Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

A non-profit organization is generally defined as an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals. What options do they have available to them, since they can’t sell a share of the company (no equity investment)? Individual and institutional donations.

Angel Investor 218

Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy Equity 218

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2011

A non-profit organization is generally defined as an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals. What options do they have available to them, since they can’t sell a share of the company (no equity investment)? Individual and institutional donations.

Angel Investor 238

Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy Equity 238

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2014

Shark Question #4: How much equity and debt is there in your business? In other words, how much of the business is financed with equity (owner’s money) or debt (borrowed money). No shark wants to invest in a company that has no definite marketing plan–no marketing, no business! Want to know your small business IQ?

CPA 160

CPA Technical Review Later Stage Equity 160

Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

And even if they wanted the index return, there is essentially no way to buy (or sell) a broad-based basket of VC funds in the way you can trade the S&P 500 or Russell 2000 or other public equity index. By definition, the “average” investment in a VC fund that produces a “good” return (2.5-3.0x+

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

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. Honorees Resources.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Looking back, I see that we’ve have good progress across all four areas, although the pace is definitely slower than I had originally expected (and hoped). In the past year, we learned that Bitcoin probably has a large enough worldwide distribution that it’s hard to stop. Disruption of every other information market.

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Venezuela Argentina China Technical Review 68

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

In spite of this, private equity funds have used the rallying cry of efficiency to hijack corporate strategy and loot the profits that historically would have been reinvested into research and development and new products. Before I answer that question, let’s take a minute to establish a common definition of innovation. Innovation.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2010

A non-profit organization is generally defined as an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals. What options do they have available to them, since they can’t sell a share of the company (no equity investment)? Individual and institutional donations.

Angel Investor 143

Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy Equity 143

Gust

APRIL 11, 2014

Let’s get right down to business: Dilution of founders’ and other early shareholders’ equity in startups is frequently a subject of intense interest and debate. Apologies to my Chicago friends: This metaphor ignores the depth of the dish.) A growth company, by definition, is not a zero-sum enterprise.

Dilution 162

Dilution Equity Pre-Money Valuation Prospectus 162

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

Lloyed Lobo (03:13): Definitely. This community of practice, in fact, our investors who bought half the company, the growth equity firm, they came to attraction community event. (04:51): Lloyed Lobo (11:48): Definitely. Meaning events, magazines, blogs, they read, so you could distribute your content there.

Community 53

Community Kuwait Cofounder Bootstrapping 53

Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2012

Should co-founders have the same equity stake? Now that I have launched some startups, I would say there is no reason to have co-founders have the same equity stake. Most co-founders decide on the equity structure in a very arbitrary way. There are two parts to the equity: Founder’s Part. Skills Part. Conclusion.

Cofounder 90

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Accredited Investor Equity 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

The problem is that you may not have the experience or connections to jump into new customer segments, manufacturing, and distribution. Build your brand equity and relationships with customers. These days, brand equity means relationships with more customers, and a more memorable overall experience.

Angel Investor 220

Angel Investor Equity Leadership Demand 220

Up and Running

JULY 18, 2014

I’m definitely excited to be the guest presenter today and working in conjunction with LivePlan. So the S corporation splits the owners income into two parts, wages and pass-through distributions. But you’ll avoid employment tax on the income distribution. You can take an owner draw or distribution.

Small Business 87

Small Business LLC Nevada Software Review 87

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

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. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Merger 243

Merger Acquisition Startup Bandwidth 243

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

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. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Entrepreneur 249

Entrepreneur Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 249

Brandanew

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Brand equity. Brand equity is the value of a brand. So, it is not only the sales but the sheer image that takes the equity to a different level altogether. How does the staff behave and how fast do they deliver and of course how did the food taste? More brand elements ). Content Marketing. Content Strategy.

Marketing 100

Marketing Equity Audio Social Media 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

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. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Startup 232

Startup Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 232

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2015

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. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Merger 120

Merger Acquisition Differentiation Channel 120

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

It’s a way of looking at venture that I never thought of before—that venture capital and its distribution of ending outcomes is probably not something you’re going to go after if you don’t have at least a little bit of wealth cushion and definitely not if you’re already under water.

Venture Capital 162

Venture Capital Cofounder Deal Flow Later Stage 162

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

With the rise of startups and growing businesses , it has become more critical for investors to have a thorough understanding of equity to be aware of all of the advantages they are receiving from the companies they have invested in. What is Company Equity? Types of equity. Common stock. Preferred shares.

Valuation 108

Valuation Equity Warrant Common Stock 108

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Investors will impatiently expect a winning business model, customer segment definitions and volume projections. Partnerships, distribution channels and pricing models should be included. “If Every customer understands that your solution has to generate more revenue than cost, but you should not put that data in a customer pitch.

Product 120

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

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. Economies of scale. New management skills.

Acquisition 214

Acquisition Merger Startup Bandwidth 214

ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2017

That summer a private equity fund acquired the assets of the company. One of the definitions of entrepreneurship is doing more with limited resources. The result of this query was this histogram: This chart displays the distribution of whale second-purchase latencies. They brought me in as CMO.

Bankruptcy 106

Bankruptcy Marketing Campaign Intellectual Property 106

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Thanks to Charles Reiling, Coastal Equities, Inc. ! #2- Thanks to Roman Zhuravlyov, Integrated Distributed Ledgers ! #11- This is my definition of true freedom. It’s knowing when to say no to certain things and picking the areas to focus on that will have the biggest impact on your business. 2- People and skills.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Chad Tampa Community 131

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Tomorrow we’ll know Twitter’s market cap definitively, at least near term. But with media-based businesses, the distribution of outcomes is markedly different in part because the value capture by new disruptive startups is different. Instagram hadn’t built a true business (e.g.

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Founders. Equity for Employees.

Equity 62

Equity Employee Founder CTO Hire 62

Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Of course there are more and less capable angel investors, just as with formal VCs, but as a group they are definitely not unwitting philanthropists. as well as a more detailed description of the distribution of outcomes: Kauffman Foundation Angel Returns Study and NESTA Angel Investing Study. Let’s take a look at the actual data.

Angel Investor 152

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 152

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

That could be a standard sale contract, i.e. buy and sell single items or batches, or a partnership agreement, i.e. contract manufacturing, sales agency, or distribution agreement. If you are looking to export to Asia, I have good news for you: Asia is definitely the place where online marketplaces are more consolidated.

B2B 124

B2B Saudi Arabia Global United Kingdom 124

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Definitions may vary, but to summarize… Customization: The visitor deliberately chooses between options designed to make the user experience more personal. Imagine you receive an email from your bank about refinancing and home equity loans. Often, you’ll see the two terms being used interchangeably. Understand.

Web 48

Web Software Review Jordan Technical Review 48

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Entrepreneurship definitely is not for the faint of heart. The whole reason I’m an entrepreneur and the reason I didn’t take private equity investment when starting my business is that I want all of my employees to own their work and determine their destinies. That’s part of the big adventure of being an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Private Equity CPA Employee 124

The Equity Kicker

MAY 13, 2016

That requires an understanding of customers, use cases, ecosystems, cost trajectories and distribution, and it’s definitely not sufficient to think that if a product is at one stage it will progress to the next. For example, most products that people know about but don’t understand it (i.e.

Distribution 60

Distribution Cost Product Customer 60

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. By definition, companies that receive venture capital cannot fund their businesses from operations, and thus need to seek outside capital.

Angel Investor 112

Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

There is certainly success without blogging, and blogging definitely isn't a guarantee of success by any means. PR can magnify, distribute, etc., A coffee and a handshake later and you just added a key member of your team who was enthusiastic enough to take a huge pay cut in exchange for more equity, without paying a recruiter fee.

Social Media 111

Social Media PR Media Hiring 111

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 4, 2016

62 people having the same wealth as 3.6bn others is definitely not fair. The good news is that I think there is a growing understanding that we must get back to a fairer distribution of wealth. Wealth inequality is a problem when it reaches levels widely regarded as unfair.

Global 60

Global New York Government Distribution 60

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

The investors and the entrepreneurs are – or should be – aware that the price of the company’s equity is set by the market – in simplest terms, what an informed buyer is willing to pay.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

As O’Leary said, this isn’t an equity investment. They could have either paid someone a healthy salary out of the profits that they are making, or they could have given someone a much smaller equity stake in the company to attract an experienced business person. Astonishingly, the entrepreneurs took the deal.

Covenant 162

Covenant Warrant Southern California Los Angeles 162

Up and Running

MAY 17, 2011

Financial buyers (aka private equity firms and guys that look like them) have billions of dollars to purchase companies, making a sale to a financial buyer one of the top ways for mid-size business owners to get liquidity in their business (liquidity is a fancy way of saying cashing out / getting the benjamins / I’m rich, bitch!).

Private Equity 69

Private Equity Equity New York Distribution 69