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3 Valuation Inflection Points for Startups: Don’t Copy Calacanis

From the Venture Trenches

Since investors are looking to minimize the risk they are taking the more you prove your model works, the higher the price an investor will pay for equity in that business. Valuations increase as a company moves towards cash flow break even.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Read more: VentureWire (requires login) , Mahalo Profile Page. Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

Both Sides of the Table

Oh, and of course I shoot all of my videos at the ThisWeekIn studios which are located in the Mahalo offices. To conclude, I note that we’re all in the same ecosystem (angels, seed, VC, growth equity, IPOs) and should view each other as collaborative even though we sometimes compete.

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