Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
There is an inherent value that any company has. On a public stock market that is the value that investors place on future free cash flows of the business discounted to today’s date to account for the time value of money. The more mature the company and industry, the easier it is to predict its future.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper. Do you really think Porter’s Five Forces is going to help you figure out what feature set to launch or how to price your product? What about strategy?
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.
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.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 4, 2014
Moreover, there’s no accounting for the time value of money, the customer time required to deploy the service, or the risk of time wasted if the deployment doesn’t go well. Companies, products and industries are so different. And like most startup business plans, ROI slides are almost always fake.
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