Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Appreciate the media accolades and peer success feedback.

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Sweat Equity Salary Viral Leadership 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Quantify founder investments, both cash and sweat-equity. Technically, this is your exit strategy, usually a merger and acquisition (M&A) or initial public stock offering (IPO). Since investors are buying a part of your company (not your product), this is the most important question, and is one often not answered.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

Second, emerging growth companies lose negotiating leverage in acquisitions when they have no other viable liquidity alternatives. Between 2001 and 2008 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) accounted for 87% of venture-backed company exits, up from an average of 44% in between 1992 and 2000.

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IPO Silicon Valley Merger Sweat Equity 28

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Investors want to hear about your first customers, other investments put into the company (including your own sweat equity), key media placement, signed letters of intent (LOI) to purchase/partner, product and customer milestones , key hires, and so on. is our customer acquisition cost (CAC). 1,000 new leads captured per month.

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Sweat Equity Churn Rate Elevator Pitch Forecast 122

Up and Running

JANUARY 24, 2014

Investors want to hear about your first customers, other investments put into the company (including your own sweat equity), key media placement, signed letters of intent (LOI) to purchase/partner, product and customer milestones, key hires, etc. is our customer acquisition cost (CAC). 1,000 new leads captured per month.

Sweat Equity 138

Sweat Equity Churn Rate Forecast Business Model 138

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions, which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. link] Luis Rivera. link] Luis Rivera.

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Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Sweat Equity: Juliette and Marco put in a bit of work during weekends as project managers, designers, developers, sysadmins, etc. MyGengo.com and Tolingo.de. 24h turnaround and a great service. Total cost: $100. Hosting: pay-as-you-go cloud servers, mostly free in the beginning. Debug/usability: UserTesting and $100. Total: $8,350.

Bootstrapping 49

Bootstrapping Italy Sweat Equity Europe 49

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

In the case of an acquisition, the shares are tendered for cash and/or stock in the acquiring company.). Nevertheless, these preferences aren’t intended to last forever. Ordinarily, every share of Common Stock in a public company is identical, carrying one vote per share on matters put to any vote of stockholders.

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IPO Equity Common Stock Stock 159

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. Even though most of this message was already drafted, we also had a Hail Mary of a final acquisition conversation that closed the following morning. Obviously, it did not convert.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Q: “What will be your best channel for customer acquisition?&# Q: “When will you have funding secured?&# A: “I don’t know, I’m targeting a six month schedule.&# A: “I don’t know. We’re testing a viral loop, direct sales, and affiliate marketing.&#

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Cofounder NDA Founder Sweat Equity 47

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

During the early days, these are your key contributors and they must be willing to put as much sweat equity into the organization as you are. Early on, having a solid organizational infrastructure helps document your journey beyond the acquisition of funding- no matter where it comes from. You Trust Your Team.

Programming 40

Programming Sweat Equity Startup Private Equity 40

Small Business Force

OCTOBER 14, 2016

You could define it as reducing new customer acquisition costs over time; repeatable processes making product delivery or operations more efficient or cost-effective, or a recurring revenue model that shows an ever-increasing backlog of contracted future revenue each year. How can you build on that traction? Cash flow, loans, etc.

Sweat Equity 20

Sweat Equity Private Equity Valuation Equity 20