A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 11, 2011

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?

.Net 230

.Net Cofounder Dilution Finance 230

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

All principals and employees add value. Assign value to all paid professionals, as their skills, training, and knowledge of your business technology is very valuable. In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.

Valuation 270

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 270

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I took a job in corporate finance as an intern my junior year at First Interstate Bank and I did system design on the side, as my main job was corporate planning. My wife just pointed out to me that learning about the time value of money or how to value a company is something that every non-business undergrad should learn how to do.

NPV 337

NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

All principals and employees add value. Assign value to all paid professionals, as their skills, training, and knowledge of your business technology is very valuable. In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.

Pre-Money Valuation 246

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 246

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

All principals and employees add value. Assign value to all paid professionals, as their skills, training, and knowledge of your business technology is very valuable. In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.

Valuation 234

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Startup 234

Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

All principals and employees add value. Assign value to all paid professionals, as their skills, training, and knowledge of your business technology is very valuable. In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187