Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Typically, they must also change and tune their executive team, to keep up with the increasing demands of a growing company on process discipline and sustainable success.

Incubator 256

Incubator Entrepreneur Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 256

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Typically, they must also change and tune their executive team, to keep up with the increasing demands of a growing company on process discipline and sustainable success.

Incubator 120

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Typically, they must also change and tune their executive team, to keep up with the increasing demands of a growing company on process discipline and sustainable success.

Incubator 237

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 237

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The reality is that over 80 percent of new businesses will never attract venture capital or Angel funding, according to experts , and there are many good reasons for skipping that painful and distracting process. Keep your exit strategy options open as you learn. Outside funding is not a startup entitlement.

Bootstrapping 120

Bootstrapping Entrepreneur Startup Exit Strategy 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). Typically, they must also change and tune their executive team, to keep up with the increasing demands of a growing company on process discipline and sustainable success.

Startup 230

Startup Incubator Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 230

Berkonomics

MAY 15, 2014

Just a few of these terms include vesting, corporate structure, governance principles, financing strategy, valuation and exit strategy. Angel investing today is similar to where venture capital investing was in the mid-1980s. Very often, the initial opinions of the people around the table are radically different.

Term Sheet 91

Term Sheet Angel Groups Angel Investor Deal Structure 91

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

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. Most experts don’t recommend this approach as your default strategy anymore.

Exit Strategy 289

Exit Strategy Entrepreneur IPO Startup 289

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

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. Most experts don’t recommend this approach as your default strategy anymore.

Equity 120

Equity Exit Strategy Private Equity Startup 120

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . 3) Raise capital. Fund/SPV management services specifically are provided by Assure Services and Proteus Capital. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

”, written by Mark Veverka, asserting that “venture capitalists want to widen the playing field for the underwriters.” ” The story includes quotes from former National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) chairman Dixon Doll of DCM and investment banker Paul Deninger, who is the vice-chairman of Jefferies & Co.

IPO 40

IPO Merger Institutional Investors Venture Capital 40

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Finally, GM created the notion of perpetual demand within brands by continually obsoleting their own products yearly with new models rolled out every year. It may be that in the early 20th century, when demand for automobiles was growing faster than anybody could keep up, that cost accounting was a better way to manage an auto company.

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Silicon Valley United States RSS Customer Development 179

Gust

DECEMBER 23, 2011

There’s no better test of how well your idea works, nor any better way of iterating it to real market demand, than to watch how the checks come in. Ventures with easy access to cash have the often-fatal luxury of setting the wrong priorities.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Dilution Bootstrapping 127

Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Of course, you need to listen for biases, but local angel group leaders can quickly tell you who the bad angels and good angels are, and what kind of terms they typically demand. The investment community in any geographic area is not that large, and most investors have relationships or knowledge of most of the others.

Due Diligence 119

Due Diligence Entrepreneur Offshore Angel Groups 119

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

A new entrepreneurial venture requires a great deal of assistance in terms of headhunting, business coaching, venture capital etc. A start-up venture critically depends on outside sources of funding to run its day to day operations. Business support network. and put them to good use. The product or service.

Vietnam 171

Vietnam Venture Capital Seed Capital Exit Strategy 171

Early Growth Financial Services

JANUARY 18, 2013

It’s a pretty simple equation, in some ways: If there is a demand and your company satisfies the demand, your valuation will be high. Of course, value, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, so it’s kind of tricky to pin down a definitive number. In reality, your company valuation is whatever investors would be willing to pay.

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Valuation Equity Demand Startup 35

Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

Not only will this give you an idea of what people are thinking and searching, it will also give you the opportunity to tweak your product idea as per the demand. The more search volume on your targeted keywords, the greater the demand in the market. Describe your exit strategy. Don’t be coy.

Exit Strategy 90

Exit Strategy Angel Investor Search Elevator Pitch 90

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

A lawyer I asked about it said: When the company goes public, the SEC will carefully study all prior issuances of stock by the company and demand that it take immediate action to cure any past violations of securities laws. The reason is thatinvestors need to get their capital back. This is not as selfish as it sounds.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76