Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

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. The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary.

Valuation 270

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 270

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

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. The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary.

Pre-Money Valuation 246

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 246

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

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. The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage blogs and other resources, and maybe even pay themselves a salary.

Valuation 234

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Startup 234

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

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. Management.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Dividend Time Value of Money Finance 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

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. But there are plenty of partners and successful entrepreneurs who don’t have MBAs. Well … you might be right on this one.

NPV 337

NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337

Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

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. The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary.

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 11, 2011

The typical arguments for: (a) reduce risk of ever getting rich, (b) you deserve it, (c) time-value of money, (d) now for the exit you want to “swing for the fences&# along with the investors, aligning interests. You can’t have personal finance affecting your behavior or time-management at SEOmoz.

.Net 230

.Net Cofounder Dilution Finance 230