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How to Raise Startup Funding from Unlikely Angel Investors

Up and Running

I’m a mom, a full-time sales manager, and recruiter. Angels invest in one out of every forty deals they review (2.5%) versus the one out of 400 by VC’s (0.25%). Entrepreneurs need to find a way to get traction (sales) without funding. Wait, you didn’t want to be a sales person? I’m not your average angel.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup.

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Rules of Thumb Business Valuation Methods Explained

Up and Running

Some reasons why include needing a more detailed picture of your company’s value, submitting taxes, outlining employee stock option plans, or presenting to investors or creditors. The following formulas are used to calculate the various aspects of the business valuation: Sales Multiples. Software (system and application) 0.7

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments In 2021

Hearpreneur

2021 may have been a bad year for some people especially due to COVID-19 pandemic while, to others, it was a great year. By the year 2021, my company had a strong sales force. In the end, though, we became the company's most successful sales team across the country and I surely played a significant role in this achievement.

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How to Write a Business Plan for a Cannabis Company

Up and Running

The global market for CBD oils is expanding due to their medical efficacy. 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. Strategic partnerships or alliances.

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How To Effectively Manage Business Costs

YoungUpstarts

We’ve read so much about companies and businesses going under due to poor financial management. By chasing after relentless growth – at all costs – they have gone beyond their abilities to pay spiraling bills to suppliers, employees, and financiers. Finally, improve your sales forecasting methods as much as possible.

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How and Why to Manage Cash Flow

Up and Running

Yet the world is full of “profitable” companies bleeding themselves dry and slowly — or sometimes not-so-slowly — going under because they haven’t paid due attention to cash flow. All our training results in the equation business = sales – costs and expenses = profit. The Crucial Color Code. How does this happen? Sell a widget

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