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. Competitors, like the market, never stand still as you disrupt their space. Show that you anticipate this, how they will react, and how you have ongoing strategies to stay ahead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2021

You should plan an exit strategy, and optimize your activities and timing to get top dollar. The critical tasks , which require professional skills, include packaging the business, actively marketing it, negotiating terms, and due diligence. Neither perspective is good for credibility or a fair result from your sale.

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Due Diligence Intellectual Property Bankruptcy Exit Strategy 410

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Target market: Who is your ideal patient? Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Target market. A formal market analysis can help verify that there’s a need for your particular practice in your intended location. . Marketing and sales plan.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 2, 2013

Impress the investors with what you and your team have accomplished to date (sales, contracts, key hires, product launches, etc.). Your Target Market : Don’t say that everyone in the world is potentially your market, even it it could be true one day. How much will it cost? How will you reach your customers?

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Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Technical Review Due Diligence 164

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Marketing, sales, support, and service operations. Solution development and delivery. Team building status and plan.

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Entrepreneur Exit Strategy Metrics Operations 328

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2021

Would you be comfortable buying a house from a builder, or building one yourself, with no plan on timeframes, costs, and features? I hope not. Most investors tend to think of startups without a plan as expensive hobbies.

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Silicon Valley Exit Strategy Business Plan Restful 342

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Recognize your position in the market, a realistic asking price, as well as what a potential buyer may be prepared to pay. Listed below are three crucial things to remember that will enable you to maximize your profits from the sale. . Prepare an Exit Strategy. Clean-Up Your Financials and Books.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

For example, startups often do not register their trade marks because they have an exit strategy in mind—an exit strategy that will see their business absorbed into a large organisation with its own trade mark protected house brands already in place. The IPO did not proceed. The shotgun approach. Types of IP protection.

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Intellectual Property IP Software Review New Zealand 45

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

The next reason is to establish a competitive advantage over your competition and quickly acquire a substantial market share. Let’s take an example – In the case of an internet or app business, the user traction and market penetration is a must. Establish a competitive advantage. Both of which are expensive and time-consuming.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

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. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 23, 2019

As the cost of starting a company goes down over time, VC’s have become more than just money providers— they also help entrepreneurs gain customers and grow their teams. The unit cost fell and this idea of pay as you go. Scott advises that when you pick investors, you have to have compatible alignments and incentives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

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. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

It’s one that’s a good fit for you personally, for your target market, and for your location. Test your business idea and do market research*. Define your target market. What’s your market size? How easy is it to acquire a customer, and how much will it cost? How long will it take to get to market?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates. Exit strategy.

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Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 247

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Industry & market sizing. Start with the evolution of the overall industry, market segmentation, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Avoid any statements like “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.”

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

Here are the unique business elements that I expect to hear as a potential investor: Target market size and growth projections. Most investors won’t be interested unless you can show them a large market (billion-dollar opportunity), with a double-digit growth rate. Business model showing costs, pricing, and margins.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Marketing, sales, support, and service operations. Solution development and delivery. Team building status and plan.

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Exit Strategy Metrics Operations Cost 155

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates. Exit strategy.

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Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 234

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Industry & market sizing. Start with the evolution of the overall industry, market segmentation, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Avoid any statements like “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.”

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates. Exit strategy.

Elevator Pitch 235

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 235

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For example, “We just patented a new battery technology that will cut your smartphone charge time and cost in half.” Quantify the market opportunity in business terms. For example, “Nielsen projects that the market for smart phones will double every year for the next five years.” Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

By profit, I simply mean offering a product or service to customers for a price that exceeds the total costs associated with the solution, thus providing some basis for recovering sunk costs and generating a return for stakeholders. Customers typically won’t switch to a new vendor for less than a twenty percent cost advantage.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2016

Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to decrease, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. Concerns over valuations being reset to a new normal, and a soft exit market, are seen as key drivers. Exposure to increased liability risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

Entrepreneurs need to document a process of responding to a market need, sizing opportunity, assigning a specific business model, and planning for marketing, sales, and customer satisfaction. Marketing, sales, support, and service operations. Solution development and delivery. Team building status and plan.

Exit Strategy 120

Exit Strategy Metrics Operations Cost 120

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Industry & market sizing. Start with the evolution of the overall industry, market segmentation, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Avoid any statements like “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.”

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates. Exit strategy.

Elevator Pitch 146

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Investors are looking for a concise description of your product or service without technical jargon or fuzzy marketing terms with value quantified in customer terms. How big and growing is the total market and your target segment? They like billion-dollar markets with double-digit growth rates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Here are the motivation elements that investors expect to hear: Size and growth potential of the market opportunity. Your customers don’t care if you are targeting a billion-dollar market and growing at double-digit rates, but investors will skip small or shrinking opportunities. First to market” is not sustainable by a startup.

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Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Industry & market sizing. Start with the evolution of the overall industry, market segmentation, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Avoid any statements like “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.”

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Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . 1) Market fund.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Up and Running

JULY 15, 2016

Despite the recent economic downturn, the market potential is enormous, the entrepreneurial spirit in China is high, and the country is inevitably going to increase its global influence thanks to its economic vitality. and for European companies—China has already become the second most important export market after the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. The timing of an IPO is driven heavily by the state of the economy in general and the stock market in particular, in concert with your profitability. If it’s not enough, don’t do it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

Would you be comfortable buying a house from a builder, or building one yourself, with no plan on timeframes, costs, and features? I hope not. Most investors tend to think of startups without a plan as expensive hobbies.

Business Plan 120

Business Plan Silicon Valley Startup Exit Strategy 120

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. Exit Strategies. Strategy and Planning. SALES & MARKETING. Online Marketing. Bringing Innovation to Market. Strategy and Planning >. Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. Exit Strategies. Strategy and Planning. SALES & MARKETING. Online Marketing. Bringing Innovation to Market. Growth Strategies >. a 50-employee provider of e-marketing solutions to small and midsize businesses, based in Needham, Mass.

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Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Startup internet projects often arrive slightly buggy at first and if the entrepreneur didn’t take the time to research the market in advance, the product can be dead on arrival. The situation becomes even worse if there is no marketing plan or budget. Look at the market size and the number of competing products.

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