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7 Key Steps To Maximize Your SaaS Startup Valuation

Fundraising discussions with potential investors can be some of the most difficult conversations that a tech startup founder can have.  Often the most difficult aspect of that discussion is when it becomes time to calculate startup valuation. Unfortunately, there is no definitive template or well-defined methodology that works in “most” circumstances. Valuing a startup, and […]

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Technology Fundraising: Traditional VC Funding Vs. Equity Crowdfunding

VC funding is the old standard, well known way of capitalizing a tech business. While it is still appropriate for a small number of mobile software, SaaS and hardware companies, it’s not always understood that startups need to fit REALLY well with the VC model for a successful funding event. More on that later. The […]

Filed Under: Financing, Startup/Early Stage Tagged With: Angel investors, equity crowdfunding, startup equity, startup fundraising, Startup Management, tech fundraising, tech investors, technology venture capital, VC funding, Venture Capital, venture capital funding

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Guest Post: Business owners, is your bookkeeping costing more than you know?

This month we have a special treat. It’s a guest article written by a colleague of mine, James Wheeler. James is fractional CFO serving a variety of businesses, including software and other technology companies. I have worked with James personally and recommend him highly for his expertise in corporate financial matters. Find out more on […]

Filed Under: Financing Tagged With: accounting, bookkeeping, CFO, financial management, financial planning & analysis, fractional CFO, treasury management

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Are Angel Investors Right for your Hardware or Software Business?

As I’ve written before, obtaining VC funding is the holy grail among many early stage tech company founders. But with rare exceptions,  a startup company needs to hit some milestones, demonstrating proof of concept, product/market fit and usually significant revenue traction before VCs will seriously consider an investment.  In addition, for many companies VC funding […]

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The Series A Funding Squeeze

More and more startups are getting seed funding these days and have for a number of years. That’s a good thing. Below we’ll discuss some of the reasons for this phenomenon. But at least partially as a result of this good fortune for software, SaaS and other startups, a second phenomenon has occurred along with […]

Filed Under: Corporate Strategy, Financing Tagged With: early stage, Funding milestones, Funding Rounds, fundraising, mobile software, SaaS, Series A, Series A funding, software, tech startup, tech startups, VC, VC funding, Venture Capital

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