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These 5 strategies made us $10M+ EACH

OkDork

At AppSumo, we’ve tested hundreds of strategies. Today, I’ll be revealing the 5 strategies that made us over $10M EACH. 1- Use Prefluencers When we started AppSumo, I paid Tim Ferriss $5,000 a month to sponsor his website. We did that for 2+ years and made millions from it. Most failed.

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How to Launch Your Startup Without Eating Ramen

Entrepreneur's Handbook

5 myths to avoid on the 1st leg of your entrepreneurship journey What you don’t have to eat to pursue your passion (Image from WikiMedia Commons) There is a path to entrepreneurship promoted in Hollywood and there is a path for the rest of us. The mistake I made was in my medium of exploration?—?casual casual conversation.

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How to Talk About Valuation When a VC Asks

Both Sides of the Table

If a firm typically invests $5 million in its first check and its target is to own 20% or more that means that most if its deals are in the $15–20 million pre-money range. it is more likely a softer version of “you took advantage of us when we had no other options.” thank you!” What expectations do you have about valuation?

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Q3 outlook forecasts cloudy days ahead for fintech M&A

TechCrunch

Execs from the two startups say the combined company will have processed over $5 billion in payments and built a network of over 500,000 connected businesses by creating B2B DeFi payment networks in both the U.S. Mudafy raises $10M in Founders Fund–led Series A to fix LatAm’s “broken” real estate process. and Mexico.

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How to spin your scientific research out of a university and into a startup

Y Combinator

These are the most common topics founders have asked us about. 3-5% is typical. If you can’t do that, try to keep it < 5%, and to have it terminate after a certain number of years and/or a certain level of payments. Find out what terms they got and ask for advice on negotiating strategy. 2) Royalty.

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Nuffsaid’s Paranomos Covers How to Start a Company Using Customer-Led Growth

Jason Malki

Define all decisions that need to be made at the company, and write them down. 5 Build your brand as early as possible Inexperienced founders often discount “brand” as something that the marketing team can develop down the line. Once the company has the right leaders in place, decide on the company values that matter to the group.

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The Seed Investment Market in 2015

Tomasz Tunguz

These firms raised between $5 and $75M to invest in seed stage companies. The table above uses Crunchbase data as a proxy for the seed market. It includes only US technology companies. And consequently, investors have seen successes and failures, both of which inform their investment strategy. 2013 1531 1255 820.