Equidam Weekly 1st April

The Equidam Weekly is a curated collection of readings delivered weekly to bring you the most informative articles on EU growth companies, early stage funding and generally on how to build businesses in the motherland.

The Definitive Guide To Startup Valuation

Elizabeth Kraus of MergeLane compiles a list of factors that could influence the valuation of a company and how to navigate through them in “Quick Startup Valuation Checklist”

On EU Developments

Amit Mukherjee of NEA indicates that entrepreneurs and investors using valuation as an indicator for success is the cause of the recent market correction in “State Of Startup Economy (End Of Q1 2016)”

Lars Dalgaard of Andreessen Horowitz suggests CEOs need to grow both professionally and personally together with their company to be able to build a long-lasting business in “Building Weatherproof Companies”

Alexander Mittal of FundersClub describes why investing steadily over time instead of just at market peaks is imperative for the venture arena in “The Best Time To Invest In Startups? Always”

Sammy Abdullah of DAN Fund argues that while metrics such as ACV are important, the real metrics entrepreneurs should be focused on are revenue and cash flow in “Stop Obsessing Over Average Contract Value”

Nic Brisbourne of Forward Partners says that focusing on share price in the short run is one of the reasons for slow innovation in bigger companies in “Why Some Big Firms Struggle To Compete With Startups”

On Growth

Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures details the way to calculate sales velocity in “The Equation That Governs Your Sales’ Team Effectiveness”

Christoph Janz of PointNine Capital explains the improvements he made in his SaaS financial plan template in “SaaS Financial Plan 2.0”

Elizabeth Yin of 500Startups advises entrepreneurs to stay in charge of the conversation when pitching to investors to be able to tell a coherent story in “Fundraising Pitches Are Not Really Pitches”

Elena Zozulya of Holvi shares the difficulties in building a Fintech business in “Lessons Learned From Building A Full-Stack Bank Replacement From The Ground Up”

Michael Graham of Box discusses how to think about security spend in a startup in “How Early-Stage Startups Can Enlist The Right Amount Of Security As They Grow”

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