Both Sides of the Table
JULY 22, 2010
Other founders, “as a privately held company we don’t disclose our valuation.&# Me, “dude, I’m not a journalist. I just want to figure out what a fair valuation is.&# I figured all the VC’s talked so we should. This starts with understanding how VCs and entrepreneurs often see valuation differently.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 12, 2022
When it’s time to sell your company, or get new investors, valuation is the key parameter to success or disappointment. Here is my list of key goodwill elements that investors consider, and how you can optimize them in your favor: Your image, reputation, and depth of experience.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 30, 2016
How much you raise determines valuation I know it sounds crazy but at the earliest stages of a company your valuation often is determined by how much money you raise. A $15–20 million valuation sounds better than an $8 million valuation, doesn’t it? But people never do. Justin is right. But it’s actually not that silly.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations). pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. 15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 3, 2012
The truth is that I wasn’t as valuation sensitive as my original VC partner was and I would have been willing to raise price. But for me I care too much about my long-term reputation. I don’t want my reputation to be built on abandoning friends in good times or bad. ” We closed the deal. ” I disagreed.
Gust
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
The Risk Factor Summation Method the fifth methodology for estimating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies we have described in recent posts. Readers may have noted that both the Scorecard Method and the Dave Berkus Method considered a narrow set of important criteria for investment in arriving at a pre-money valuation.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
What the entrepreneurs were really saying is, “I don’t want to take a lower valuation now, while I don’t have customers or a full team. They can occur legitimately in a company whose valuation skyrockets unexpectedly as in, “your last round was at $50 million and you want to raise 9 months later at $750 million.
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