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Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?

Both Sides of the Table

I don’t feel that as a VC sneaking in nefarious terms into a term sheet that the entrepreneur doesn’t understand is a good way to build a long-term relationship nor to build a long-term reputation but this does happen and more frequently than we all would like. Heck, maybe we’ll even invite a lawyer on to do it with us!

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Going Public Circa 2020; Door #3: The SPAC

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Historically they have been a kind of back-door way for a company to go public, and as a result have historically had a sub-standard reputation. The traditional IPO process does not use a market-based approach (like an order -matching system ) to efficiently match supply and demand and to discover price. Who benefits from underpricing?

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