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. Anton Blijlevens is a Partner at AJ Park. Types of IP protection.

Intellectual Property 45

Intellectual Property IP Software Review New Zealand 45

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2020

Here is where projections of cost, pricing, volumes and cash flow are critical. The best way to show return on investment is to declare an exit strategy, such as being acquired or going public in the next five years, which allows the investor to cash out. How much do you really need for the next 12 to 18 months?

Startup 337

Startup Preferred Stock Exit Strategy Equity 337

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2017

As a new business owner, you don’t have to take any advice you hear, but failing to listen and learn from someone’s prior experience can cost you a fortune. Recommend required pivots and exit strategies. Then, there is the exit strategy which needs planning, connections, and forethought. Advice is cheap.

Exit Strategy 182

Exit Strategy Matching Partner Cost 182

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

Picking the right attorney in your startup is as important as picking the right business partner. You can’t underestimate the importance of selecting an attorney who “gets” your business model, your market opportunity, and most importantly, your fundraising and exit strategy. My business partner and I were elated.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Dilution 118

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2010

Your goal is to find a way to partner with your "competitor" in such a way that both parties can substantially benefit from the other's resources - but without stealing customers or damaging anyone's credibility. Also this competitor will have become a prime exit strategy alternative. Best of both creates a new market.

Partner 120

Partner Non-Compete Exit Strategy Affiliate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe marketing strategy, sales plan, licensing, and partnership plans. Exit strategy. What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)?

Elevator Pitch 247

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. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

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. Financial projections for investors should always show an annual cost of goods sold and gross margins line, as well as revenue.

Liquidity Event 249

Liquidity Event Equity Venture Capital Merger 249

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Investors invest in people who take action rather than find the excuses that patents are not defensible, cost money or may be done later. Investors are looking for significant (20 percent or greater) cost reductions, training savings or expense reductions. Solidify your exit strategy by picking a competitor as a comparable.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Exit Strategy Angel Investor 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe marketing strategy, sales plan, licensing, and partnership plans. Exit strategy. What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)?

Elevator Pitch 234

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 234

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. Financial projections for investors should always show an annual cost of goods sold and gross margins line, as well as revenue.

Liquidity Event 243

Liquidity Event Startup Equity Venture Capital 243

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe marketing strategy, sales plan, licensing, and partnership plans. Exit strategy. What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)?

Elevator Pitch 235

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 235

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

The plan must simply answer every relevant business question that you could imagine from your team, partners, and investors. 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.

Business Plan 120

Business Plan Silicon Valley Startup Exit Strategy 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2016

You need to convince family and friends, in terms they can relate to, that your idea makes logical business sense, and you have done your homework on real customers, competitors, and costs. Most new entrepreneurs are not surrounded by people who understand convertible notes, startup equity investing, and exit strategies.

Elevator Pitch 151

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Angel Investor Equity 151

Up and Running

JULY 15, 2016

As of 2015, China is the second largest trading partner of both the U.S. Despite the fact that production costs for certain products are now cheaper in some Southeast Asian countries, China remains the factory of the world. Ideally, you should have an exit strategy in place before you even incorporate. and the E.U.—and

China 60

China Entrepreneur Technical Review Framework 60

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

A formal business plan is necessary to show all interested parties -- employees, investors, partners and yourself -- that you are committed to building the business. What is the company's exit strategy? The process of creating the business plan helps to minimize opportunity costs. To attract partners.

Business Plan 128

Business Plan Private Placement Exit Strategy Finance 128

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe your market penetration strategy, sales channels, pricing, and strategic partnerships. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Every startup I know has pivoted at least once, so learning from your mistakes should be a positive experience, rather than a painful error that will cost you credibility. You can use it best to entice outstanding team members and partners, building a level of commitment you don’t get with salaries alone.

Bootstrapping 120

Bootstrapping Entrepreneur Startup Exit Strategy 120

Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe marketing strategy, sales plan, licensing, and partnership plans. Exit strategy. What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)?

Elevator Pitch 146

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

Board Effect

APRIL 7, 2021

This means the nonprofit will pay any legal costs, including defense expenses, settlements, and judgments from claims that arise from their board service. A reasonable exit strategy. It’s common for corporations and nonprofits to partner with other nonprofits. Over-relying on the goodwill and promises of others.

Management 96

Management Intellectual Property Due Diligence Government 96

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Your product must solve an actual need, have a profitable market size, differentiate itself from the competition, generate sufficient interest from your target market, be cost-effective to produce in a timely manner, and have a clear marketing path. Research the cost of advertising your product. Red Flags Galore.

Technical Cofounder 41

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review NDA 41

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. Financial projections for investors should always show an annual cost of goods sold and gross margins line, as well as revenue.

Liquidity Event 176

Liquidity Event Equity Venture Capital Merger 176

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. You need to identify pricing details, sales channels, strategic partners and a customized marketing plan consistent with your industry and target segment.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2015

Here is where projections of cost, pricing, volumes and cash flow are critical. The best way to show return on investment is to declare an exit strategy, such as being acquired or going public in the next five years, which allows the investor to cash out. How much do you really need for the next 12 to 18 months?

Preferred Stock 120

Preferred Stock Exit Strategy Equity Angel Investor 120

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Pricing Strategy. Exit Strategies. Strategy and Planning. Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says. One of the ways vendors and partners--whose behind-the-scenes assistance often is crucial to a start-ups success--can get a piece of the action is to exchange services for equity.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Pricing Strategy. Exit Strategies. Strategy and Planning. That cost him accounting fees, legal fees, and time because the financing round couldnt close until the arrangements were formalized. Durkin , managing partner with the Boston -based law firm Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove LLP. Office and Operations.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 24, 2021

An exit strategy is essential for every business. Think of it as when you want to know the exits of every building before you go inside. Count the Costs. Look into the costs of everything you have to spend on your business. Outline everything you have to do and what it will cost you.

Small Business 52

Small Business San Diego Exit Strategy LLC 52

ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

The x-axis depicts technical complexity, risk, and cost which are all related. But I would also recommend teams discuss "exit strategies" for these features if the outcomes dont meet the success criteria, especially if there is significant tech debt associated with developing them. 4) Reality - Some things are "hard".

Agile 40

Agile Architecture Offshore Software Developers 40

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

Related Tools "At Will" Policy Employment Application Required and Recommended Posters and Handouts Suggested Links Twitters Capital City is New York, Report Finds JetBlues Terminal Five: Overrated The High Cost of Cyber Attacks Employees are valuable. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. So are referrals.

Intellectual Property 55

Intellectual Property Los Angeles San Francisco New York 55

Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 4, 2009

Startup companies consume resources intelligently, put people to work in efficient ways, and produce market driven products at lower costs. The application fee is $50, which only partially offsets costs associated with processing applications. Exit Strategies. Possess reasonable training or domain expertise.

Founder 28

Founder Warrant San Francisco Intellectual Property 28

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Does each business partner own an equal portion of the business? 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. You can look at your costs and then mark up your offering from there. Are you an LLC ? An S-corp ?

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 8, 2015

My partner and I were very motivated to sell. Other purchases are simply to generate revenue – allowing the buyer to streamline processes and cut costs by consolidating. Sales do occasionally fall through, and it’s essential that you have an exit strategy – a plan B in the event that you can’t make the sale.

Intellectual Property 60

Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Exit Strategy Sales 60

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Customers buy solutions with value that's quantifiable to them today, meaning value which, compared to existing offerings, is half the cost or offers twice the productivity. Thus, it needs an advantage to rise above the crowd, such as a patent and trademarks, unique market positioning or support from industry partners.

Exit Strategy 120

Exit Strategy Technical Review Distribution Viral 120

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 2) Market .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78