Building a Smarter Future for Angels and Entrepreneurs
A curated guide to best practices in angel investing and entrepreneurship
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Because building the next big thing starts with understanding what drives success and failure.
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Exit Strategies: Why Most Business Valuations Stay Below $30 Million
In the world of technology exits, the spotlight often shines on massive acquisitions – billion-dollar deals that dominate the headlines. Yet, the real story lies beneath the surface: the growing wave of smaller acquisitions. For entrepreneurs and early investors, these…
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Selling a Business and Inefficient Markets
The market for selling a business is highly inefficient. This is one of the main reasons why a well-designed and properly executed exit strategy can increase a company’s valuation by 50% or more. A Counter Example – The Residential Real…
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Startup Funding – Friends and Family Round – Legal Requirements
In the earliest stage of a startup, founders often rely on money from friends and family. Budgets are tight, good lawyers can feel out of reach, and mentors may not be in place yet. The result is that key legal…
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Exit Strategy – Selling A Business Can Increase Its Value by 50+%
This highly valuable concept is one of the most difficult for investors and entrepreneurs to grasp intuitively. I didn’t truly understand it until I was fifty. It’s not due to a lack of learning ability, but because, as with many…
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