Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Revenue multiple? Me: There is no rational explanation for valuations of A round companies by ANY objective financial measure. How do you think they’ll feel if your next round is at a $50 million post money valuation and their hard-earned $25,000 is worth 0.05% of your company? People seem concerned about valuation.

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Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Valuation Term Sheet 417

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Keep the valuations consistent with company progress. Kalanick, former investor BFF turned highly disappointed by founder behavior. 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. How about your Investors ?

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Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Revenue multiple? Me: There is no rational explanation for valuations of A round companies by ANY objective financial measure. How do you think they’ll feel if your next round is at a $50 million post money valuation and their hard-earned $25,000 is worth 0.05% of your company? People seem concerned about valuation.

Liquidation Preference 153

Liquidation Preference Valuation Term Sheet Stock 153

Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

We also know lots of valid reasons why the company could be valued at far less than it once was including: Stalled Growth – revenue essentially flat over the last 4 quarters. The “value” case goes like this: A) Valuation Net of Cash – Zynga’s market cap sits at around $2.2-2.3B trailing revenue multiple.

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Stock LBO .Net Valuation 160

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. You own the IP you create.

Silicon Valley 332

Silicon Valley IP Dividend Finance 332

Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Set-up vesting schedules for the founders (see post here ) and file 83(b) elections with the IRS (see #3 here ). Button-down IP ownership and assignment issues (see post here ). Incorporate in Delaware and qualify the company to do business in the state in which its principal office is located (see #2 here ).

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Accredited Investor Stock Options Delaware Silicon Valley 111

Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 27, 2015

We charge a flat fee of $2,000, plus filing fees, for up to three co-founders and it includes unlimited phone calls and emails. Thus, founders never have to worry about picking-up the phone and asking their lawyers questions. Button-down IP ownership and assignment issues (see post here ).

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Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Vesting Delaware 40

Up and Running

JANUARY 5, 2018

Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. While Walmart hasn’t acquired in this area yet, its internal initiatives and IP show interest. Walmart’s $3.3B Increase in-store efficiency. Madison Reed.

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Acquisition Hawaii Partner Non-Compete 94

Transformify

APRIL 12, 2020

Paying above the local market rate, transferring lots of small payments that lead to the same IP address, etc. Round-tripping is used by the founders of a startup to inflate the revenue and profit and mislead investors and lenders. USD 80 000 revenue (as ABC consolidates the revenue of ‘’Sunshine’’).

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Bangladesh Philippines Salary Cofounder 98

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

million at a $15 million pre-money valuation. My co-founder and other management team members wanted us to hold off and see whether we could get the deal done at a higher price. Morgan Stanley had proposed a higher valuation to let them in. million at a $15 million pre-money valuation. Yes, this was stupid.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And since a startup thatsucceeds ordinarily makes its founders rich, that implies gettingrich is doable too. A lot ofwould-be startup founders think the key to the whole process is theinitial idea, and from that point all you have to do is execute.Venture capitalists know better. Ideally you want between two and four founders.

Startup 105

Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

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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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

« Thanks but No Thanks – Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders Why is Cyber Squatter a Bad Word? Some have been as co-founder, most have been as a consultant with the possibility of becoming an paid employee, “as soon as we close our funding round.” Valuations. I’m wrong all the time.

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Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Are we teaching founders more than they need to know? I bring this up because I believe we are often trying to teach founders how to do everything in their startups from scratch. Startup founders had better be in much more of a hurry than that. I effectively became, shall we say, the job superintendent for the founder.

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Georgia Startup Incubator Harvest 48