Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Professionals maintain that there is plenty of money and equity for qualified startups, and funding marginal startups via any source will only make more people unhappy. But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

Professionals maintain that there is plenty of money for equity in qualified startups, and funding marginal startups via any source will only make more people unhappy. But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

This implies high odds of a scalable business, simply needing an investment to lead to success. Business model showing costs, pricing, and margins. These are not meant to be an accuracy test, but a check on your commitment level, understanding of business norms, and an assessment of company valuation over time.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 12, 2013

Well, in most forms of angel and early-stage private equity investing, these breakdowns flow from a misunderstanding of the power and nature of outliers. A small number of Black Swans explain almost everything in our world, from the success of ideas and religions, to the dynamics of historical events, to elements of our own personal lives."

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Gust

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Professionals maintain that there is plenty of money and equity for qualified startups, and funding marginal startups via any source will only make more people unhappy. But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

How the solution and business model work to fund the business. Investors will impatiently expect a winning business model, customer segment definitions and volume projections. Investors will impatiently expect a winning business model, customer segment definitions and volume projections.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2010

I’ll offer that both entrepreneurs and VC’s have the wrong model for founding CEO equity compensation. The customary vesting model has founders vest their stock over 4-years , and when the founding CEO gets in over their head the VC’s bring in professional management. Where’s My Liquidity Event.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

The investors and the entrepreneurs are – or should be – aware that the price of the company’s equity is set by the market – in simplest terms, what an informed buyer is willing to pay.   As a starting point, these become market comparable discussions based on other similar transactions within a recent timeframe and similar business.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Now, the concept of outliers and how they apply to early stage private equity investment is not a new one. In the Black Swan especially, Taleb described the nature and importance of outliers in a modern, inter-connected economy: “What we call here a Black Swan is an event with the following three attributes. Of course not.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

For a Series A round you want to prove you have built a repeatable and scalable sales/revenue model and understand all parts of the business model. Series B is about proving your net revenue model (can you be profitable?). Team, Product, Traction, Business Model and Market. Business Model.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. Management has the wrong pedigree, is geographically undesirable, competes in the wrong industry, and/or has a business model that lacks "scalability credibility" with the venture community.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Mature startups with proven business models and the potential to reach the public markets within a few years will be the safest place to park any new venture capital that comes into the ecosystem. TVPI = total value to paid in capital (paper gains) DPI = distributed to paid-in capital (real cash gains, paid out).

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

How to identify and engage the first customers for your product, and how to gather, evaluate and use their feedback to make your product, marketing and business model far stronger. Social media marketing for startups : How to use social to launch, position your messaging and get distribution. Khan Academy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

I hope to be asked back for next year’s event. Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. He talked about a unique model where you don’t have to become liquid in venture capital and can target singles & doubles.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I can count on one hand the number of people I’ve met in New York meetups and events that fit this description. In San Francisco one can find hacking events on a daily basis, as well as many unconference events where people get their hands dirty playing with code. Now I just need a business model.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

However, since you asked – next would be making a list of all the speakers at the events for my industry and personally reaching out to them for advice. Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. Invite them to an event that adds value to their lives. Value in that order.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We also discussed having distributed teams (e.g. Why liberal arts undergraduate degrees can be more valuable than economics / business undergraduate degrees. -Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. Also, industry meet-ups and events are great ways to meet other talented technical people, have fun and perhaps spark a new start-up. Twitter is an excellent distribution channel for us. (B) How to get there.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

Last week, the mobile bank Current launched rewards – previously, a major draw of credit cards – so its users can build point equity with each debit card swipe. Matthieu Hafemeister , a16z fintech deal analyst Better models for SMB lending COVID-19 has prompted a scramble in the world of online SMB lending, as delinquencies pile up.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism. I met Girish at an event we did in Chennai in April, and he joined the program right away.

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Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

I hope you can join us at the HBS Club of NY / HBS Angels of NY event below on Thursday, June 16: Click here to make a reservation. Technology is changing the way we do business; crowd sourcing and social networks have become a default security system. Adam Berk, Founder of Neigh*borrow.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Paid off properties also have equity that you can tap into when in need. I consider this business endeavor as an overall success however. Not so much because of the chump change we made (my distribution partner and I), but more so because of the invaluable lessons learned in the process. Why did we decide to sell the business?

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

The programmer will probably not understand your business model, and therefore cant help you point out anything that doesnt make sense in the requirements. Dont make cheap skate equity offers, with programmer getting equity share of first employee and salary of founder(nothing or next to nothing). Insightful.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Poplytics – online surveys and analytics AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys SurveyMonkey - granddaddy of on-line surveys Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions Collaboration Dropbox – store, sync, and, share files online.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Event platforms. real-time event tracking. Wufoo - create contact forms, online surveys and event registrations. free, distributed source code control management system. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. model legal documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section.

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