Remove Employee Remove Forecast Remove Naming Remove Valuation
article thumbnail

Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

With fewer than 10 employees but almost $2-billion dollars in the bank, they plan on jumping right in. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. And if the company does go public, the valuations are at least 10x of the last bubble. And it may work.

Lean 335
article thumbnail

10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. All principals and employees add value.

Valuation 270
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Ten Components of Startup Valuation For Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. All principals and employees add value.

Valuation 234
article thumbnail

10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Gust

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. All principals and employees add value.

Valuation 187
article thumbnail

5 Risks Of Buying A Business And Profiting Off The Opportunities They Create

YoungUpstarts

The employees depend on their expertise and training. The diligence: Interview customers, vendors, and employees. Listen to if they mention the business owner’s name more than the business name itself. Ask employees questions about their job and see if they know the answer, or if they look to their boss for the answer.

article thumbnail

How to Write a Business Plan for a Fix-n-Flip Real Estate Company

Up and Running

Set a specific time each month to review it , comparing forecasts to actuals and revising as necessary. Your executive summary will include the following sections: Who you are: Your business name, location, and contact information. . Company history if it’s an existing company: This provides background for potential new employees.

El Paso 61
article thumbnail

10 Ways to Size Your Company’s Value for Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. All principals and employees add value.