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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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Tom Terzis Shares the Common Mistakes People Make When Investing

The Startup Magazine

The entire investment industry is built on the concept known as the “time value of money,” and the factor that you can never recuperate is the time that you wasted. According to Tom Terzis, a Wealth Specialist based in Toronto , the worst thing that you could do is postpone your entrance to the industry.

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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

In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money. Find “comparables” who have received financing (market approach). Particularly valuable are recurring revenues, like subscription amounts, that don’t have to be resold every period.

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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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10 Ways to Size Your Company’s Value for Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money. Find “comparables” who have received financing (market approach). Particularly valuable are recurring revenues, like subscription amounts, that don’t have to be resold every period.

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Invoicing tips to slash A/R delinquencies

The Startup Magazine

You won’t come out ahead if you are only looking at the time value of money. Assuming that you would be able to deposit the money in an account earning 5.25% interest, you would be paying it 2.09% penalty for a 3% discount on a payment made 15 days early.