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- Paid In Capital Definition
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- Value Added Reseller Definition
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- Nonqualified Stock Option Definition
- Peer to Peer Definition
- Post Money Valuation Definition
- Rapid Growth Market Definition
- Sarbanes Oxley Act Definition
- Self Referencing Definition
- Shrink Wrap License Definition
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- Value Added Dealer Definition
- Mergers and Acquisitions Definition
- D and O Insurance Definition
- After Tax Income or Loss Definition
- Back Office Operations Definition
- Business to Consumer Definition
- M and A Definition
- VAR Definition
- Valuation Definition
- Valuation Analysis Definition
- Value Chain Definition
- Value Driver Definition
- VC Definition
- Vendor Definition
- Venture Capital Definition
- Venture Capital Fund Definition
- Venture Capitalist Definition
- Venture Communication Period Definition
- Venture Investor Definition
- Venture Quotient Definition
- Venture Risk Definition
- Payment of Taxes Definition
- Property Maintenance Covenant Definition
- Key Person Insurance Definition
- Negative Covenant Definition
- Capital Expenditure Definition
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- Viral Marketing Definition
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- Whole Product Definition
- Working Capital Definition
- Zero Coupon Definition
- Articles of Incorporation Definition
- Crossing the Chasm Definition
- Directors and Officers Insurance Definition
- Shareholders Equity Definition
- Stockholders Equity Definition
- Debt to Equity Ratio Definition
- Net Income or Loss Margin Definition
- Current Ratio Definition
- Coverage Ratio Definition
- Business Requirements Definition
- Reseller Definition
- Resolution Definition
- Restructuring Definition
- Return on Equity Definition
- Return on Cash Equity Definition
- RFP Definition
- Target Market Definition
- Tax ID Definition
- Tech Transfer Definition
- Technology Adoption Curve Definition
- Technology Adoption Lifecycle Definition
- Technology Risk Definition
- Technology Transfer Definition
- Term Sheet Definition
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- Receivables Definition
- Refine Stage Definition
- Round Definition
- Run Rate Definition
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- SBIR Definition
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- Scale Stage Definition
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- Secretary of the Corporation Definition
- Security Definition
- Securities and Exchange Commission Definition
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- Seed Round Definition
- Segment Definition
- Segmentation Definition
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- Shape Stage Definition
- SOHO Definition
- Sole Proprietorship Definition
- Spin Off Definition
- Stakeholder Definition
- Startup Definition
- Underwriter Definition
- Upside Case Definition
- Useful Life Definition
- VAD Definition
- Venture Value Chain Definition
- Vertically Integrated Definition
- Private Placement Definition
- Private Placement Memorandum Definition
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- Pro Forma Financial Statements Definition
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- Product Launch Definition
- Product Manager Definition
- Product Management Definition
- Product Marketing Definition
- Product Risk Definition
- Productize Definition
- Promote Definition
- Profit and Loss Definition
- Promotion Definition
- Prospect Definition
- Proxy Definition
- Psychographic Profile Definition
- Public Relations Definition
- Positioning Definition
- PPM Definition
- PR Definition
- Pragmatist Definition
- Preferred Stock Definition
- Price Definition
- Price the Round Definition
- Price Sensitivity Definition
- Principal Definition
- Principal Amount Definition
- Private Banking Definition
- Private Client Services Definition
- Private Equity Definition
- MOU Definition
- Multiple Definition
- Nascent Market Definition
- Leverage Ratio Definition
- Tangible Net Worth Definition
- Net Margin Definition
- NDA Definition
- NSO Definition
- Operating Income Definition
- Operating Margin Definition
- Outside Director Definition
- Outsource Definition
- P&L Definition
- Partnership Definition
- Payables Definition
- Patent Definition
- Portfolio Company Definition
- Marketing Communications Definition
- Marketing Promotion Definition
- Mature Market Definition
- Maturity Date Definition
- MBO Definition
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- Member Interest Definition
- Merchant Account Definition
- Operating Agreement Definition
- Operating Expenses Definition
- Stock Definition
- Stock Option Definition
- Stock Option Agreement Definition
- Stock Option Plan Definition
- Strategic Investment Definition
- Strategic Investor Definition
- Strategic Business Unit Definition
- Subscription Agreement Definition
- Strike Price Definition
- Supplier Financing Definition
- Tagline Definition
- Founders Equity Definition
- Net Income or Loss Definition
- Minute Book Definition
- Memorandum of Understanding Definition
- Mission Definition
- Mission Statement Definition
- Line of Credit Definition
- Liquidation Definition
- Liquidation Preference Definition
- Liquidity Definition
- Liquidity Event Definition
- Liquidity Stage Definition
- LLC Definition
- LOC Definition
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- Loan Definition
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- Lower of Cost or Market Definition
- Mainstream Market Definition
- Management Risk Definition
- Margin Definition
- Margin Structure Definition
- Market Maker Definition
- Market Definition
- Market Research Definition
- Market Rate Definition
- Market Risk Definition
- Market Segment Definition
- Market Segmentation Definition
- Marketing Definition
- Marketing Collateral Definition
- Interest Rate Definition
- Inventory Definition
- Invested Equity Definition
- Investment Round Definition
- Investment Banking Definition
- Investor Pitch Definition
- Investor Presentation Definition
- IP Definition
- IPO Definition
- ISO Definition
- KISS Philosophy Definition
- Laggard Definition
- Late Majority Definition
- Launch Stage Definition
- LBO Definition
- Lead the Round Definition
- Lender Definition
- Letter of Intent Definition
- Leveraged Buyout Definition
- Leveraged Recapitalization Definition
- Leverage Definition
- Liability Definition
- Limited Liability Definition
- Limited Liability Company Definition
- Limited Partner Definition
- Limited Partnership Definition
- Industry Marketing Definition
- Inflation Definition
- Influencer Definition
- Initial Public Offering Definition
- Innovators Definition
- Insolvency Definition
- Institutional Financing Definition
- Institutional Investor Definition
- Intangible Assets Definition
- Intellectual Property Definition
- Financing Round Definition
- Friends and Family Financing Definition
- Founder Definition
- FUD Factor Definition
- Fund Definition
- Fund Vintage Definition
- GAAP Definition
- GP Definition
- General Counsel Definition
- General Partner Definition
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Definition
- Go Public Definition
- Governance Definition
- Grant Definition
- Gross Margin Definition
- Gross Profit Definition
- Harvest Definition
- Harvest Stage Definition
- Incentive Stock Option Definition
- Income Definition
- Income Statement Definition
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- Incorporation Definition
- Industry Map Definition
- EBITDA Definition
- Economic Buyer Definition
- Elevator Pitch Definition
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- Equity
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- Errors and Omissions Insurance Definition
- Exchange Ratio Definition
- Executive Summary Definition
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- Exit Strategy Definition
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- FEIN Definition
- Fiduciary Definition
- Fiduciary Duty Definition
- Fiduciary Responsibility Definition
- Financial Accounting Standards Board Definition
- Financial Investor Definition
- Financial Projections Definition
- Financial Risk Definition
- Financial Statements Definition
- Financing Risk Definition
- Demand Definition
- Demand Sensitivity Definition
- Depreciate Definition
- Depreciation Definition
- Detailed Financials Definition
- Dilute Definition
- Dilution Definition
- Director Definition
- Discontinuous Innovation Definition
- Discount Rate Definition
- Distribute Definition
- Distribution Definition
- Distribution Channel Definition
- Distributor Definition
- Domain Knowledge Definition
- Due Diligence Definition
- Due Diligence Notebook Definition
- EIN Definition
- Early Adopter Definition
- Early Majority Definition
- Early Market Definition
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- Corporate Governance Definition
- Corporation Definition
- Cost of Goods Sold Definition
- Coupon Definition
- Coupon Rate Definition
- Covenants Definition
- Credit Definition
- Credit Risk Definition
- Creditor Definition
- Critical Success Factor Definition
- Current Assets Definition
- Current Liabilities Definition
- Customer Funding Definition
- Debt Definition
- Debtor Definition
- Declining Market Definition
- Commercial Bank Definition
- Committed Capital Definition
- Common Stock Definition
- Company Backgrounder Definition
- Comparable Definition
- Comparable Companies Analysis Definition
- Competitive Analysis Definition
- Competitive Differentiation Definition
- Competitive Positioning Definition
- Compound Annual Growth Rate Definition
- Compound Interest Definition
- Compounding Dividends Definition
- Confidential Disclosure Agreement Definition
- Confidentiality Agreement Definition
- Convertible Preferred Stock Definition
- Continuous Innovation Definition
- Contributed Equity Definition
- Convertible Bond Definition
- Copyright Definition
- Cap Table Definition
- Capital Definition
- Capital Structure Definition
- Capital Call Definition
- Capital Commitment Definition
- Capitalization Definition
- Capitalization Table Definition
- Conservative Case Definition
- Consolidated Financial Statements Definition
- Board Resolution Definition
- Channel Definition
- Cash Burn Rate Definition
- Cash Equity Definition
- Cash Flow Definition
- Cash Flow Statement Definition
- Chart of Accounts Definition
- Charter Definition
- Charter of Incorporation Definition
- Chasm Definition
- Cofounder Definition
- B2B Definition
- B2C Definition
- Balance Sheet Definition
- Bank Definition
- Bankruptcy Definition
- Base Case Definition
- Board Definition
- Board of Directors Definition
- Board Meeting Definition
- Capitalize Definition
- BoD Definition
- Bond Definition
- Book Value Definition
- Bootstrap Definition
- Burn Rate Definition
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- Brand Awareness Definition
- Brokerage House Definition
- Business Development Definition
- Business Model Definition
- Business Plan Definition
- Business Unit Definition
- Bylaws Definition
- C Corporation Definition
- CAGR Definition
- COGS Definition
- Accrue Definition
- Accounting Definition
- Accounts Payable Definition
- Accounts Receivable Definition
- Accredited Investor Definition
- Addressable Market Definition
- Advisory Board Definition
- Affiliated Company Definition
- Aggressive Case Definition
- Amortize Definition
- Amortization Definition
- Amortization Period Definition
- Angel Definition
- Angel Investor Definition
- Asset Definition
- Authorized Shares Definition