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How to value a startup: 9 best methods for 2025

How to value a startup: 9 best methods for 2025

This guide will answer your questions about startup valuation. Learn how to determine a valuation that makes sense for you and your future investors, including a step-by-step method and 16 valuation benchmarks.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | October 28, 2024
Advisory Shares: A Guide for Startup Founders

Advisory Shares: A Guide for Startup Founders

In the tech startup sphere, advisory shares are a double-edged sword. Let's venture into the realm of startup advisory shares, addressing the whys, whos, and how muchs.

Posted by Shaun Gold | October 27, 2024
How Much Should Startup Founders Pay Themselves [2024]

How Much Should Startup Founders Pay Themselves [2024]

Founder compensation is a tricky topic. How much are you supposed to pay yourself? What will your investors think? And are you even allowed to compensate yourself when your team is subsisting on cold pizza and borrowing the Wi-Fi from the nearest office? This article breaks down the many dimensions of the "tech founder salary".

Posted by Shaun Gold | October 22, 2024
How to pick the right fundraising advisor

How to pick the right fundraising advisor

Should you use an external advisor to help raise funds for your startup? In this post, I want to give you the playbook on working with a fundraising advisor: is it a good idea for you, how to pick the right one, and what you should expect?

Posted by Jonathan Hollis | October 18, 2024
How to secure a lead investor for your startup?

How to secure a lead investor for your startup?

Today, we cover three strategies you can use to secure your lead investor. But before that, let's understand what a lead investor exactly does, and why nobody wants to be one.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | October 10, 2024
The Definitive Startup Glossary: 210 Words Every Founder Should Know

The Definitive Startup Glossary: 210 Words Every Founder Should Know

If you want to be a successful founder, you should understand how everyone in the startup ecosystem talks. This is precisely why we created the most comprehensive startup glossary for founders available anywhere.

Posted by Shaun Gold | September 27, 2024
How to raise funds with cold emails

How to raise funds with cold emails

Everything you need to know about cold emailing a VC investor. Follow this step by step, and you are guaranteed to write a top 1% cold email to VCs. Includes checklist and examples.

Posted by Stéphane NasserEdwin Mik | September 5, 2024
The Founder's Handbook to Non-Dilutive Funding

The Founder's Handbook to Non-Dilutive Funding

Equity funding is not always the right model for every company. Non-dilutive funding or Alternative funding (Alt-Fi) offers an attractive options for entrepreneurs to raise funding without the need to give up equity, ownership, or control of their company. This article will delve into the nuances of non-dilutive funding.

Posted by Bhavik Vasa | August 20, 2024
Venture capital isn't for the poor

Venture capital isn't for the poor

This isn't another "eat the rich" post. Poor founders don't get funded. Let's look at the reasons why, and discuss actual solutions.

Posted by Stéphane Nasser | June 26, 2024