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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

There is an inherent value that any company has. On a public stock market that is the value that investors place on future free cash flows of the business discounted to today’s date to account for the time value of money. The more mature the company and industry, the easier it is to predict its future.

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What Courses Of Study Are Good For Would Be Entrepreneurs?

YoungUpstarts

If you’re thinking of taking a course – whether it be a degree course or smaller courses here and there – here are some of the subjects that you should be considering as an entrepreneur: Finance and Accounting. Taking a course in finance and accounting will help to give you a better view of the financial aspects of running your own business.

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.

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Why Rand should take some money off the table

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

In that spirit, and because I’ve gotten requests for more articles about issues that arise after your startup is going strong, I wanted to follow Dharmesh’s lead and talk about of the questions from Rand’s post: Should Rand take out a few million dollars for himself as part of this financing?

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Invoicing tips to slash A/R delinquencies

The Startup Magazine

The incentive might not be high enough if you’re mostly selling low ticket products and services, but could really incentivize customers if your services account for a large share of their operating costs. You won’t come out ahead if you are only looking at the time value of money.

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10 Ways to Size Your Company’s Value for Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.

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The Right Way To Do A Software ROI Analysis

Feld Thoughts

Moreover, there’s no accounting for the time value of money, the customer time required to deploy the service, or the risk of time wasted if the deployment doesn’t go well. Companies, products and industries are so different. We tried again, and this time we got it right.

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