Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2016

As an entrepreneur looking for professional investors, one of the quickest ways to lose credibility and get rejected is to start with a ridiculously high pre-money valuation. Equally bad is professing no valuation estimate at all, asking investors to “make me an offer.” Registered intellectual property adds value.

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Intellectual Property Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

Intellectual property and sustainable competitive advantage. I would expect to see specific plans for distribution, partnerships, and sales channels, as well as the use of social media and conventional marketing, with budgets for the major elements. Solo entrepreneurs have a hard time finding an investor.

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Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Exit Strategy 145

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

No intellectual property. Intellectual property is also often the largest element of early-stage company valuations for professional investors. A major resource is cash funding, but other resources, such as industry contacts and access to marketing channels may be more important for certain products.

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Intellectual Property Startup Viral Early Stage 251

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 Scorecard Valuation Methodology. This method compares the target company to typical angel-funded startup ventures and adjusts the average valuation of recently funded companies in the region to establish a pre-money valuation of the target.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

No intellectual property. Intellectual property is also often the largest element of early-stage company valuations for professional investors. A major resource is cash funding, but other resources, such as industry contacts and access to marketing channels may be more important for certain products.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral Early Stage 274

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

That’s because a company’s value is a composite of all of the quantitative and qualitative factors that comprise a company: revenues, expenses, risks, growth prospects, quality of the management team, competitive advantages, strength of the intellectual property, and so forth. His website is [link].

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Intellectual Property .Net Valuation Distribution 223

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Non-credible funding request or unreasonable valuation. Future unproven projections don’t set today’s valuation. Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. Lack of intellectual property.

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Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Seed Stage 120

Gust

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

No intellectual property. Intellectual property is also often the largest element of early-stage company valuations for professional investors. A major resource is cash funding, but other resources, such as industry contacts and access to marketing channels may be more important for certain products.

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Intellectual Property Startup Viral Early Stage 183

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Include a current valuation estimate. Focus is the keyword here.

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

How you intend to beat specific competitors (business model, intellectual property) is a key investor decision criteria. Partnerships, distribution channels and pricing models should be included. “If This allows them to calculate burn rates, break-even points and forecast the company valuation over time.

Product 120

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Include a current valuation estimate. Focus is the keyword here.

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Include a current valuation estimate. Focus is the keyword here.

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Include a current valuation estimate. Focus is the keyword here.

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Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Combine a wild guess on future growth for several years, add in a wilder guess about future valuation prices and exit opportunities, and then pretend that the combination means something. See Also: Intellectual Property: How Do You Protect Your Creations? It really only means that you haven’t recovered from your MBA years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

Win-win deals with competitors are always possible, for example, to reduce costs of a common component, to penetrate new markets, set industry standards, or share a sales channel. Negotiate a “co-opetition” deal with a competitor. Just keep your customer’s best interest as your first priority, and resist the urge to kill every competitor.

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Merger Intellectual Property Startup Acquisition 120

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 20, 2011

Or a company like Zappos (who was famous, growing, and profitable) still got only a 1x sales valuation when bought by Amazon because of thin margins. There’s many possibilities, each of which will cause a different valuation of your company. To stoke an existing sales channel. Actually, no. To control a market.

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Sales Channel Cofounder Valuation 260

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Intellectual Property Law For Startups Blog. s most comprehensive collection of business and intellectual property information. “My IP” – produced by the UK Intellectual Property Office. Roku Channel Store. valuations. VC Experts. Rich Miner.

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