# Startup Valuation Brief

> An early-stage company needs a supportable valuation discussion. Produces A method-selection memo, assumptions ledger and defensible scenario range.

- Skill: `andreworia/startup-valuation-brief` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add andreworia/startup-valuation-brief`
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- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: andreworia (https://skillmd.com/u/andreworia)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/andreworia/startup-valuation-brief

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# Startup valuation brief

Read references/working-templates.md. Establish purpose, date, currency, stage, capital structure and information availability. Distinguish enterprise value and equity value, pre-money and post-money, and a convertible valuation cap from a priced valuation. Select methods that data supports and explain rejected alternatives. For DCF, disclose revenue, margin, reinvestment, discount rate, terminal growth and survival assumptions; do not present a mechanically precise result as certainty. For comparable methods, require sourced dated metrics and disclose selection limitations. Bridge enterprise to equity value with cash, debt and other claims when relevant. Produce a range with sensitivity and an evidence ledger. If material data is absent, return a preparation plan or illustrative scenarios explicitly labelled as such, not a fabricated valuation.