Comments on: The Silicon Valley Insider’s Unspoken Rule of Thumb http://www.rulesofthumbs.com/2007/11/04/the-silicon-valley-insiders-unspoken-rule-of-thumb/ The User Generated Source for Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Start-up SWAGs Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:53:14 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Valuation – The Venture Capital Method | ZEntrepreneurship http://www.rulesofthumbs.com/2007/11/04/the-silicon-valley-insiders-unspoken-rule-of-thumb/#comment-3370 Valuation – The Venture Capital Method | ZEntrepreneurship Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:53:14 +0000 http://www.rulesofthumbs.com/2007/11/04/the-silicon-valley-insiders-unspoken-rule-of-thumb/#comment-3370 [...] The Silicon Valley Insider’s Unspoken Rule of Thumb re: Valuation [...] [...] The Silicon Valley Insider’s Unspoken Rule of Thumb re: Valuation [...]

]]> By: DG http://www.rulesofthumbs.com/2007/11/04/the-silicon-valley-insiders-unspoken-rule-of-thumb/#comment-38 DG Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:14:48 +0000 http://www.rulesofthumbs.com/2007/11/04/the-silicon-valley-insiders-unspoken-rule-of-thumb/#comment-38 This is gold Jerry, gold!!! PS. Those wanting to "whack" the VC who revealed the secret should not look for a VC called Jerry. The above is a phrase from the Seinfeld sitcom. This is gold Jerry, gold!!!

PS. Those wanting to “whack” the VC who revealed the secret should not look for a VC called Jerry. The above is a phrase from the Seinfeld sitcom.

]]> By: John Bushelle http://www.rulesofthumbs.com/2007/11/04/the-silicon-valley-insiders-unspoken-rule-of-thumb/#comment-27 John Bushelle Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:10:16 +0000 http://www.rulesofthumbs.com/2007/11/04/the-silicon-valley-insiders-unspoken-rule-of-thumb/#comment-27 Pricing a business too high can result in the business not being sold for a long period of time; sometimes not at all. If the business owner eventually adjusts the price to how the market is responding, the deal will often be tainted with the view that something is wrong with the business or that the owner is desperate, possibly resulting in an even lower business appraisal than it would have originally been valued at. Pricing a business too high can result in the business not being sold for a long period of time; sometimes not at all. If the business owner eventually adjusts the price to how the market is responding, the deal will often be tainted with the view that something is wrong with the business or that the owner is desperate, possibly resulting in an even lower business appraisal than it would have originally been valued at.

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