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Michael Green, Take It or Leave It

Need money for your startup? Need it fast? Tech Coast Angels has a new innovation in funding Seed deals; it’s called the “Take It or Leave It Convertible Note”. It’s a way to get really early deals off the ground. Seed Track, it’s part of the mix of deals investors are often attracted to — [… Read More]

Bill Payne’s Valuation Survey

Have you seen Brad Pitt in Moneyball? I accuse Bill Payne of doing to angel investing what Billy Beane did to Baseball; he’s applying very clear-eyed statistics to the game which will help managers field a better deal. How far can I take this analogy? I just don’t know if Brad Pitt wears Hawaiian shirts [… Read More]

Valuations, Three Ways by Bill Payne

Back from New Zealand, Bill Payne has some fresh ideas on pre-money valuation calculations.