Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

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. How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? Early customers and contracts in progress add value.

Valuation 270

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 270

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

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. How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? Early customers and contracts in progress add value.

Pre-Money Valuation 246

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 246

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

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. How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? Early customers and contracts in progress add value.

Valuation 234

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Startup 234

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. Ask if you could shadow different functions like marketing, finance or product management. Would you gain more from that than an MBA?

NPV 337

NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337

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

Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

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. How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? Early customers and contracts in progress add value.

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

You will learn about the time value of money, how to deal with tax season and how to manage your cash flow. Management. The ability to manage well is a quality and skill that all successful entrepreneurs must possess.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Dividend Time Value of Money Finance 100