Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Most entrepreneurs and certainly all investors would like to see “a positive liquidity event” (a good sale of the business) someday. Not only will group focus upon the possibility of a liquidity event, it will begin to focus upon a number of possible buyers. So, that’s the reason for this insight.

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Liquidity Event Intellectual Property Naming Acquisition 48

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Customers may be attracted to your marketing message, but investors look harder at the startup team, seeking superior expertise in the key areas of growing a business, product domain, financial, marketing and sales. Specific elements of your marketing and sales plans. Projected revenues and expenses over the strategic period.

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Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

What are your specific marketing and sales plans? You need to identify pricing details, sales channels, strategic partners and a customized marketing plan consistent with your industry and target segment. Technically, this is your exit strategy, usually a merger and acquisition (M&A) or initial public stock offering (IPO).

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

Growthink Blog

MAY 26, 2011

Last week, TruckCenter.com was purchased by Liquidity Services (NASDAQ: LQDT), a company that runs online auctions for surplus goods. I found this pretty amusing since when a company is purchased, we often say it reached a "liquidity event." your business) into cash.

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Acquisition Liquidity Event Valuation Revenue 81

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. Read on for a fuller explanation. Intermix and its advisors weren’t fools. of MySpace, Inc.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

For high growth ventures being groomed for a lucrative liquidity event, this is usually a wise choice, presuming additional growth capital can be successfully raised on agreeable terms. So, rarely will this strategy or outcome enable investors to reap their target in a sale.

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Liquidity Event Ohio Acquisition Revenue 48

Gust

OCTOBER 21, 2011

This week we move on to something near and dear to the hearts of entrepreneurs and investors alike: The exit, more formally known as a “ liquidity event.” Suppose the notes converted as if the acquisition were an eligible financing round. Most would agree this is not a fair outcome.

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Finance Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet Liquidity Event 79

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

And finally, have the group put a number in column four, estimating the likelihood of such a sale ever being consummated, with “10” the absolute highest and “1” unlikely to occur. Email readers continue here.] The magic of this exercise is not only in the organization of group focus upon the liquidity event and possible buyers.

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Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Acquisition Distribution 67

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

But each commitment of resources of any substantial size for acquisition of new products, talent, even new companies, changes the value of your enterprise perhaps to a great degree. Should I make an acquisition to increase value? Let’s analyze the effect of a potential acquisition upon the value of your company.

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Acquisition Distribution Channel Operations 48

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

You’re basically tinkering with everything at this stage – product, marketing, sales, partnerships, etc. You’re tinkering with your marketing and sales channels. Investors are always thinking about growth mode because that’s the path to where they want to go – liquidity event. How do you do that? Your company will die.

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Metrics Cofounder Cram Down Liquidity Event 136

Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2015

If you have professional angels or venture capitalists among your funding sources, you have probably been focused on your company’s sale well before they wrote their first checks. Ideally each target company has a history of consistently making acquisitions with deal terms you would accept. That premium is your focus.

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Ohio Acquisition Forecast Sales 48

Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2011

But each commitment of resources of any substantial size for acquisition of new products, talent, even new companies, changes the value of your enterprise perhaps to a great degree. Let’s analyze the effect of a potential acquisition upon the value of your company.

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Acquisition Distribution Channel Revenue 73

The Next Web

OCTOBER 7, 2013

What you need to consider: - x : percent ownership upon a liquidity event. Are they especially acquisitive? Again this is somewhat simplified as the liquidity event (sale or IPO) may come as cash, stock, or a combination of the two. It doesn’t matter how high your offer is if your startup fails.

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Engineer Dilution Option Pool Vesting 129

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2020

If you insist on projecting $100 million in sales the first year, smart investors will likely run for the nearest exit. Define an exit strategy for investors to liquidate their share. Assume margins and prices that are realistic in your target market. Back up your projections with a simple financial model.

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Liquidity Event Forecast Exit Strategy Bootstrapping 308

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

I loved what I did (sales) but I didn’t love doing it for somebody else. By screening hundreds of SMB acquisition opportunities as managing partner at my private equity firm, I saw first-hand that the vast majority of small business owners run their firms without the benefit of good financial or operating metrics.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Liquidity Event Private Equity 76

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Strategic buyers look for managerial talent, intellectual property, geographic expansion, an extension into adjacent markets – and more – that will be achieved with the acquisition of your company. The price negotiated is not at all the critical factor in the emotional sale. And the emotional buyer.

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Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Acquisition Forecast 240

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

So for the most part a venture investor holds their equity until the company exits via an acquisition, IPO, or some sort of other liquidity event (management buyout, whatever). Conversely, if you’re not a good picker, it’s difficult to overcome that, even if you had perfect timing on secondary sales.

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Venture Capital Cap Table LP Equity 122

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? In the old model of Israeli startups, many Israeli executive teams would hire a vice president of sales in the U.S. But is all of that changing?

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Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Strategic buyers look for managerial talent, intellectual property, geographic expansion, an extension into adjacent markets and more that will be achieved with the acquisition of your company. The price negotiated is not at all the critical factor in the emotional sale. This rare buyer needs your company.

Intellectual Property 88

Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Acquisition Forecast 88

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Building a scalable, profitable, customer acquisition engine. What did you take from idea on the back of a napkin to liquidity event? When I say viable, I mean something that can generate sales. If you can snap together simple web pages and services to get the core idea working, and make sales from that, you have a MVP.

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Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The Startup Lottery I need to stop here and say this: with a “hot idea&# startup the odds are overwhelmingly against ever getting funding, much less having a liquidity event that puts money in your pocket. But you can build a very lucrative income if people in the waste management industry need your app.

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Marketing Software Review Technical Review Startup 50