The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

The question for many entrepreneurs is, how do you start a business the right way with the right startup business structure? . Without them, you cannot earn any revenue. A common mistake made by entrepreneurs as they assess their startup business structure is to try and do everything themselves. Find Your Passion.

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Limited Liability Company Silicon Valley Business Model Stock Options 163

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2010

As startup entrepreneurs we all want to work with them because having their name as reference clients makes it so much easier for marketing, PR, selling to other customers, fund raising and even recruiting. They negotiate a “master agreement&# to work with your company with some maybe minimum guarantees in terms of revenue.

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Warrant Dilution Startup Stock Options 298

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

You know this isn’t likely to lead anywhere and frankly you didn’t quit your job to pursue your life dream of being an entrepreneur to sell 12 months later in an acquihire. Good press and industry mojo wasn’t enough to overcome the financial metrics of the business and the offers came in at more like $10 million.

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Startup Dilution San Diego Stock Options 417

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

A detailed financial model that shows your anticipated revenue, costs and profits (Income Statement) as well as your balance sheet and cashflow statements. Most entrepreneurs (and VCs raising from LPs) think this means progress. Kai taught me that the key metric to whether a sales process is going well is “engagement.”

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Cap Table Due Diligence Forecast Churn Rate 336

Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs.

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Liquidation Preference Valuation Term Sheet Stock 153

Feld Thoughts

JULY 13, 2011

And more and more entrepreneurs who I’m exposed to who are presenting their companies for financing have a complete lack of understanding of their financials – both current and projected. A lack of understanding how non-accounting metrics (e.g. The Balance Sheet. Analyzing Financial Statements.

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Balance Sheet Stock Options .Net Equity 147

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. with Intermix owning 53%, MySpace Ventures (an entity owned by the six founders) holding 19.9%, Redpoint taking 25%, and the remainder going to employee stock options. (At

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Welcome back to Smart Bear Live … the show were Jason speaks with entrepreneurs looking to improve their businesses. What I mean by that is startups nowadays that raise money have absolutely ludicrous metrics. And again, that doesn’t have the metrics that a VC wants. It’s hard to imagine how they even got it.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220