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Evaluating a Startup Based on Actual Investments

When investing in a startup, one of the most important aspects of negotiation between the investor and the founder is the valuation of the startup. Based on this valuation, the investor’s share in the company will be determined.

Currently, there are numerous methodologies for valuing startups worldwide. For example, some multiply the company’s current annual revenue by ten, others multiply …

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History lesson

            May 30 in Kazakhstan is a Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repressions and Mass Hunger of the 1930s.

           I bow my head to the innocently lost and injured our compatriots.

           This day is important for rethinking our history.

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Freedom of disposition of oneself

          Recently the court passed a verdict against two people in Kazakhstan. One of them sold his kidney for money, and the second bought it, because one of his own kidneys has refused. They voluntarily made a deal, and the doctors made an organ transplantation.
          However, under the Kazakhstani law, the
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Eastern mentality.

     As it happens, in 2017 I lived in South Korea for about a month.

     What do I want to say?

     It is a typical Asian country with a distinctive eastern mentality. Here the elder are venerated, the family values ​​are strong, the collective is considered more important than the personal, the mores are not …

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To those who forbid Kazakh girls to marry Chinese men.

     When a person says that only an immoral Kazakh girl can marry a Chinese, he or she thereby makes it clear that the Kazakhs are higher than the Chinese.

     From the ethical point of view, this is immoral as it is nothing but chauvinism.

     And from the legal point of view, it is against …

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Euthanasia.

     A few years ago my grandmother died of cancer. Before her death she suffered greatly. The pain grew slowly and tormentingly. Therefore, the dose of pain relievers was increased all the time. Finally, the time came when the maximum permissible dose ceased to function. At this point, my grandmother was left alone with all-consuming pain. She tossed on …

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How I see the ideal state of Kazakhstan?

     In terms of politics, it is a democratic country.

     The people have real power through real elections of deputies, akims, judges. In the state, the opposition is present and welcomed. There is a bipartisan system. Two parties are in constant struggle for power and for the votes and sympathies of citizens. The leader of the …

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Conversation with the opposition.

     – Stop swaying the boat. Stop worrying people. Why are you calling them to rallies against the authorities?

      – We want improvements in our lives. We want the government to submit to us, and not dominate in the country. We want corruption to stop in state agencies and in courts. We want the children of …

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Small speakers of large organizations.

     I remember one day a scandal broke out in the Ministry of Agriculture. Someone from the staff blurted out something to the journalists. This information was spread by all newspapers and TV channels. The minister had to take the rap, and then decide how to prevent such cases in the future. Someone suggested categorically prohibit all employees from …

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