paahijen

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   by paahijen 20y ago

   A follow up thought. This also puts XX (may be YC in this case) in valueing your company just right! (Ok YC are nice people so thats not a problem, but if you were asked this question in other context, you better be prepeared!) 'cos they ca
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   by paahijen 20y ago

   Not quite, you should read Paul's essays (don't remember which exact one). VCs valuation depends more upon the amount of money (s)he's going to put and generally they won't invest smaller amounts for insignificant stake. Which implies you'v
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   by paahijen 20y ago

   Don't quote a number, quote a multiple instead. :-) eg. If XX invests 20k for 10% in your company. their 20k becoming 200k is a good deal which implies something like 2M for your company (not bad for three months work!)
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   by paahijen 20y ago

   This is a bit smart, 'cos the clients fearing that fewer ads will be shown, will actually be willing to pay more $$s and thus the PPC rates will go up! Not sure about the long term impact though.. (eg. a frustrated client, inspite of biddin
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   by paahijen 20y ago

   Basically following reasons - I read somewhere that paul said he wanted to do via-web to solve the money problem once and for all. I think that is a real good motivation. Second, probability of trying 15 different things in next 5 years