Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Every customer understands that your solution has to generate more revenue than cost, but you should not put that data in a customer pitch. Of course, these should never be in a customer pitch, but investors expect an overall strategy with specific budgets, milestones and metrics. Specific elements of your marketing and sales plans.

Product 120

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

You’re learning what the metrics that matter are, what your funnel looks like, and what actions you want your prospects to take. Clearly investors should promote the idea that startups need to have clear metrics for terminating the discovery mode. You need to nail your metrics to graduate discovery mode. How do you do that?

Metrics 136

Metrics Cofounder Cram Down Liquidity Event 136

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

With annual healthcare expenditures for conditions that either have an underlying cellular degeneration or damage component, now surpassing $7 trillion globally, Bioquark’s platform makes the company an attractive candidate for high-value strategic transactions and liquidity events for investors. Thanks to Ira S. 11- Two reasons.

Entrepreneur 76

Entrepreneur Social Media Liquidity Event Private Equity 76