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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

Both Sides of the Table

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. As I’m generally a believer in ‘pricing rounds’ I initially didn’t agree with the premise of the post. Photo credit: D.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. I can’t control the market. Private markets for stocks are the opposite.

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The Authoritative Guide to Prorata Rights

Both Sides of the Table

Prorata rights are one of the most important rights of a private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. In the old days there weren’t many fights about whether angels would take their prorata rights in financing rounds. This is for a more complicated reason I call “the mark-up game.”

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Seed Stage Startups Are Now Graded on a Curve

View from Seed

Effective) post-money valuation. to build sitting at a $17M post-money is going to look fundamentally different than that exactly comparable startup which took only two years and $2M total capital at a $10M post- to get there. How much time has elapsed since company founding. 100K in MRR was cited).

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

In this comprehensive template and guide we break down each of the nine core sections in the deck: intro , team , what do you do , is it working , why does it matter (market) , can you be the best in the world (product, growth, financial metrics) , where are you going , what do you want (the ask) , and appendix. ” (Lee Hower).

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Shark Tank Season 4 week 4 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

This isn’t a company yet, it’s an idea, and the founder could do a lot more on his own to validate product-market fit before raising capital. As Cuban pointed out, this is a “down round” Zomm is seeking $2M for 10% of the company, implying an $18M pre money valuation today. They were right to do so.

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Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup

www.mint.com

What is the post-money valuation of your last round? Post-money valuation” is the value of the company after the last round of money was put in (again, lines of credit and promises don’t count). Assume that you have $0 for marketing, how would you market the product? So easy on the eyes!