YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Toronto’s Mark Attanasio has spent some 20 years advising businesses at various stages in their development on what it takes to position themselves for growth – whether it’s through traditional transactional activities like management buyouts and mergers and acquisitions or via a public listing on a Canadian stock exchange.

Partner 113

Partner Technical Review Management Due Diligence 113

Board Effect

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Reserving funds for unexpected costs. These are some of the other issues that go into establishing financial practices for healthcare organizations: Larger healthcare organizations have greater bargaining power with insurance companies then smaller organizations, which affects decisions about mergers and partnerships.

Technical Review 66

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review Government 66

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

For example, if you have ever watched the Shark Tank show on TV, they always ask about the cost of customer acquisition. Equity investors realize that they won’t see any real return until an exit occurs, such as a sale, merger, or IPO. Show that you have to ability to move the ball forward.

Exit Strategy 406

Exit Strategy Merger Angel Investor IPO 406

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Will Work for Equity. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Determined not to miss another opportunity, Graham has begun waiving fees and instead taking equity in clients he thinks have a good shot at success. Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

Angel Investor 314

Angel Investor Venture Capital Silicon Valley Startup 314

ReadWriteStart

JULY 17, 2023

The platform has raised over $225 million through equity and debt financing to date. This could lead to a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the industry, with larger players acquiring smaller ones to gain a larger market share. In the financial year ending in March this year, the startup generated a revenue of $18.5

India 104

India Acquisition Merger Curation 104

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO) bring necessary capital and resources to a growing company. Mergers and acquisitions can be fairly contentious and not all shareholders agree that it is in their best interest for Company A to buy Company B.

IPO 147

IPO Prospectus Merger Initial Public Offering 147

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

Obviously you need to clearly understand your situation and your cost benefit analysis so that you can go into the deal with a solid understanding of what is a huge success for yourself. Being wholly owned has the same effect, but it does obviously require a merger or an acquisition to occur. Understand your deal limitations.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Securities and Exchange Commission Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence 164

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Find a private equity firm or friendly individual.

Exit Strategy 264

Exit Strategy Private Equity Equity Technical Review 264

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale.

Merger 243

Merger Acquisition Startup Bandwidth 243

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2014

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Here are some basic “rules of thumb” that every Angel or venture capital equity investor uses, to help you anticipate their reactions.

Liquidity Event 249

Liquidity Event Equity Venture Capital Merger 249

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Every outside hire increases your cost and risk. As soon as you bring in investors, they force you to plan for an exit (merger or sale) in three to five years.

Bootstrapping 278

Bootstrapping Startup Merger Salary 278

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Find a private equity firm or friendly individual.

Exit Strategy 376

Exit Strategy Startup Private Equity Equity 376

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2013

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Here are some basic “rules of thumb” that every Angel or venture capital equity investor uses, to help you anticipate their reactions.

Liquidity Event 243

Liquidity Event Startup Equity Venture Capital 243

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Startup Portfolio 260

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

Our goals are to increase quality, by offering patients the best providers across the country, to increase access, by removing transportation barriers and connecting patients with these providers anywhere, and to lower costs, by eliminating the reliance on traditional healthcare infrastructure. Thanks to Stanley Kovak, Mirror Care !

Entrepreneur 135

Entrepreneur B2B Database Technical Review 135

www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

What’s the typical hourly cost? While the hourly rate is certainly a crucial part of the costs, you’ll also want to consider the mix of lawyers that will doing your work. How much will it cost to incorporate your new start-up? Establishing the ownership and equity rights of the company if there are multiple founders.

Hiring 56

Hiring LLC Intellectual Property Private Equity 56

Gust

AUGUST 10, 2014

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Here are some basic rules of thumb that every Angel or venture capital equity investor uses, to help you anticipate their reactions.

Liquidity Event 176

Liquidity Event Equity Venture Capital Merger 176

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale.

Acquisition 214

Acquisition Merger Startup Bandwidth 214

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Equity investments are not loans, so there is no loan payback period or interest payments. Find a private equity firm or friendly individual.

Equity 120

Equity Exit Strategy Private Equity Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale.

Entrepreneur 249

Entrepreneur Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 249

Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Every outside hire increases your cost and risk. As soon as you bring in investors, they force you to plan for an exit (merger or sale) in three to five years.

Bootstrapping 176

Bootstrapping Startup Merger Salary 176

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. With the more popular Merger & Acquisition (M&A) exit strategy, the control stays with the new entity.

IPO 224

IPO Founder Exit Strategy Investment Bankers 224

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. What equity is the company willing to give in return for the investment? What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)? Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need.

Elevator Pitch 247

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 247

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. With the more popular Merger & Acquisition (M&A) exit strategy, the control stays with the new entity.

Exit Strategy 239

Exit Strategy IPO Investment Bankers Entrepreneur 239

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

The business model has to clearly define who is your customer, market penetration expected, how much customers pay versus total costs and the investment required to sustain cash flow. How big is the funding request, and how much equity will you give? Quantify founder investments, both cash and sweat-equity.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Every outside hire increases your cost and risk. As soon as you bring in investors, they force you to plan for an exit (merger or sale) in three to five years.

Bootstrapping 240

Bootstrapping Merger Salary .Net 240

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale.

Startup 232

Startup Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 232

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2015

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale.

Merger 120

Merger Acquisition Differentiation Channel 120

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2017

It’s almost impossible for a business owner to keep up with all the international and multistate tax regulations, mergers and acquisitions issues, and equity compensation happenings. A misstep in any one of these areas can cost you tens of thousands of dollars, so bring in someone who knows his stuff.

Ratchet 113

Ratchet Merger New York Engineer 113

Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

economy: “… Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs, Eliot-Spitzer’s stock analyst settlement and the economic downturn have created an historic drought in venture-backed companies going public. . It boggles the mind that Washington would enact new policies sure to prolong this (IPO) drought and strike at the heart of American innovation.”

IPO 28

IPO Silicon Valley Merger Sweat Equity 28

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

They don’t realize that this option would likely be their worst nightmare, since it costs millions for the road show, usually dilutes your equity to a tiny fraction, and takes away all your entrepreneurial control. With the more popular Merger & Acquisition (M&A) exit strategy, the control stays with the new entity.

Exit Strategy 235

Exit Strategy IPO Investment Bankers Entrepreneur 235

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. What equity is the company willing to give in return for the investment? What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)? Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need.

Elevator Pitch 234

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 234

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

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. The most credible sizing approach is to do your financial model first with the volume, cost, and pricing parameters you want.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2018

Then value the acquisition in the context of your business, giving consideration to the likely cost savings and potential revenue lift that can result from combined capabilities. Growth scenarios or turnarounds and fixes often require an infusion of cash beyond the cost of the acquisition.

Acquisition 124

Acquisition Finance Raleigh Mezzanine 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. What equity is the company willing to give in return for the investment? What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)? Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need.

Elevator Pitch 235

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 235