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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. How much money should you raise? When should you start talking with investors?

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money. This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

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10 Ways to Size Your Company’s Value for Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money. This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

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This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money. This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

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Ten Components of Startup Valuation For Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money. This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

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