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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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Michael is a very accomplished corporate executive in his own right having run Sega Gameworks and helped IPO EuroDisney as well as having been on the founding team of DreamWorks SKG (where he helped them raise their first $900 million in equity). They can also help raise larger rounds of capital and often at higher prices. TechCrunch.

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What Are We Talking About When We Talk Valuation?

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Business valuations = the price of the company. A little background: 409A valuations are named for the section of Internal Revenue Code Section that created them in 2007. Do you see the overlap with the factors that come into play for equity valuations? Recent equity sales i.e., comparables. Strategic partnerships.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will.

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