How To Create a Startup Pitch Deck - [Template included]

Pitch decks are a set of slides that clearly describe your value proposition, your business case,…


10 characteristics startup valuation

The 10 Characteristics Of Startup Valuation

Startups are innovative, fast-paced, and highly dynamic entities that play a crucial role in…


How to Estimate Market Size for a Startup

Rachleff’s Law of Startup Success (of Andy Rachleff, formerly of Benchmark Capital) The #1…


How To Value A Business

Valuation is too often where the conversation between investors and founders falls apart. With a…


How Do Investors Value A Startup?

Valuing companies is tricky. The methods used to value a company are dependent on the stage of…


The Discount Rate in Startup Valuation

If you approach a Venture Capitalist or a Business Angel, you will probably hear that “I need to…


Equity Percentages to Offer Investors at Different Rounds [Video]

Do you prefer podcasts? Listen to the audio here. During workshops, I often hear the sentence:…


How To Increase Valuation

Do you prefer to listen to podcasts? Listen to the audio here I have a patent and that is a reason…


Employee Stock Options: Common Practices And Examples

In our previous post about how much equity to offer to investors at different funding rounds, we…


How To Reach Out To Investors [Video]

Do you prefer podcasts? Listen to the audio here In our post about the right timing for…