Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event. Most experts don’t recommend this approach as your default strategy anymore. You can kick-off your next startup.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. Sources like Crunchbase , Angel List , and Seed Invest even give this data away for free or very low cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event. Most experts don’t recommend this approach as your default strategy anymore. You can kick-off your next startup.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Top management was trying to coordinate all of the operating details (sales, manufacturing, distribution and marketing,) across all the divisions and the company almost went bankrupt that year when poor planning led to excess inventory (with unsold cars piling up at dealers and the company running out of cash.) car market.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Deciding on your price can feel more like an art than a science, but there are some basic rules that you should follow: Your pricing should cover your costs. There are certainly exceptions to this, but for the most part you should be charging your customers more than it costs you to deliver your product or service. Personnel Plan.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. 1) Manage the firm .

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2011

This article picks up from that point onward, discussing the challenges we ran into once we went into operation mode, the invaluable lessons that only first-hand experience can teach, the exit strategy which was the $250,000 sale of the website, and finally my overall concluding thoughts on the entire experience.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

In this post, I want to lay out the details involved in how I first realized the opportunity, the formation of the business idea, the search for my supplier, the establishment and growth of the business, problems encountered and lessons learned, as well as the exit strategy that resulted in the $250,000 sale of the business.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

These businesses were helping people straighten their teeth at a much lower cost and with less pain than traditional alternatives such as braces. If manufacturers can increase productivity , they can produce more without increasing costs, then they are more globally competitive. Photo Credit: Alex Dask. Photo Credit: Hayley Albright.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

The need becomes obvious as soon as you recognize that you don’t know how much money you need, and when you need it, without laying out projected sales , costs, expenses, and timing of payments. You don’t do an exit strategy section of your business plan if you’re not writing for investors and therefore you aren’t concerned with an exit.

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

Not only will this give you an idea of what people are thinking and searching, it will also give you the opportunity to tweak your product idea as per the demand. The more search volume on your targeted keywords, the greater the demand in the market. Total cost that is involved in gaining a paying customer. Create an MVP.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

A lawyer I asked about it said: When the company goes public, the SEC will carefully study all prior issuances of stock by the company and demand that it take immediate action to cure any past violations of securities laws. Theyll only considercompanies that have an exit strategy—meaning companies that couldget bought or go public.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

I was trading real heavy hours for heavy dollars, and led a very mobile, demanding and by choice, a pressure packed lifestyle. I believe in maxing out tax advantageous vehicles like the 401(k) and Roth IRA, and dollar cost investing over time in no to low load mutual funds, including index funds. Same as above.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

I have come to believe during my time as an operator, entrepreneur and investor that the balance of these skills is so important to the long-term health of a business that if balance is not achieved early then the impact later can be profound - sometimes terminal. They are many more examples. The former focussed on biz.

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