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Determining Valuation Multiples
Fred Wilson – Sep 5, 2011
Last week on MBA Mondays, I talked about valuing an internet marketplace business. In that post, I talked about using 1x gross marketplace transactions and 20x EBITDA as multiples to determine value. In the comments, I was asked about multiples [...] Read more
Determining Valuation Multiples
Fred Wilson – Sep 5, 2011
Last week on MBA Mondays, I talked about valuing an internet marketplace business. In that post, I talked about using 1x gross marketplace transactions and 20x EBITDA as multiples to determine value. In the comments, I was asked about multiples [...] Read more
Financing Options: Working Capital Financing
Fred Wilson – Aug 22, 2011
We are coming to the end of the Financing Options series. This is the final post in the series. Today we are going to talk about working capital financing. For those of you not steeped in finance and accounting matters, [...] Read more
Financing Options: Bridge Loans
Fred Wilson – Aug 15, 2011
Today's post in the financing options series on MBA Mondays is about Bridge Loans. Bridge loans are so called because they are a "bridge" to something else. They are short term loans intended to fund a company to an anticipated [...] Read more
Financings Options: Venture Debt
Fred Wilson – Jul 25, 2011
It's Monday, time for MBA Mondays and the next post in the Startup Financing Options series. Today we will talk about Venture Debt. If there were two words less likely to be found together, it would be venture and debt. [...] Read more
Financing Options: Preferred Stock
Fred Wilson – Jul 18, 2011
Today on MBA Mondays Startup Financing Options series, we are going to talk about the financing option that I specialize in - preferred stock. Almost all venture capital firms and many angel and seed investors will require the company they [...] Read more
Financing Options: Preferred Stock
Fred Wilson – Jul 18, 2011
Today on MBA Mondays Startup Financing Options series, we are going to talk about the financing option that I specialize in - preferred stock. Almost all venture capital firms and many angel and seed investors will require the company they [...] Read more
Financing Options: Convertible Debt
Fred Wilson – Jul 11, 2011
MBA Mondays are back after a one week hiatus. Today we are going to talk about convertible debt. Convertible debt can also be called convertible loans or convertible notes. For the purposes of this post, these three terms will be [...] Read more
M&A Issues: Price
Fred Wilson – Apr 4, 2011
This is my final MBA Mondays post on M&A Issues. I've been posting about M&A since last December. It feels like a semester long effort. And frankly I'm a bit tired of talking about M&A every monday. But selling your [...] Read more