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In this interview serial entrepreneur turned investor Kees de Jong talks about successfully scaling two companies and leading third one away from bankruptcy. For more details, take a look at our article: https://www.equidam.com/scaling-up-your-startup/
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Let's break down the myths surrounding the concept of convertible debt. For an elaborate calculation of a convertible note cap and discount check out this convertible note calculator: https://equidam.com/convertible-note-calculator/ Compute your business valuation on https://www.equidam.com/
Comparables are useful when setting milestones for your company and you can use them to defend your financial projections and valuation to investors. Read more at https://www.equidam.com/comparables-defend-valuation/
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Common practices and examples regarding drawing up employee stock options agreements. Read more on https://www.equidam.com/employee-stock-options/
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When to raise capital and when not to? Here are the steps to follow in these two phases of your startups to be able to close successful funding rounds. To find out more, check out our article here: https://www.equidam.com/planning-and-timing-fundraising/
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You can download a free pitch deck template here: https://www.equidam.com/how-to-create-a-startup-pitch-deck-template-included/ The final goal of pitch decks is to mitigate risk perception and convince investors to support your startup. In this video, we explain how to do that for each of the 12 slides your pitch deck should include in order to lead to successful results.
Guidelines on methods for computing financial projections and useful tools and tips. Free Financial Projections Template: https://www.equidam.com/financial-projections-template/ It is an already made Excel spreadsheet with clear and simple guidelines to follow in estimating your future numbers. Read more about the bottom-up approach here: https://www.equidam.com/financial-projections-top-down-approach
Guidelines on methods for computing financial projections and useful tools and tips. Free Financial Projections Template: https://www.equidam.com/financial-projections-template/ It is an already made Excel spreadsheet with clear and simple guidelines to follow in estimating your future numbers. Read more about the bottom-up approach here: https://www.equidam.com/financial-projections-bottom-up-approach/
Even if investors don't address is directly, valuation is always the starting point of negotiations. Gianluca Valentini, co-founder of www.equidam.com, explains what is its relation with equity stake and amount invested, and what are acceptable ranges of equity stake at the different stages. To see our infographic follow the link: https://www.equidam.com/ranges-of-negotiation-at-different-stages-of-a-startup/
Company valuation is not only about financials: Gianluca Valentini, co-founder of www.equidam.com, explains the importance of your story when negotiating with investors and how to make it compelling. Learn more at: https://www.equidam.com/negotiating-with-investors-three-elements-that-make-your-story-compelling/ Compute your company value on www.equidam.com
Gianluca Valentini, co-founder of www.equidam.com, explains why convertible debt is a complicated security that can have drastic implications at the moment of conversion and highlights some terms founders should be aware of. Free convertible notes calculator: https://equidam.com/convertible-note-calculator.
Gianluca Valentini, co-founder of www.equidam.com, gives his advice on how to successfully raise seed capital. He highlights what investors are looking for and two major deal-breakers. Find out more on seed fundraising onhttps://www.equidam.com/raising-seed-capital-advice/ Compute your company valuation on https://www.equidam.com/