Startups Budget, Valuation and Dilution

There has never been a more important time for the world to connect, come together, and learn from each other.As the global pandemic rages on, it is only by working together that we will be able to rebuild economies, restore livelihoods, and thrive as a whole beyond this global challenge.Come join us as the best of the best in Middle East Business share their knowledge and expertise to help us all learn how we can do business better, together.‍Varun MalikCurator, Könnected InsightsCEO, Konsälidön

Varun Malik

To talk about the need for startup-funding and how to to build a proper budget, get the valuation right, and balance dilution and  debts

A panel discussion to be held where experienced veterans in the Finance, Tech, and Startup industries. Find out why you need to get a solid business plan and a proper valuation before going for your funding quest.
Many ideas are great and can attract attention, however, investors like business angels or venture capitalists look also at the team, its members, and the way you present yourself and the idea.
They also need to understand in a nutshell the plan and the prospect of a return on investments as well as what are you going to do with their cash.
The research for funding is becoming a jungle where other “startupers” who do not even compete on the same market compete for the same money.
It is also a time where you will have to give away part of your company and it is always wise to raise at lower dilution as you know that you will have to do it again one or two times.
The startup adventure is a journey and your need your investors to embark on it and help you to create a path of success.
EBITA ratio and DCF valuation are not the only ones and it is important to know some more ways to evaluate your startup.

Benefits for attendees:
Attendees will learn about the thinking within the investor's mind and what can trigger a yes or a no. They will also have some examples of real-life investments in startups.
We will list the different steps that could help to prepare a plan that will allow founders to document their journey to comeAbout the speaker:

Hervé earned an Executive MBA from HEC Paris, ranked in the top 20 worldwide business schools. He also holds different degrees and certificates.Hervé specialises in critical thinking which allows him to make customized decisions in your own context and not only by applying the books. It could also be called, pragmatism…At an executive level at Apple Europe, Middle East, India &amp; Africa, he has spent 12 years focusing on education and technologies towards better delivery of teaching &amp; learning.For the last 9 years, based in the Middle East, Hervé has worked on subjects like infrastructure, digital transformation, business model optimization, having in mind efficiency as a keyword. He has co-founded 4 companies on which 3 have been successfully sold.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hervemarchet/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here</a> to view Herve&#x27;s LinkedIn profile.About the Moderator:

Varun Malik is a member of the founding team at Konsälidön. After hundreds of conversations with clients and consulting industry experts, we have developed a model that we believe is the future of consulting.Konsälidön is a new-age consulting firm powered by a digital platform. Our platform enables us to connect organizations with consulting teams more effectively than in the traditional consulting partnership model. We have already grown to 200 consulting teams in our first year of operations and are preparing to grow to 4,000 consulting teams in the next five years.He is also a founding partner in a Law Firm (Könnected Law), a Research Firm (QRIK), and a Digital Consultancy (Inspiration Digital).Previously, he has set up and managed businesses for large, mid-sized and small consulting firms:- At PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), he established and headed an Operations Consulting team and lead operational improvement projects for clients in the MENA region.- He has set up and managed a consulting team at Protiviti, a global risk management and internal audit firm.- He has managed operations consulting projects at Encreate Consulting, a start-up consulting firm in Dubai.Besides his &quot;intrapreneurial&quot; experience within these firms, he has also been an entrepreneur and has set up technology solutions companies (Lemon Interactive India, Konsälidön Digital) and a learning solutions company (ZigEdu) in India.His specialties are setting up and managing winning organizations and teams, leading business development teams to build sustainable commercial entities, and streamlining operations to achieve excellence.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunmalik2017/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here</a> to view Varun&#x27;s LinkedIn profile.About the panelists:

Stefan Hickmott is an award-winning CEO, accomplished senior professional with more than 25-years of experience and expertise in multi-sector corporate advisory, hospitality, real estate, tourism, and leisure-sector private equity, financial/investment. Stefan’s expertise also includes technology, blockchain, crowd-funding, and digital transformation/ tokenization. Stefan is a respected and inspirational leader with a talent for masterfully managing complex processes and projects.Stefan has completed advisory and investment projects and assignments for more than 1,000 projects totaling over US$ 50 billion in development value, including advising on large-scale mixed-use master community projects in the UAE, wider GCC and Middle East, Europe, Africa, America and Asia. He specialises in strategic planning, structuring, asset management consulting, investment advisory and business growth and evolution disciplines.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-hickmott-404b2b1b/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here</a> to view Stefan&#x27;s LinkedIn profile.About the panelists:

Kirill Mishanin is the Chief Sales Officer at Emirex MENA exchange.

Founder at infodriver.io blockchain community and broadcasting channel. 10 years in sales and marketing in HiTech companies, 6 years of business development experience in the blockchain industry. Former Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard, Buffalo Technologies business development manager in the CIS region.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirillleo/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here</a> to view Kirill&#x27;s LinkedIn profile.

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