Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2015

That does work once in a while, usually with some serious collateral damage, but a less painful approach is to prepare and plan for each step along the way. One preparation example is the value of building a business plan before you start. Common financial metrics include burn rate, gross margin, revenue growth and net profit.

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Elevator Pitch Burn Rate Startup Metrics 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Remember the goal is an overview presentation that will pique investor interest enough to ask for the business plan and a follow-on meeting, not close the deal on the spot. Every startup needs both a business plan and an investor presentation, completed before you formally approach any investors. Business model.

Elevator Pitch 235

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 235

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2013

Entrepreneurs who plan to complete a business plan the first month, find an investor the second, and roll out a product the third month are just kidding themselves. Count on several months of effort and costly assistance to court investors, with less than a 10% success rate.

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Startup Burn Rate Bootstrapping Valuation 264

Gust

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Entrepreneurs who plan to complete a business plan the first month, find an investor the second, and roll out a product the third month are just kidding themselves. Count on several months of effort and costly assistance to court investors, with less than a 10% success rate.

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Bootstrapping Entrepreneur Startup Burn Rate 191

Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Remember the goal is an overview presentation that will pique investor interest enough to ask for the business plan and a follow-on meeting, not close the deal on the spot. Every startup needs both a business plan and an investor presentation, completed before you formally approach any investors. Business model.

Elevator Pitch 146

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2013

In reality, you need to set these projections as goals for your own use, to convince employees as well as investors that you have a business which is challenging, but achievable. Your “burn rate” or net cash flow out is usually the single most important survival parameter to a startup. Cash flow is king. " Marty Zwilling.

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Forecast Business Plan Burn Rate .Net 238

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2012

In reality, you need to set these projections as goals for your own use, to convince employees as well as investors that you have a business which is challenging, but achievable. Your “burn rate” or net cash flow out is usually the single most important survival parameter to a startup. Cash flow is king.

Forecast 238

Forecast Burn Rate .Net Business Model 238

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2011

In reality, you need to set these projections as goals for your own use, to convince employees as well as investors that you have a business which is challenging, but achievable. Your “burn rate” or net cash flow out is usually the single most important survival parameter to a startup. Cash flow is king.

Forecast 230

Forecast Burn Rate Startup .Net 230

Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. Is the model consistent with the business plan? Does the business model make sense?

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Silicon Valley San Jose Hockey Stick Venture Capital 35

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2010

In reality, you need to set these projections as goals for your own use, to convince employees as well as investors that you have a business which is challenging, but achievable. Your “burn rate” or net cash flow out is usually the single most important survival parameter to a startup. Cash flow is king.

Forecast 151

Forecast Startup Burn Rate .Net 151

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan. I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004. Once you raise venture capital, you are forced on a path to spend ahead of the business and seek the highest growth business model options.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

Every successful small business goes through four stages during its entire existence: Existence : expanding from pilot production to broad-scale production. Survival : generating enough cash flow to stay in business. Success : business model works and is stable, but there is still untapped potential. Master the numbers.

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Exit Strategy Angel Investor Search Elevator Pitch 90