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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. It was a way to make it hard for your competition to compete. We wanted new things to exist and to solve new problems and to see our creations come to life.

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8 Personal Objectives That Should Drive A New Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Assess who you can get for value and mentoring. You may be comfortable driving your future based on vision and emotion, or have long been a stickler for details and metrics. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/14/2023 These may evolve from an advisory arrangement to a board of directors.

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