   I’ve sat down with entrepreneurs and a copy of a term sheet guide I like [ “Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations ” by Alex Wilmerding, Aspatore Press.] The Valuation Question.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Legal costs of early stage financing should be cheap – this is one of the final remaining arguments for convertible debt but even Paul acknowledges that this is no longer necessarily the case: “Different terms for different investors is clearly the way of the future. That’s OK, but it gives you a max (read: price!)

Finance 286

Finance Term Sheet Technical Review Warrant 286

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. That said, nothing is cost-free. More complex cost of capital calculation. Inversely, if the company has slower than predicted growth, the effective cost of capital is automatically lowered. Flexible VC offers you this.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

When I started my last company, we were focused on developing technology to lower the cost of detecting and diagnosing Type 2 diabetes. If that’s the case, and they don’t consider investing in two competitors to be a conflict of interest, ask them how they protect founder IP and other proprietary assets. Be ready when it counts.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Given these key advantages, I believe that Lightning (or something like it) will ultimately eat all of the USD payment networks and create the foundation for MoIP (Money over IP). . When they can invest the marginal engineering hour in listing a new token that drives revenue vs. saving some costs on settlement, it’s hard to justify.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Me: There is no rational explanation for valuations of A round companies by ANY objective financial measure. If you’re wildly successful early on or if they help you achieve a great valuation they actually pay a significant price for their eventual stock even though they took much more risk than a future investor and backed you early.

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Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Valuation Term Sheet 417

Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

And when they’re giving stock to existing shareholders instead of cash it’s at high 2021 valuations, buried below a preference stack. None of this means we’ve backed off helping founders in these situations, but we do try to set expectations with them and collaborate with the other investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Some of the other items may cost a lot less, and may be worth far more in the long run. The cost for a single trademark is less than $300.

Intellectual Property 363

Intellectual Property Portfolio Valuation Non-disclosure Agreement 363

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Keep the valuations consistent with company progress. The bottom line is that the pedigree of your investors will have much to do with your ultimate valuation and with your enjoyment of the startup experience. Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost? Work hard to give yourself some decisions to make on who’s in and who’s out.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

In the old days VCs funded off of a “pre-money” valuation. If you add the pre-money valuation (let’s say $8 million) to the amount of money you’re raising (let’s say $2 million) you get the post-money valuation. I can boil it down to how this tension plays out. Those are the big three.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

You own the IP you create. Final message on financing – just be careful not to let your fixed costs get too high as a young services business. Those companies that have a largely variable cost base and make the tough decisions survive for the next boom. Firstly, they don’t realize how hard product businesses are.

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Silicon Valley IP Dividend Finance 332

Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Me: There is no rational explanation for valuations of A round companies by ANY objective financial measure. If you’re wildly successful early on or if they help you achieve a great valuation they actually pay a significant price for their eventual stock even though they took much more risk than a future investor and backed you early.

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Liquidation Preference Valuation Term Sheet Stock 153

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Some of the other items may cost a lot less, and may be worth far more in the long run. The cost for a single trademark is less than $300.

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IP Portfolio Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 234

Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

IP Litigation – EA is suing Zynga for copyright infringement , and regardless of the merits this is a headache Zynga will have to deal with and pay to defend itself. The “value” case goes like this: A) Valuation Net of Cash – Zynga’s market cap sits at around $2.2-2.3B as of this post.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Sets the valuation at the time of the investment. It would be helpful to get a California standard employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company, and confidentiality. All of those cost us as much if not more in legal time than the seed round. Posted by: toby | 03/01/2010 at 09:52 PM.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Details on which costs you chose to attack first (technical debt vs. free subscriptions vs. UX) is something all web businesses should think about. If you can go over the valuation methods each side used, that would be very helpful to know, even if you don’t share the cash figures involved. For escrow I used escrow.com.

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Acquisition Software Review Technical Review NDA 53

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The competition for funding startups is increasing the valuations of startups, giving entrepreneurs and founders better investment terms. Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce.

Angel Investor 83

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

To the best of my knowledge US law allows you to work on your own resources and in your own hours and let you personally own your IP. In some countries outside the US (the UK for example) employers can specify in an employment contract that ANY IP you develop while you’re employed by that company is owned by them.

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Founder Vesting Intellectual Property Stock Options IP 365

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2013

You may have self-financed the initial startup costs and/or raised FFF capital without a business plan , but in order to attract seed investment from Angel investors you will need a comprehensive plan complete with extensive market research and a detailed financial model. Product Development. Founding Team, Key Hires, Advisory Board.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Seed Capital Advisory Board 55

Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

A major piece of the business plan will be your capitalization strategy demonstrating the milestone timeline discussed above as well as the effects of accomplished milestones on the company’s future valuation. You will also need proposals for the cost to develop the minimum viable product (the features that allow the product to be deployed).

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Intellectual Property Advisory Board Startup Seed Capital 55

OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 3, 2010

If you are selling assets, you need to clearly define what they are, and what they aren’t, and you need to make sure all legal details (contracts, IP, etc.) In terms of valuation expectations, don’t expect to get any credit for synergies. are buttoned up before the process starts.

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Non-Compete B2C IP Valuation 67

Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Ensure money is transferred to low cost tax markets as a high cost tax market expense. Another major trick is basing regional managers in these low cost tax markets to ‘approve strategy’ and ‘brand related’ decisions in order to justify the intellectual property rights payments and revenue shifting. A percentage of the value.

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Australia Singapore Government 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Some of the other items may cost a lot less, and may be worth far more in the long run. The cost for a single trademark is less than $300.

Intellectual Property 174

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement IP United States 174

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Some of the other items may cost a lot less, and may be worth far more in the long run. The cost for a single trademark is around $300.

Intellectual Property 259

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement IP Startup 259

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Some of the other items may cost a lot less, and may be worth far more in the long run. The cost for a single trademark is around $300.

Intellectual Property 237

Intellectual Property Social Media Non-disclosure Agreement Media 237

www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Valuation is an important aspect of VC deal terms, and a major determinant of your ultimate outcome. I unexpectedly found that it was more helpful to think about the company valuation as an output variable in the fund-raising equation. The net effect was more money raised, higher valuation and the same percentage of equity sold.

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Valuation Channel Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 42

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2010

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most people think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least seven items that should be in your IP portfolio. Some of the other items may cost a lot less, and may be worth far more in the long run. The cost for a single trademark is around $300. Copyrights.

Intellectual Property 125

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement IP United States 125

Transformify

APRIL 12, 2020

It’s an extra cost for the employer and most companies stick to 2-3 overseas locations to simplify remote working arrangements. Some companies create remote jobs to save on employment costs and benefit from the much lower pay rate overseas. An asset, no cost in the P&L. USD 30 000 rent (cost). Slave Labor.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Valuations. I was approached with one sweat equity offer that placed the valuation of the company at >$5 million pre-money and before even a seed round of funding. I would be very wary of accepting a valuation like this, simply because I’m not qualified and as a consultant, I shouldn’t have to be. Unseen Metrics.

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Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41

ConversionXL

APRIL 12, 2017

How much can a bad form cost you? The CEO doesn’t care about his website, he cares about his valuation (i.e. Sell CRO by calculating the valuation increase. Valuation increase? Score B2B marketing campaigns in minutes by joining IP detection and company scoring. Image Credit. Why do we care about forms? ROI on CRO?

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San Antonio Metrics B2B Analytics 86

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

IP Location Tools. tells you how much adwords cost. hire low-cost international engineering talent. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Lodestone Innovation Partners (IP) Ltd are spin-out specialists. Xtranormal. Presentation tools. Login System. Social functionality. Crowdfactory. Google Geocoding API. OpenStreetMap.

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