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How much Stakes should Founders Retain over Multiple Rounds?
Now that you know about when to raise and how much to raise, the next natural question is how much stakes should you dilute or retain for that matter. Your intuitive mind might say that this is an outcome of how much you are raising and your valuation, but the truth is that more often than not it is the other way round - valuation is the outcome of how much you raise and how much you dilute. Therefore, it is imperative for founders to decide how much stakes they must retain a
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How Much Stakes Should Founders Retain?
For entrepreneurs, there’s a lot riding on the outcome of their negotiations with potential investors. The biggest trade off being...
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Should ‘Unicorn’ be a Measure of Success?
When a startup achieves unicorn valuation, does it mean that it has succeeded? or is it just a vanity metric?
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Startups making headlines in April 2022
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How much Stake should Founders retain?
As an entrepreneur there’s a lot riding on the outcome of your negotiations with potential investors. The biggest trade off being between...
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Should ‘Unicorn’ be a Metric of Success?
There’s no doubt that when a Startup achieves the coveted Unicorn tag, it’s a moment of pride for its founders, employees, and investors,...
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More Leaks than Unicorns
At least once in our lifetime we’ve all had this question in our minds, “Why are apps like Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook, Snapchat,...
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