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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

I wrote this because over the last decade I’ve seen a destructive cycle where otherwise interesting companies have been screwed by raising too much money at too high of prices and gotten caught in a trap when the markets correct and they got ahead of themselves. There is an inherent value that any company has. That’s fine.

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

Many entrepreneurs stumble at this point, losing the deal or most of their ownership, by having no answer, saying “make me an offer,” or quoting an exorbitant number. 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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10 Ways to Size Your Company’s Value for Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Many entrepreneurs stumble at this point, losing the deal or most of their ownership, by having no answer, saying “make me an offer,” or quoting an exorbitant number. 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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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

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.

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Ten Components of Startup Valuation For Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Many entrepreneurs stumble at this point, losing the deal or most of their ownership, by having no answer, playing coy, or quoting an exorbitant number. 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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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? And congratulations in any case.

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What Courses Of Study Are Good For Would Be Entrepreneurs?

YoungUpstarts

The question of whether or not you need to get a degree in order to become an entrepreneur is highly debatable, however there is no doubt that there are a number of courses which you can take to improve your business knowledge and help you to run your company better. If you are an entrepreneur, what did you study and how has it helped you?