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				<title><![CDATA[Florida Start up:
Using your $2]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Florida Start up:
Using your $200,000 as a net before figure as year 4 profit - with none before that, a quick "net present value" calculation indicates the valuation at about $1.1 million. Which means nothing unless you can get the investors to]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Based on your angel`s comments, ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Based on your angel`s comments, you could reduce his stake to make the anticpated return 20-25%, or you could offer the other 3 a lower equity position for the same money, with your first angel having the bigger share because he put up the first round o]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Green:
Thanks for the input.&nb]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Green:
Thanks for the input.&nbsp; My lead angel says that angels usually expect a 20%-25% annual return once dividend payments begin to be issued.&nbsp; If the business in fact generates $200k and he had a 17.5% share this would mean he would g]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Florida Startup,
I`m not trying]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Angel-Ownership-Positions.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Florida Startup,
I`m not trying to avoid your question, but what I think doesn`t matter.&nbsp; Its what you can negotiate with your investors that counts.&nbsp; 
A few questions and then I`ll give you my opinion.&nbsp; These questions ar]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[The business I am building is a ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The business I am building is a publishing based business, so there will not be a great deal of hard assets.&nbsp; I would like to know what you think about the valuation of the business from a potential income perspective.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Robert is correct in applying to]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Angel-Ownership-Positions.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Robert is correct in applying total asset valuation to the venture.&nbsp; It takes all types of assets, money, people, time, facilities, product, management, market share, good-will, customers, contacts, prospects, concept.&nbsp; 
And there are ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Dear Florida start up:
Let`s lo]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Angel-Ownership-Positions.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Dear Florida start up:
Let`s look at this from a different point. One of valuation.
If&nbsp;you (the company) is going to sell 70% of the equity for $400,000 (the amount your angels will be investing) that means that the valuation of the]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Green:
Thanks for the feedback.]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Green:
Thanks for the feedback.&nbsp; I will indeed be drawing a salary and being the sales rep for the business.&nbsp; My salary would be equal to my salary at my current employer, so the transition will not be that bad.&nbsp; However, that obv]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Will you be drawing a salary dur]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Will you be drawing a salary during the first 3 years?&nbsp; If so, in what capacity?&nbsp; If in&nbsp;sales, then that would be an expected cost to the company, no matter who fills the role, with no equity impact.&nbsp; If in an executive/managerial po]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:43:25 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[I am starting a business that wi]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I am starting a business that will require $450k in start-up funds.&nbsp; I am putting up $50k and I have an angel who is putting up $100k.&nbsp; I plan to recruit three other angels at $100k each, but I need to figure out ownership positions.&nbsp; The]]></description>
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