When investing in a startup, one of the most important aspects of negotiation between the investor and the founder is the valuation of the startup. Based on this valuation, the investor’s share in the company will be determined.
Currently, there are numerous methodologies for valuing startups worldwide. For example, some multiply the company’s current annual revenue by ten, others multiply …
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In order to suppress a mass terrorist attack on the state authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan in early January, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev requested assistance from member countries of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization).
Assistance was promptly provided, primarily by the law enforcement and armed forces of Russia.
Such a decision by President Tokayev sparked mixed reactions from the …
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As a child, we often went to visit relatives in another city. There, of course, I helped my relatives with household chores. One time we went with one of my uncles to the market for fruits. We bought a big bag of apples. My uncle carefully checked each fruit while filling it. But when we got home, it turned out …
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Sometimes people surprise: “Why did they appoint this or that person to a high position? For what qualities? After all, everyone knows that he is a superficial specialist, a tyrant for subordinates, an arrogant snob and a despicable person. Can not the authorities see this? “
And the whole point is that the bosses look …
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With the development of market relations in any society, a stratification of the rich and poor is inevitable. It is natural as well as the fact that some of us are smarter, others are sillier, some are more goal-oriented, others are lazier, some are braver, others are more cautious. This is how it should be.
But the general atmosphere in …
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Recently, I discovered a new meaning to the saying: “I’m not rich enough to buy cheap things.”
Indeed, only a wealthy person can afford to wear cheap clothes and use cheap services.
Do you know why?
Because they don’t need to prove anything to anyone. They are established. They have proved to the world and themselves that they can do …
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Some startup founders don’t understand what meaningful messages they need to convey in their presentations to different audiences.
For example, if you’re presenting your project to a government agency: the city administration, or ministry, you should emphasize the project’s governmental and social significance, for example, indicate how many jobs are planned to be created, how much tax revenue will be …
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Before, I thought the most important skill of an entrepreneur was product knowledge, diving into its smallest details, and perfecting its quality.
Then I thought the most important skill of an entrepreneur was marketing, understanding the market, sensing trends, and feeling customer needs.
If you understand the market, you can easily create the perfect product for it.
But now I’m …
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I remember once at a meeting, there was this “comrade” giving a presentation. One of the participants at the meeting criticized the presentation. He didn’t insult or demean the speaker, and he wasn’t against the speaker personally. He was only against the idea. But the speaker immediately flared up with intense hatred towards him.
It’s astonishing.
We automatically consider critics
In recent days, a scandal has broken out in the Kazakh and Russian Internet space over the “language raids of Kazakh nationalists”.
I watched videos of these raids. I also read the statements of officials of the Russian Federation.
I will express my opinion.
But before that, a few introductory theses.
At this stage of its historical development, the …
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