- Do you know what kind of Fundraising Materials you need to collect before pitching to the VC? Be well prepared as it may be the chance of your life!
- How about learning about basic finance for startup founders? Set up your company wisely and do not take easy money! Hints how to assess the good VC would be quite helpful, right?
- Have you ever thought what company valuation you should do while still on the pre-money stage? What kind of securities you should issue? It would be good to learn how to set up reliable value of your company!
- What the hack is the dilution and anti-dilution levy? Why full-ratchet anti dilution levy is not so favourable for you and why it makes more difficult to raise money from VCs?
- Are you chasing every single accelerator hoping it will get you onboard? Do you really need an accelerator and if so how to choose a good one?
- How to effectively and wisely search for an investor? Save your time and money taking on good strategy, totally in line with your startup vision and mission.
- What is a warrant and how does it impact the founders? When it’s beneficial? How is it structured? How does it differ from call option? Is it always exercised and who benefits from it the most?
- Do you know what SAFE is? Are you aware of the benefits of this agreement?
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I’m in the business almost 10 years having Master of Finance and currently studying MBA so I can say a word or a few about finance, valuations and business strategies. However, taking the courses from The Startup Station was really worth a while! I was surprised by the content that is carefully selected to teach only about the concrete stuff and practices you can implement step by step at once. It’s so straight to the point, short, clear and extremely easy to understand by founders of early stage startup that had really nothing to do with business or finance before.
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