Board Effect

APRIL 15, 2024

Let’s look beyond numbers on a balance sheet. To be clear, coming to an agreement with a diverse board does take more time, more challenging conversations and potential confrontation. So, how do we gauge our progress?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2016

By Bryan Miles, CEO and co-founder, Miles Advisory Group, Inc. We see balance sheets go from being in the red to finally creeping into the black and, if we’re fortunate enough, beyond our wildest dreams. Bryan Miles is CEO & co-founder of Miles Advisory Group, Inc.

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 1, 2023

Far fetched, but with a balance sheet that is gigantic and the Peloton stock around $38 ($12bln market cap) at the time of this writing, I could see this making a lot of sense. -1: I still want this to happen, but as I love to tell founders Hope isn’t a strategy. 1: Nailed it. 1: Failed it. Didn’t happen.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Far fetched, but with a balance sheet that is gigantic and the Peloton stock around $38 ($12bln market cap) at the time of this writing, I could see this making a lot of sense. -1: I still want this to happen, but as I love to tell founders Hope isn’t a strategy. 1: Nailed it. 1: Failed it. Didn’t happen.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. Teten: For a large corporate, what are the advantages and disadvantages of a dedicated fund (possibly with external investors) vs. a 100% on-balance sheet investor? Mari has been a serial intrapreneur for a large part of her career.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Inside the Mind of a Technical Founder | OpenView Blog by Larry Kim – crowdspring.co/1u7Fz1b. 5 Signs You’ve Got the Wrong Co-Founder – crowdspring.co/1u17ovZ. 12 Qualities To Look For In A Co-Founder – crowdspring.co/1m97mzy. What’s the Best Time to Send Email Newsletters? 1s051td.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 5, 2014

Because it’s the balance sheet for the most important resource I have: my time. Meeting new founders while collaborating, recruiting, analyzing, doing whatever it takes, to help our current founders build strong companies. Why is my calendar the window into my soul? Doing what excites me and gives energy.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

by Todd Connor, founder of Bunker Labs. The economic devastation of 2020 speaks for itself: the end of Q2 saw the highest ever recorded drop in GDP, 50 million people out of work, 12% decline in consumer spending and trillions of dollars added to the national balance sheet to try and steady us during this unprecedented time.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast. This never ends well.

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Berkonomics

JULY 1, 2021

Here’s one that most small company founders and CEO’s miss until it may be too late. How about co-strategist? That may seem extreme to many a founder or CEO, but it serves a purpose. We members of the board never saw, (never asked) and the CFO never mentioned the balance sheet and cash position.

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

I also spoke with Michael Hutchens , CEO & Cofounder of BPM Global , which helps organizations more efficiently build and maintain financial models. A good model needs to factor in cash collections, disbursements, and other working capital considerations with a Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 3, 2020

My goal for 2020 as a founder is to celebrate the small moments more. In 2019, we focused on expanding our product line at BestSelf Co. As a founder, our community will be my biggest focus in the new year. As a founder, our community will be my biggest focus in the new year. Thanks to Cathryn Lavery, BestSelf Co. ! #7-Make

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Haystack

JUNE 29, 2018

Whether it’s angling for multi-billion dollar franchises in faraway places like India, or competing for a small startup in Boston — the gloves are off and founders in the right position stand to benefit. While I don’t know TJ well, I am super happy for him, his cofounders, colleagues, and folks in the PillPack orbit.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Andy Cunningham , founder and CEO of Cunningham Collective. Joining me in the Stanford University studio were. Andy Cunningham. They don’t know what you do.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 4, 2016

by Omar Soliman, co-founder and CEO of College Hunks Hauling Junk and Trash Butler. Facebook may have a few more zeros on its balance sheet, but you can still leverage technology, use your creativity, and make a strong impact on society. You know what’s cooler than a million dollars? A billion dollars!”.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

by Paul Aitken, CEO and founder of Borro. Banks often require strong balance sheets and steady income — the very luxuries entrepreneurs most often lack—before they will lend money. Banks often require strong balance sheets and steady income — the very luxuries entrepreneurs most often lack—before they will lend money.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2012

Just checked their balance sheet. They have $339 million in cash on their balance sheet. But I owe it to my existing investors and co-founders to listen. But mad knowledge exists inside of every founder who has sold a business. Oh, I know – we’ll just ask them for cash! Uh… yeah.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2010

He and his co-founder were both PhD’s in applied math who believe they can make some serious inroads on next generation search. Then they had a five-year P&L statement, balance sheet, cash flow and cap table. asked the founder who had spent the time crafting the perfect plan. “On It’s dynamic. “So

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

When speaking with founders and private growth investors, we hear countless references to “multiples paid” on current or near-term revenue; both obsess over this because a higher multiple translates to a higher valuation. How valuation multiples work Why did multiples become a shortcut-heuristic for estimating valuations in the first place?

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 5, 2023

He co-authored The Ultimate Guide to Google Ads , now in its sixth edition, which is the world’s best-selling book on Google Ads, with over 130,000 copies sold. Recent, an episode featured Max Novak, the founder of Nova Cast, where he talked all about how podcast booking campaigns create value For listeners and for brands.

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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. 5/ The Crowd Saw X, We Saw Y: One of my favorite quotes about startups and technology comes from Instagram’s co-founder Systrom. 1/ Cash Is King: The $1.4B

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Renske Lynde, Co-founder & Managing Director, Food System 6 Accelerator. If you’re not taking a salary you are making a loan to the company and need to get paid back in the future; include any salary payments you miss as a loan on your balance sheet and keep track of just how much you’ve lent the company.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Andy Cunningham , founder and CEO of Cunningham Collective. Joining me in the Stanford University studio were. Andy Cunningham. They don’t know what you do.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 29, 2011

Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders’ equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business.

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OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 20, 2016

My quick answer to his specific question was: Well, first, you and your co-founder can’t take them at the same time. Some tips: You have to make sure your balance sheet is strong and you’re not raising a round of financing. But I have a longer list of thoughts as well.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

As part of our Female Founder series , The Startup Magazine caught up with Claudia Freed, CEO of the Wheaton Illinois-based nonprofit EALgreen. The post Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen appeared first on The Startup Magazine. As an immigrant student from Argentina, Ms. TSM: Fantastic!

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 18, 2015

Our Bond Street story starts in the fall of 2013 when we’re introduced to CEO/cofounder David Haber by a founder we backed earlier in the year. Lending first off their balance sheet and then from a small fund they raised. “David and Peyton are really sharp.” I think the kids today call that Commas.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 14, 2011

Paul Palmieri, Co-Founder and CEO of mobile advertising service Millennial Media just gave a really valuable talk at the International Startup Festival in Montreal titled "Investing in Your Influencers." constantly write it down the value of your exchanges, keep your own private balance sheet on those interactions.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Such a model is particularly helpful for those founders looking for a co-founder or key employee. Since he graduated, he’s now Founder and CEO of a Latin America-focused based startup, Participa.me (“I participate”). Like me, he had the pleasure/pain of being trained as an investment banking analyst.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2015

He has served as advisor to and member of numerous financial exchanges, and was the founder and CEO of Arthur Lipper Corporation and co-founder and Chairman of New York & Foreign Securities Corporation. Today he serves as Chairman of British Far East Holdings Ltd.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

You’ll obviously have some data in a spreadsheet format (copied into PowerPoint) for things like your Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cashflow Statements. Each board pack should have the history of performance over the past year, a comparison of performance relative to plan and your forecasts going forward.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? On Sushi and VC. Everything we do.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As I discussed last week in the Greymatter podcast with my friend and Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh , I believe that a knowledge of philosophy is actually a great asset for entrepreneurs. Like many first time founders, I ran over that landmine. But what I wasn’t doing was trying to earn a credential or boost my salary.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As I discussed last week in the Greymatter podcast with my friend and Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh , I believe that a knowledge of philosophy is actually a great asset for entrepreneurs. Like many first time founders, I ran over that landmine. But what I wasn’t doing was trying to earn a credential or boost my salary.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Co-founder) Bonnie and I were originally so strapped for cash that when we began making our wine in the mid-’80s, our administrative office was the laundry room of a rented farmhouse in Sonoma County, California. Trust me, I know what it’s like to try to start a business when you’re basically broke. (Co-founder)

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Word of mouth is no substitute for market research, says Ben Price, co-founder of Hard Knocks Brewing, a small brewpub in its second year of operation. Co-founders Jamie Floyd and Nikos Ridge leased their startup system from a family running a German restaurant out of a former brewpub. Is it losses? Is it time to scale?

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