dc palter
@dc_palter
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Entrepreneur, angel investor, novelist, 日本語教師, sake snob. Award-winning author of the mystery/thrillers To Kill a Unicorn and Countdown to Decryption.
Los Angeles & Kobe Japan
Joined August 2017
TED HARA IS BACK! .My 2nd novel in the Japantown Mystery series was published today. 🎆🍶🥂.Can the hapless hacker find a way to open the terrorist plans before the bombs start exploding? .📔📚📘.Paperback: E-book:
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How to determine your startup's valuation. There’s a lot of methods to value startups: DCF. Berkus Method. Cost to duplicate. Scorecard. Comparable transactions. None of them work. The only valuation method that works is the Palter Valuation Process.
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There are many methods to determine startup valuation. This is the only one that works.
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It's tempting to hire agents and consultants to help fundraising for your startup. But unless they have a broker's license, they're violating SEC regulations. And so are you. Don't do it.
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Plenty of people will offer to help raise funds through the network for a cut of the deal. Unfortunately, SEC regulations make that illegal without a broker’s license.
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Every startup founder thinks they want to be CEO. But do you really want the job? Too many founders want the title but aren't really excited about doing what the job entails.
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Every founder thinks they want to be CEO. Not many want to do the grind.
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How Can a $200M Exit be a Failure?.Liquidation preferences mean founders and employees can walk away with nothing from a successful startup. Instead of obsessing over valuations, fight tooth and nail over the liquidation preference.
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Liquidation preferences mean even successful startups can be failures for investors, employees, and founders
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How I made money and stifled the competition by scratching up the paint on my company's products.
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How I Increased My Company’s Profits By Scratching Up New Products
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I thought I'd found my dream job. A recruiter at @nvidia reached out to me with a senior-level role in their venture investment group. This was the perfect job for me. I was so excited .Too bad it turned out to be a recruitment scam.
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I played along to see how the scam works so you won’t have to
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Will family offices invest in your early-stage #startup? .Well. maybe. But only if you know how to approach them. Learn how in today's article.
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Most family offices don’t invest directly in early-stage startups but the right ones can be a great source of funding
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RT @luke_zanev: Learn why investors want preferred shares while founders get common stock! . Article by the angel investor @dc_palter. htt….
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Understanding share classes and why they matter to you
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RT @luke_zanev: Learn why investors want preferred shares while founders get common stock!. Article by the angel investor @dc_palter. https….
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Understanding share classes and why they matter to you
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Investors are excited about your startup, but they demand preferred shares (or a SAFE that converts to preferred.). What are these preferred shares and why do investors get them while founders and employees get common shares?.
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Understanding share classes and why they matter to you
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The Japanese government plan to move the capital out of Tokyo to a new city. 🗼.
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It remains official Japanese government policy to move some functions to a new city
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RT @luke_zanev: Why most early-stage pitches fail:. 📉 Slides overloaded with text.💰 Product > ROI — wrong focus.📖 No story = no memory. The….
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How Japanese homes keep vampires from entering through the electric lines.
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My article on the small sake importer that stuck a big blow against Trump's reciprocal tariffs on millions of products from around the world, having them declared illegal at the US Court of International Trade. Kampai! 🍶🍶🍶🍶🍶.
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Every American should say kampai to sake for saving them thousands of dollars
You've heard about the court case that declared Trump's tariffs illegal. What you probably missed was the case was brought by VOS Selections, an importer of Japanese sake. Kampai to VOS Selections for filing the lawsuit and omedetou for winning.
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Does anyone know why the pineapples from Taiwan we get at the supermarket in Japan taste so much better (milder and creamier) than the pineapples from Costa Rica we get at the supermarket in the US?
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RT @angel_m_f: Why Founders and VCs Love SPVs and Angel Investors Hate Them by @dc_palter in @entrehandbook
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What to do when VCs demand a clean cap table but angels want to make small investments
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