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Why Pitching Your Product Is Not Enough For Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

This implies high odds of a scalable business, simply needing an investment to lead to success. Business model showing costs, pricing, and margins. Intellectual property and sustainable competitive advantage. Discussion of likely liquidity events and exit strategy.

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8 Ways An Investor Pitch Differs From A Product Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

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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These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Focus is the keyword here.

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Investors Expect Ten Essentials in a Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Focus is the keyword here.

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These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable

Gust

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Focus is the keyword here.

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Ten Tips for an Investment-Grade Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Focus is the keyword here.

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Flippers vs Keepers–At times earnings don’t matter

Berkonomics

Keepers are financed differently than Flippers, which are started with a plan to be acquired in a few years, once the value of the technology or business model is demonstrable. They are also very competitive, and highly value the intellectual property of the Flipper.