Startup Valuation Calculator finance and tax fundraising

How can you determine the valuation of a startup?

Potential employees, investors, and startup peers often want to know the valuation of a startup. The art and science of valuing a...

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Comparing Startup Stock and Taxation finance and tax

Five Common Types of Startup Equity Given as Compensation

Most early-stage startups can't afford to pay market-rate salaries to their employees and contractors. Startups usually provide equity to...

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Tell Your Investor Story With Numbers execution fundability fundraising validation

Here’s a quick tip when you’re pitching startup investors: use numbers to tell your story.

Pitches Should Focus on Investor Risks

Too many founders focus on the wrong things when...

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Startup Stock Vesting Calculator finance and tax legal

Most Workers Don’t Know Their Stock’s Value

Founders and other startup employees need to know how much their stock grant is worth. Sadly, many entrepreneurs lack a solid understanding...

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Common Startup Validation Mistakes execution fundability validation

How we helped a founder fix his validation approach

A founder (we'll call him "Joe") in a recent group coaching session shared how his validation roadmap involved a research team from a prominent...

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Fixed Price vs Time & Materials Projects execution fundability sales and marketing

The Customer/Consultant Challenge

Every business has problems that must be solved. Vendors recognize this and build solutions to help customers address their needs. In most situations, solving the...

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The Startup Pitch Deck Scorecard execution fundability fundraising

Most founders know they need to refine their fundraising pitch in order to raise the money needed to fuel their startup's growth. Dozens of weekly pitch events provide founders with opportunities...

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Sell for Half a Billion & Get Nothing execution fundability fundraising legal

In July 2018, Paddy Power Betfair (now known as Flutter) acquired FanDuel for $465M in cash. On the surface, this looks like a great win for the FanDuel founders and employees. However, because the...

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Critical Success Factors for Startups execution fundability fundraising talent

Five Elements of Successful Startups

About 95% of startups fail or dramatically miss expectations. Given the enormous investment of time, energy and effort required by most startups, founders would...

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Roadmaps for Startup Founders execution

Even Seasoned Founders Need Guidance

Unless they are very familiar with the route, most drivers need a map or GPS to reach their destination. Even if you have driven to your destination many times,...

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Game Changers vs. Players execution fundability talent

In The Imitation Game, Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing in his quest to break the Enigma encoding machine used by the Nazis in World War II. About seven minutes into the movie, Turing...

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Motorcycles vs. Jumbo Jets execution talent

I’m a speed junkie. When I was young, I used to watch A. J. Foyt battle Richard Petty in NASCAR. Since I didn’t own a fast car, the best I could do was take my bicycle off road and...

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