Channel and Liquidity Event

How Do You Want to Spend Your Next 4 Years of Your Life?

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that you’ve gotten to know your potential channel and customers, regardless of how much money you’re going to make, will you enjoy working with these customers for the next 3 or 4 years? Or is it something that can grow to a size that will result in an acquisition or some liquidity event? (see 0:30 in the video below).

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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

as a distribution channel have vastly reduced the amount of capital a startup needs at the early stage when the risk is greatest. The reality is that the super vast majority of liquidity events are M&A and the majority of those are in the under $100M range. The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0

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What’s your personal-business end game?

Berkonomics

AUGUST 6, 2020

Your distribution channel relationships? It will help you to explain the value of your business to potential investors and certainly help focus your efforts as you advance toward that goal of a liquidity event in your future. Would it be your intellectual property? Your skilled employees? Your brand and market recognition?

Liquidity Event

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Quickly Unpacking The $1.4B Acquisition of Harry’s

Haystack

MAY 9, 2019

Any billion-dollar liquidity event is a rare event, so it will get the Haystack blog treatment. Harry’s reportedly captured single-digit percentages of that market, but it is such a large and steady market (and channel for pushing other home goods through) that it could support not one, but two, large outcomes like this.

Acquisition

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Why Pitching Your Product Is Not Enough For Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

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. Discussion of likely liquidity events and exit strategy. Five-year financial projections of revenue and expenses.

Product

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Exit Strategy

Envision the end game. Advance toward the goal.

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Your distribution channel relationships? It will help you to explain the value of your business to potential investors and certainly help focus your efforts as you advance toward that goal of a liquidity event in your future. The liquidity event and beyond' Would it be your intellectual property?

Liquidity Event

Liquidity Event Intellectual Property IPO Equity

These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Convince investors that you have lined up sales channels, strategic partners, and a viable marketing strategy. Industry & market sizing.

Business Plan

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What Is a Venture Capital Firm?

Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

They can also help you develop your product and sales channels. Investors receive a healthy return on investment when the company reaches a liquidity event. They may also provide a mentorship network. Aside from providing funding, a venture capital firm can also help a company grow faster.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital Early Stage Liquidity Event SEC

Fund Raising is a Means Not an End

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

How much do they need to own at a liquidity event? You invest the dollars to create end-user demand and drive those customers into your sales channel. How much will they invest in the life of your company? What’s a win for them? There are two reasons to take venture money. The first is to scale like there is no tomorrow.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital IRR Liquidity Event Business Model

Investors Expect Ten Essentials in a Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Convince investors that you have lined up sales channels, strategic partners, and a viable marketing strategy. Industry & market sizing.

Business Plan

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property

8 Ways An Investor Pitch Differs From A Product Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Partnerships, distribution channels and pricing models should be included. “If Startup investments are extremely risky, primarily because the stock has no value until a future liquidity event, such as an acquisition or public offering. Specific elements of your marketing and sales plans.

Product

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate

10 Answers That Make Your Startup Plan Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

You need to identify pricing details, sales channels, strategic partners and a customized marketing plan consistent with your industry and target segment. If you don’t plan a liquidity event, you won’t find many investors interested. What are your specific marketing and sales plans?

Sweat Equity

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup

Fund Raising is a Means Not an End

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

How much do they need to own at a liquidity event? You invest the dollars to create end-user demand and drive those customers into your sales channel. How much will they invest in the life of your company? What’s a win for them? There are two reasons to take venture money. The first is to scale like there is no tomorrow.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital IRR Liquidity Event Business Model

Nothing commands a higher multiple than hope!

Berkonomics

AUGUST 20, 2015

The inciting incident in a movie is the event at the beginning of the story that causes the hero’s life to be completely transformed and irrevocably changed, and makes the whole story unfold. I thought of this in a recent liquidity event in one of my portfolio companies.

Liquidity Event

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These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Convince investors that you have lined up sales channels, strategic partners, and a viable marketing strategy. Industry & market sizing.

Business Plan

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property

Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

. - You can be an Independent studio or do “work for hire&# (either a revenue share or buy-out model) - If you’re an independent studio you have a set of choices for distribution channel and marketing models. - We understood none of this. More detail in future posts. This post was Twitted by altgate [.]

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Ten Tips for an Investment-Grade Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Convince investors that you have lined up sales channels, strategic partners, and a viable marketing strategy. Industry & market sizing.

Business Plan

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property

Does raising money mean you should start scaling?

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

You’re tinkering with your marketing and sales channels. What sources of traffic are converting, and which channels are profitable, which aren’t? Investors are always thinking about growth mode because that’s the path to where they want to go – liquidity event. How it applies to your marketing channels.

Metrics

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Crowdfunding is Doomed.

A Crowded Space

AUGUST 26, 2013

It promises increased efficiency in the marketplace as worthy startups may be able to raise money faster and simpler than through traditional channels. Equity crowd-funding as a broad asset class is similar to VC in that it seeks to take a stake in early stage startups and hope for big liquidity events down the road. Conclusion.

Later Stage

Later Stage Liquidity Event Equity Vertical

How Indie.vc Cash Distributions Work

Bryce Dot VC

MARCH 5, 2015

terms is the option for founders to make cash distributions to investors from profits as a return on their investment instead of selling out or taking their company public to create a liquidity event. There’s a Slack channel for that. One unique aspect of the Indie.vc Within the Indie.vc You can request an invite here.'

Distribution

Distribution Liquidity Event Salary Equity

Everything you do adds or reduces company value

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

New products, new geographic territories, elimination of a competitor, increase in revenues, consolidation savings, new talent, new distribution channels, and more are good reasons for a start. Let’s list some of the many reasons your company might find to make an acquisition. Odds that an acquisition will be a success.

Acquisition

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Think of your exit as you commit your resources along the way.

Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2011

There are many reasons a company finds to make an acquisition.

Acquisition

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC News : Dow Jones financial information service provides unparalleled reporting and analysis of the entire global venture capital industry, from fundraising developments to financings, liquidity events to people moves and other key developments at venture capital firms and portfolio companies in every industry and region. Rich Miner.

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How Do You Want to Spend Your Next 4 Years of Your Life?

Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

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What’s your personal-business end game?

Quickly Unpacking The $1.4B Acquisition of Harry’s

Why Pitching Your Product Is Not Enough For Investors

Envision the end game. Advance toward the goal.

These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable

What Is a Venture Capital Firm?

Fund Raising is a Means Not an End

Investors Expect Ten Essentials in a Business Plan

8 Ways An Investor Pitch Differs From A Product Pitch

10 Answers That Make Your Startup Plan Investable

Fund Raising is a Means Not an End

Nothing commands a higher multiple than hope!

These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable

Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid

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Does raising money mean you should start scaling?

Crowdfunding is Doomed.

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Everything you do adds or reduces company value

Think of your exit as you commit your resources along the way.

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