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John is Chief Executive Officer of Venture First and has focused his career on working closely with

venture-backed companies. He has worked with hundreds of early- and growth-stage companies across

many industries, many of them dealing with highly-technical products or business models. He believes

strongly in the use of carefully-applied rigor to rationalize financial models, business plans, valuations,

and other quantification tools. He has over a decade of financial experience, including buy-side and sell-

side mergers and acquisitions; debt and equity capital raises; strategic consulting; complex financial

modeling; business plan development; equity and derivative valuation; and venture incubation. John

attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a B.S. in Economics

and dual concentrations in Finance and Management.

In this episode you'll discover…

What are some of the most exciting things happening in the venture market

What the overall early-stage business climate is like now

When you should have your company valuated

How early-stage valuations are conducted and what are the current trends

Why most startups fail

Tips for new entrepreneurs

The process for a capital raise, and how any company can do it

Awesome tips for successful capital raising

Cool tips for closing capital deals

Things a business owner should do in the beginning if the exit plan is to sell the company

The first step a business owner should take to sell their company

The type of financial consulting a business owner, even a new business owner should have

The process a business owner take to determine the value of their business

And much more...