Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. It’s all about making your business life easier, doing what works best, getting the best results by tracking what works and always improving.

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Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2018

I’ve seen too many entrepreneurs think, “Oh, I know my business inside and out—pitching will be a breeze!” I’ve seen many entrepreneurs crash and burn when delivering their investor pitch—and ramble on and on. Have a well-thought-out business plan on-hand to share, so investors can read more if they’d like to.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

are eliminated during due diligence. A conundrum for many frustrated entrepreneurs is that they need money from investors to design and build a prototype product, yet most angel investors expect to see at least a prototype before they invest. Prepare an investment-grade business plan. Finalize your financial model.

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

Picking the right attorney in your startup is as important as picking the right business partner. You can’t underestimate the importance of selecting an attorney who “gets” your business model, your market opportunity, and most importantly, your fundraising and exit strategy. My business partner and I were elated.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

More research and explanation is needed to understand how the business plan will be executed. Pitch it to someone with a startup or business related background, but who doesn’t have experience in your industry. Don’t describe a 100% theoretical business model. It was all hypothetical. We needed to be more specific.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 23, 2020

And even after you’ve launched a business, you have to be on top of your game just to survive against the competition. Get these basics right and you’ll have more chances of getting your business off to a good start. Get Creative With Your Business Planning. Nothing is off limits when it comes to launching a business. .

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Our business model changed as we realized that to become a large company, we needed to automate more than just a few marketers. We had validated our new assumptions by a set of orders, and we had pivoted on our business model. As a young entrepreneur in his first startup, this post hits our current situation spot on.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

« The Whitehorse Daily Star - good advice for entrepreneurs | Main. Last week, our angel group reviewed a business with an online lie detector technology.     What does that mean for entrepreneurs? .     What does that mean for entrepreneurs?  Being The Best You Can Be.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

A fter years of talking with many of you in the Israeli startup industry, investors and entrepreneurs alike, I was invited to present some tips for entrepreneurs at the Launch48 conference in London this weekend. That said, it’s your responsibility to do proper due diligence on the investors you are about to meet.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Here’s some big news for San Diego’s innovation economy: There’s a new venture capital firm in town—and its investment methodology represents a fundamentally different approach to the conventional business model for venture investing. It’s time consuming, but it makes sense for the first one or two venture investors to do that.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 6) Due diligence. 2) Market .

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Make your choices only after you’ve done some due diligence with other companies where they’ve served. Your original business plan will probably go out the window when you land your first customer. Your business works as intended if you can attract customers that fit into the context of your operation.

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Business Plan Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

However, there are some common claims made by first-time and seasoned entrepreneurs alike that do not resonate well with investors. But, they are also looking at your ability to turn a business concept into a realistic business model. “Several firms are doing due diligence.”

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Due diligence: An Entrepreneurs Perspective » October 19, 2006. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Startups and angels: Along the way to success.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I had the opportunity to speak with Melinda Emerson, the “SmallBizLady” and America’s #1 small business expert, who took the opportunity to share with us her proven, step-by-step method to transition from employee to entrepreneur. When you are an entrepreneur you kill for your dinner every day.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Entrepreneurs put together their funding presentation by extracting the key ideas from their business plan, putting them on PowerPoint/Keynote and pitching the company – until they get funded or exhausted.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Understand your business. It sounds obvious, but the majority of entrepreneurs who pitch me have obviously never thought through many of the major issues surrounding their companies. You should know EVERYTHING about your business, product, customers and competition.

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Tim Keane

AUGUST 21, 2006

« Listening to Entrepreneurs | Main. But I liked it and it got me thinking about entrepreneurs and investors. Who is responsible when investors encourage entrepreneurs to "manage" the data? Who is responsible when investors encourage entrepreneurs to "manage" the data? I have no idea why.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor. If they’re making it as part of a group that the entrepreneur likes, fine. If they are “solo,” though, the entrepreneur will want to know a lot about their attitudes and expectations, especially when things go wrong. What is your due diligence process?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

We are currently in the middle of a restart and would like to share our seven lessons learned in the hopes that other entrepreneurs can benefit from our experiences and increase their chances for success. Although we got some early traction, we were unable to prevent a bankruptcy from happening in October 2011. Raising money takes time.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

The workshop participants, of which there were about 30, brought diverse experience and expertise to the table – from young entrepreneurs with just a few years of experience in the consumer web, to seasoned executives with decades of experience in semiconductors, telecommunications and enterprise software.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

She is regularly invited to participate as a judge for business plan competitions, as well as speak on topics including entrepreneurship, angel investing, social media, and authentic self promotion. Needless to say, the webinar was absolutely packed with great tips on what it takes to pitch your business so that investors take notice.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

For firms that dont have access to the most successful entrepreneurs, trying to predict an individual or individual teams success rate based on experience, personal attributes, intellect, etc. might very well be a good way to find some promising first time entrepreneurs. The darts seem to be doing quite well over the past few years.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 30, 2006

Due diligence: An Entrepreneurs Perspective. Due diligence by an investor, seen from the entrepreneurs point of view, is all good. Here is an opportunity to really learn a lot about your business prospects and gain perspective. (By Due diligence: An Entrepreneurs Perspective.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Of course, the most important funding statistic to an entrepreneur relates to one specific company, and whether there is sufficient capital available to build and scale his business. Mid-way through the process, we took another cut at our business plan and built a model where $5 million would be sufficient to get us beyond breakeven.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Sunil contacted me asking if he could apply to become a columnist on Entrepreneurs-Journey. I asked him what are the highlights of his “career&# as an entrepreneur so I could be confident in his credibility and he had stories to tell that we could all learn from. It turns out Sunil has done a few things.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

A group of Seedcamp entrepreneurs started a startup tools wiki for that purpose, and we thought it would be well suited here. An additional list of business resources for startups is available here. List of Angel/SuperAngel Investors for entrepreneurs. Walker Law:Â Tips for Entrepreneurs. Legal Wiki â?? great basics.

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