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Why large companies acquire small companies

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Revenue multiples, profit multiples, premium over the previous financing — these are metrics used by sellers to help determine a minimum acceptable price. In terms of acquisition, they ask more specifically: “How can we trade balance sheet assets (cash, equity) in exchange for executing our strategy better?”.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking.

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3 Ways Structure Can Take Your Tech Startup To New Heights

YoungUpstarts

Speaking intelligently about your company’s current (and future) performance means regular check-ins with your finances. Whether it’s burn rates, balance sheets, or P&L and cash flow statements, financial documents say a lot about your operations — and you need to be able to speak the language. Use burn rate as an example.

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5 Key Elements to Consider When Creating Accurate Financial Projections

Women Entrepreneurs Can

You must review your company’s most recent income statement, cash flow statement, and balance sheet. Using your chosen approach (top-down or bottom-up), forecast the revenue your startup will generate and the expenses associated with reaching that level of sales.

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The Lean LaunchPad Class: It’s the same, but different

Steve Blank

This type of teaching firepower and headcount was necessary as the teaching team expanded the class size to meet student demand. And instead of the traditional income statement, balance sheet and cash flow, discover the key “metrics that matter” for their business model. Class Size.

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How to Write a Business Plan for a Cannabis Company

Up and Running

Ganjapreneur recommends including polls about the increased demand for cannabis legalization. Once you identify your ideal customer, you can tailor your marketing and sales plan to that person. Components of this section include: Your marketing and sales plan. Marketing and sales plan. Buyer persona. Your operations plan.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

Both Sides of the Table

Personal balance sheets are still stretched: The problem in the US starts & ends with “consumerism” that was fueled by artificially high real estate prices, which drove up spending and the stock market. The housing market is not recovered : Sales in existing homes in the US fell 27.2% I doubt they will ever catch up.&#.