Haystack

JUNE 29, 2018

PillPack didn’t over-raise venture capital, likely had several million on the balance sheet when it was acquired, and the acquisition presents a terrific outcome for the Boston area.

Acquisition 65

Acquisition Cofounder Balance Sheet Boston 65

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

It’s misleadingly precise to have two digits to the right of the decimal in a CAC/LTV multiple for year 3 of your forecast (“Customer Acquisition Cost”/”LifeTime Value of Customer”). One of our biggest pet peeves is reviewing an operational model that starts in “Month 1″, and excludes anything that has happened in the past.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet Software Review Forecast Acquisition 60

Haystack

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

price tag squeezed out by BlackBerry represented *over half* of the actual cash reserves it had sitting on its balance sheet. It’s been a few years now since BlackBerry made phones, and this represents its largest purchase to date (by a factor of 3) since its 2015 acquisition of Good Technology. 1/ Cash Is King: The $1.4B

Acquisition 62

Acquisition Artificial Inteligence Balance Sheet Cofounder 62

Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2022

Everyday business events such as expansion projects, acquisitions, low cash on hand, increased fixed expenses, increased borrowing, and even an increase in sales can be signs that it’s time to reevaluate your business risk. Operating leverage effect (OLE) ratio. OLE ratio = contribution margin ratio/operating margin.

Equity 136

Equity .Net Balance Sheet Operations 136

Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

It’s a lot easier to get these numbers to look great by outsourcing everything, getting assets off the balance sheet and only investing in things that pay off fast. Capital is returned to these investors through liquidity events (originally public offerings, but today mostly acquisitions).

Architecture 227

Architecture IRR Balance Sheet Liquidity Event 227

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This is a classic example of Goodwill: Trello’s accounting statement doesn’t justify their $425 million acquisition, but its strong user community and reputation does. From this, founders can learn that Goodwill impacts acquisition pricing in conjunction with current revenue rates and profits. Alpha generation.

Founder 118

Founder Valuation Dividend Startup 118

David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Operations should focus relentlessly on the latter.”. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Paul took on this initiative after realizing how alarmingly little a P&L and Balance Sheet alone can tell you about what’s really happening at a startup. The best CEOs run their companies by their metrics. Users/Customers.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Balance Sheet .Net 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

If you don’t have a strong balance sheet and can’t hire more people that’s fine — but understand this may lead to slower growth. million to fund operations in their first year of operations. After all, they doubled their operating costs when they weren’t even profitable. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5

Stock Options 227

Stock Options Startup Dilution Venture Capital 227

Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

A consequence of using these corporate finance metrics like RONA and IRR is that it ‘s a lot easier to get these numbers to look great by 1) outsourcing everything, 2) getting assets off the balance sheet and 3) only investing in things that pay off fast. Corporate KPI’s, Policy and Procedures: Innovation Killers.

IRR 335

IRR Startup Business Model Agile 335

View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

I know some of the investors in Chewy prior to the PetSmart acquisition, but I am not a shareholder nor do I intend to purchase shares in the IPO. First, on an operating cashflow basis Chewy has been CF positive in some of the recent years. So If Chewy Is Fundamentally a Profitable Business, How Much Operating Leverage Exists?

Leadership 214

Leadership .Net Revenue Acquisition 214

Growthink Blog

MAY 30, 2018

startups where cultures of financial discipline and frugality needs to be developed), operating on a shoestring is suboptimal, as the trying need for cash too often tempts us to accept deal terms not in our true strategic interest. But even here, except in special circumstances (e.g.

Balance Sheet 48

Balance Sheet Artificial Inteligence Business Model Acquisition 48

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Here’s what they discovered: They found firms that quickly institute formal mechanisms such as operation budgets, cash budgets, and financial monitoring systems (tools that measure profitability, customer acquisition costs, variance from actual budget, and so forth) had higher growth rates in terms of revenues and headcount.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Software Review Balance Sheet Partner 60

Up and Running

JULY 22, 2014

Balance sheet. Major corporations use pro forma statements to illustrate projected numbers, like in the case of a merger or acquisition, or to emphasize certain current figures. You’ll also list your operating expenses, which are the expenses associated with running your business that aren’t incurred directly by making a sale.

Balance Sheet 148

Balance Sheet Forecast Equity .Net 148

ReadWriteStart

JULY 15, 2020

As a unicorn approaches an exit, the balance sheet needs to make sense. Harmonate, based in San Jose has developed private fund data operations tailored to the complexities of tracking social impact investing. One of their investors, JTC Group has developed a specialty in this arena through a recent acquisition.

Valuation 91

Valuation South Carolina San Jose Balance Sheet 91

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Microsoft doesn’t need the cash… despite limited growth and paying a substantial dividend, MSFT still generates good cashflow and has >$70B on it’s balance sheet. But the company does need to become more focused in its strategy, operations, and personnel. Want names?

Cloud 113

Cloud Azure Phoenix Non-Compete 113

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

If you like this, go see his Shockwave Innovations blog ) Anyone that has taken an accounting class or learned basic business financials knows the interaction between key elements of a P&L (revenue, cost, expense) and a balance sheet (assets, liabilities, equity).

Churn Rate 288

Churn Rate .Net Metrics Hosting 288

Up and Running

JULY 20, 2015

Operating activities. Your organization’s operating activities include everything that relates to how you generate revenue. Most transactions relating to the sale or purchase of property, equipment, or other non-current assets are included in your investing activities, as are any expenses tied up in mergers or acquisitions.

Dividend 60

Dividend Balance Sheet .Net Merger 60

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The very best analysts are comfortable operating with ambiguity and incompleteness, while all others chase perfection in implementation / processing / reports. tearsofpain One way of removing silos and focusing on the entire business is to leverage Acquisition, Behavior and Outcome metrics. We have to really get good at this.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Agile VC

JUNE 13, 2019

I know some of the investors in Chewy prior to the PetSmart acquisition, but I am not a shareholder nor do I intend to purchase shares in the IPO. First, on an operating cashflow basis Chewy has been CF positive in some of the recent years. So If Chewy Is Fundamentally a Profitable Business, How Much Operating Leverage Exists?

Leadership 100

Leadership .Net Revenue Acquisition 100

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Other classes were on how to prep for VC pitches or develop the five year income statements, balance sheets and cash flows or read case studies. For innovation to succeed inside of a large company, you need a parallel set of processes, not to replace the existing ones, but to operate on a fast track.

Incubator 331

Incubator Lean Programming Government 331

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

If you’re a startup founder, you’re probably looking at Google in some way, maybe in terms of partnership or acquisition, but maybe some level of suspicion and fear. Google Corporate Development – Google may sometimes invest in a company from the balance sheet. M&A – Acquisitions.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Startup Early Stage Cloud 131

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Operations. Now, you’ll describe your marketing strategies, sales plans, operations information, milestones, your team and company basics, and your financial plan. These, among other ideas, can help your store reach new target markets, expand business operations, and improve profit margins. Operations. Company overview.

Business Plan 63

Business Plan Curation Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 63

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. I’d keep my personal balance sheet positive and my future options open.

NPV 337

NPV Chicago Balance Sheet Database 337

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). The company also occasionally invests in startups out of the balance sheet (i.e. The majority of that work is led by the Amazon Corp Dev team.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

Up and Running

JUNE 25, 2014

There’s limited financial information, a lot of times it’s very limited, there’s limited audit balance sheets, income statements and a lot of times the small business financial statements don’t really reflect how the business is performing. Does it matter if you need it for an asset versus just operational to run the business?

Small Business 89

Small Business SBA Finance Bankruptcy 89

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

He is the founder of Peterson Acquisitions and the author of Swinging Doors: A Guide to Selling Your Company. Chad Peterson: There are builders of businesses; and there are operators of businesses. I find that people that start businesses are more entrepreneurial; and I find that people that operate businesses are more managerial.

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Chad SBA Kansas City Australia 46

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Previously, he was the COO of digital gift card start-up Giftly from its inception in 2010 to its acquisition by Giftcards.com in 2013. People talk about businesses that are obviously lending businesses as if they take no balance sheet risk or have no credit exposure. On Deciens’ Lean Operation. That scares me.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Your operations plan. Operations. The operations section covers how your business works, from the logistics to the technology. Cash flow statement : Documentation of how much cash the business brought in, how much it paid out, and the amount of its ending cash balance (on a monthly basis). Financial plan.

El Paso 61

El Paso Business Plan Technical Review Forecast 61

Agile VC

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This person is an experienced CEO and a veteran of several startups, yet appreciating this nuance of how VC’s operate their business was relatively unfamiliar to him. Suppose Acme IV invests in the Series D and 6 months later there’s an acquisition offer for Startup X that’s 50% higher than the Series D post-money valuation.

LP 178

LP Balance Sheet Differentiation Limited Partner 178

The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 6, 2011

Do you look at portfolio companies as future acquisition targets? While we definitely understand that AOL is a large media company and acquisitive, we’re not really involved in those discussions. I don’t think many Corporate VCs operate this way and we feel it creates a lot of mis-alignment with entrepreneurs. Not really.

Early Stage 58

Early Stage LP Later Stage Balance Sheet 58

VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2011

. “The affirmation reflects the resumption of the downward trend in public deficits and debt, the robust outlook for Israeli growth, and a strengthening in the sovereign’s external balance sheet,&# said Purvi Harlalka, director at Fitch’s Middle East and Africa Sovereign Ratings Group. for about $418 million.

Balance Sheet 90

Balance Sheet Acquisition Africa 90

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

billion shekels and a combined balance sheet of 20 billion shekels will be entitled to a company tax rate of 8% in the center of the country if they invest at least 800 million shekels in capital improvements. It operates in 140 countries worldwide. Large corporations with a turnover of more than 1.5 Intel Israel Ltd.’s

Architecture 92

Architecture Dividend Minneapolis 92

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

These products encourage all individuals to participate in and have a point of view on investing, rather than operating under the assumption that it’s strictly for the wealthy. First off, by embedding lending within a software product like Jobber or with payment processing like Lightspeed, it removes the cost of acquisition completely.

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IPO Stock Software Review API 36