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The B2B Marketplace Funding Napkin 2021

Point Nine Land

So if you’re a US-based startup, you might be able to shoot slightly higher ;) Unlike SaaS companies which have been around for years, B2B marketplaces are a relatively new category and not many investors have invested in them yet. In general, European rounds tend to be slightly smaller and valuations slightly lower than they are in the US.

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Fly the Aircraft First: The Potentially Paralyzing Effects of Fundraising

Kellblog

That means fly the airplane by using the flight controls and flight instruments to direct the airplane’s attitude, airspeed, and altitude … A famous example of a failure to aviate is the December 1972 crash of Flight 401, an Eastern Airlines Lockheed L-1011. five years). Even here, I think it’s wrong to defer the changes [4]. Ineffective.

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