Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. Too many entrepreneurs focus on dilution. But over-optimizing for dilution is a bad attribute relative to focusing on creating a big & winning company.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 2, 2010

Historically, that was one where the business was clear and there was some initial revenue, even if slight. On top of that, when you set out to raise a certain size round, and the round grows on you, you usually wind up taking a lot more dilution than you intended. The solution? Once you have that, keep your focus simple. Is it users?

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Financing, that is.I One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans). ProfessorVC.

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blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

In one case the CEO had a different vesting schedule because he had spent a lot more time than the rest of the founding team on the idea. However, founder agreements are not set in stone and it is common for them to be tweaked by a little or a lot during the first financing by professional investors. more details ].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

But if you want to accelerate growth and improve your revenues and profits, you need to up your game. It is a key factor in the success and prosperity of all businesses and nonprofits, regardless of their revenues. If your brand tries to be too many things at once, the message becomes scattered and the brand grows diluted.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. Once you’ve done that – then.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. This, of course, doesn’t mean that we discourage entrepreneurs to seek financing.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

We appreciate you writing back and letting us know what you thought of the episode, and of course for the rest of our listeners if you are interested in contacting us, you can do that by emailing bcast@bplans.com. They never worked with the startup who had needed to raise multiple rounds of financing. That’s bcast@bplans.com.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The entrepreneurs had made $150k in revenue running classes for four months at a gym in New York, selling out the classes at $35/class. it also means less dilution, something that entrepreneurs should be very mindful of. Here are my thoughts on the companies that were featured in the second episode of season four : SURFSET FITNESS.

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