Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

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Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2011

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

Financial models, especially valuation models, are interesting in that they can be particularly precise. While it may seem like a tough question to answer, I would argue that most practitioners of valuation analysis would state “not very high.” It is not my aim to specifically convince anyone that Uber is worth any specific valuation.

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San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

Gust

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates. Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle.

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keen.io

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Kirk flew into San Francisco from Seattle on that Friday, so he could talk to the founders in person. And you’re underestimating the value of the relationships you’re going to build, and the mentorship you’ll have through our investor network. These results told me that Keen’s offer was in the right ballpark, but still a bit low.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2018

Or where you can network with established, successful founders and investors? Its focus on collaboration and networking will introduce you to other founders who have been at the same stage in their business journey that you’re at now. Seattle, USA. There are upwards of 100 digital conferences each year catering to the ecosystem.

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Las Vegas Software Review Affiliate Cofounder 124

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Think partners coming together to tap their own networks for your follow-on rounds of financing. We will leverage the standard YC post-money SAFE document with a valuation cap, no discount , and a pro-rata side letter. We will leverage the standard YC post-money SAFE document with a valuation cap and no discount. Who You Are.

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Programming San Francisco Sacramento Founder 156

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

There are of course other outposts like Austin and Seattle. It had the audience, the people, the network, everything! The networks seem to be emphatic about monetization for the present. The networks must be bewildered by the fact that one of their main competitors is a company that started with a mail-based DVD service. . -

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Valuation is an important aspect of VC deal terms, and a major determinant of your ultimate outcome. I unexpectedly found that it was more helpful to think about the company valuation as an output variable in the fund-raising equation. The net effect was more money raised, higher valuation and the same percentage of equity sold.

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Small Business Force

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Having an unrealistic valuation. While one of my favorite phrases is “valuation is like beauty; in the eye of the beholder,” you need to have a realistic sense of how the investment community might value your company. Examples of unrealistic valuation mistakes are evident weekly on the aforementioned “Shark Tank.”

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Entrepreneur Angel Investor Valuation Investment Bankers 25

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 22, 2019

And they just announced a new round of funding; $300 million from Salesforce Ventures, pegging the company’s post-funding valuation at over three-billion dollars. But if your company is located someplace like Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston, or New York, you’re entering the race with a handicap. So what’s changed?

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