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Don’t get hung up on early stage valuation.

Berkonomics

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked away from deals where the entrepreneur insists on a start-up pre-money valuation that is so high, no angel could expect to make a return upon the investment, even with a reasonable sales price for the company down the road. And here’s the “why.”. Lessons founders learned.

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How Sendgrid Makes Sure Those App Emails Go Through, With Jim Franklin

socalTECH

If you're an application developer, sending emails through your application can be a chore. It turns out it's not just a quick line of code to send an email -- it's also a hassle to make sure that those emails get delivered, that your email isn't classified as spam, and handling all sorts of delivery issues.

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Don’t get hung up on valuation.

Berkonomics

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked away from deals where the entrepreneur insists on a start-up premoney valuation that is so high, no angel could expect to make a return upon the investment, even with a reasonable sales price for the company down the road. Email readers, continue here.] Starting up Raising money'

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Real Startups Never, Ever Discount Their Prices

InfoChachkie

Avoid a simple pricing mistake which could sink your startup. Vendors often respond by discounting their prices at the 11th hour, in the hopes a lower price will spur a purchase. End-of-quarter discounting is a rational tactic for public companies that are slavishly bound to quarterly financial objectives.

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Your time is as valuable as your money.

Berkonomics

Enterprise time, as opposed to personal time management, is the sum total of resources available to a company expressed in terms of time – time to develop, to debug, to produce, to deploy, to respond to issues, and to make changes in plans that are not working. But first, identify what those critical resources are in your company.

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Reduce five risks: Increase your valuation

Berkonomics

In the creation of a young company, there are five principal risks to be addressed by the entrepreneur. Another is to gain the support of a core vendor who is willing to offer special extended terms to the company as its investment in creating the product in a finished state. Why five risks? Third: Management risk. .

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Can you overcome five risks and create wealth?

Berkonomics

Of course, we are speaking of increased valuation of your company when we speak of “wealth.” Email readers, continue here…] Are you ahead or behind the market with your product or service? Any new enterprise is at risk if there are not enough resources to get the company to breakeven, which is a proxy for stability.