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[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/03.negotiating_the_valuation.mp3"][/audio]Negotiating the Valuation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Negotiating the valuation is a key step in the fundraising process.  Here are some helpful strategies to consider in negotiating the valuation: Understand the comparable valuations…

[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/02.best_practices_for_series_a_fundraise.mp3"][/audio]Best Practices for Series A Fundraising Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Fundraising for Series A is fundamentally different from fundraising for a seed round. In the seed round, the goal is to convince the…

[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/01.matching_risk_to_reward.mp3"][/audio]Matching Risk To Reward Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In choosing an investment, the investor matches risk to reward. A public stock may go down but most likely will not go bankrupt. A startup…

In this episode of Investor Connect, Hall Martin engages in a conversation with Jason Kutasi, a prominent member of YPO, a global leadership community for young presidents. Jason discusses his journey from exiting a D2C children's book publisher to Scholastic, to establishing an ad agency post-exit. He shares his expertise…

Many founders try to tell everything to the investor in the first pitch. This is not possible as there's no way to convey everything about the startup in one go. It's best to break the information down into smaller pieces and drip it out over time. The multiple interactions help…