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How to Write a Business Plan for a Cannabis Company

Up and Running

Financial Summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Your funding ask and exit strategy, if applicable. Distribution. Some companies, such as TransCanna , are pioneering transportation and distribution methods from cannabis manufacturers to consumers. Be specific.

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5 Steps For Penetrating A New Market

YoungUpstarts

Between choosing location in new cities to creating an exit strategy after you attain success, penetrating a new market requires a strategic plan. Identify Distribution Channels. Map Out an Exit Strategy. Finally, map out an exit strategy if your company does or does not become successful in the space.

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Why Pitching Your Product Is Not Enough For Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Potential investors love to see gross margins in the fifty percent range or greater, with recurring revenue through subscriptions, follow-on sales, or services. If we build it, they will come” and “word of mouth” are not credible marketing strategies these days. Five-year financial projections of revenue and expenses.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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2011 May be the Year of the IPO for Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

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. You need to work through a team of underwriters, who administer the public issuance and distribution of securities from a corporation. False starts in this direction can be disastrous.

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8 Ways An Investor Pitch Differs From A Product Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

Every customer understands that your solution has to generate more revenue than cost, but you should not put that data in a customer pitch. Of course, these should never be in a customer pitch, but investors expect an overall strategy with specific budgets, milestones and metrics.

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Clarity Is Key When Negotiating with Investors

ReadWriteStart

Will the investor be entitled to any salary or distribution? For example, are they looking for an increase in sales or in net revenue? What's your exit strategy? Do your investors have their own exit strategies? If so, what is expected of the investor as a participant?