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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

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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.

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

Early customers and contracts in progress add value. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.

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10 Ways to Size Your Company’s Value for Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Early customers and contracts in progress add value. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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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. I do find it strange that the most valuable skill for any employee in any company isn’t emphasized AT ALL in my experience: sales.

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Ten Components of Startup Valuation For Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Early customers and contracts in progress add value. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.

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The Right Way To Do A Software ROI Analysis

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On Monday we had a Foundry Group portfolio company sales summit. We are fortunate in that we’ve got a bunch of amazing sales execs in our portfolio, including several CEOs like Howard Diamond of MobileDay and Matthew Bellows of Yesware who have long histories selling and building sales organizations. Sales ROI yesware'

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

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Early customers and contracts in progress add value. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. In finance, the income approach describes a method of valuing a company using the concepts of the time value of money.

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