Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Who would not want to join the unicorns (recent startups with a current valuation of over $1 billion)? Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Rounding out the team with employees and freelancers.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Angel Groups Social Media 261

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products. These trade secrets need to be documented and coupled with an employment agreement, to keep them from migrating to your competitors when employees move on. Sole proprietorships need to trademark the name to protect it. Business Plan.

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Intellectual Property Portfolio Valuation Non-disclosure Agreement 363

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad. The press took notice, especially since just a few months later startups were laying off employees en-masse to cut costs. Our goals, their goals.

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Founder Startup Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 187

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Every business owner and entrepreneur I meet in my consulting rounds dreams of finding that “ disruptive ” innovation that will supercharge their business and move it into the ranks of business unicorns (billion-dollar valuations), such as SpaceX and Apple. Before you act, shut up and listen to employees, customers, and futurists.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review Metrics 252

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

It is necessary to cover the early stages of product development, thorough market research, and other processes during the initial step. pexels A war chest is virtually always a competitive edge in all aspects that count, including employing key staff, public relations, marketing, and sales. Hence they will miss the finish line.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Who would not want to join the unicorns (recent startups with a current valuation of over $1 billion)? Minimum viable products (MVPs) are recommended for validating the market, with iterative enhancement to quickly meet market feedback. Rounding out the team with employees and freelancers.

Intellectual Property 404

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 404

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Approximately 46% to 80% of middle-market sell-side transactions fail to close and, according to Forbes, 8 out of 10 businesses do not sell at all. People refers to the management and employees that are currently employed by the business. Processes refers to operating procedures and employee handbooks.

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Exit Strategy Intellectual Property Valuation Metrics 246

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues.

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Burn Rate Hockey Stick Salary Angel Investor 310

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

This article will assist you in gaining a fundamental understanding of equity valuation, kinds of equity, and other related topics. The market regards equity as an ownership “share” in a corporation’s income revenue stream. Equities are market-linked investments that do not guarantee a fixed rate of return.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Think about your employee and ownership hats. Is it prudent to have a set formula for valuation before you know how the company will perform or will you require the company to pay for an expert to value the company if one side wants to sell? Protect your company’s customers, employees and intellectual property.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2024

Startups in the cybersecurity sector are facing a daunting market environment , contending with decreased valuations and increasing pressure to sell while competing for vital funding and collaborations.

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Down Round Marketing Artificial Inteligence Startup 154

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

Advertising and marketing tech. Here the company looks to grow and strives to create a dominant position in the market. Here, the company’s valuation benchmark is set, and funding is solicited accordingly. Group mediclaim policies provided by startups to their employees attract hard-working talent to these entities.

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Technical Review Due Diligence India Startup 167

Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2017

After the director left, I must have looked pretty surprised as the CFO explained, “We have tens of thousands of employees, and at the rate we’re growing it’s almost impossible to keep up with our space needs in the Bay Area. This founder’s reality distortion field attracted a large number of employees who shared his vision.

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Part-Time VPE Liquidity Event Stock Engineer 314

Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

Initially, a startup has no business model and no market share to defend. Its employees and investors don’t depend on an existing revenue stream. But often the legal obstacles confronting startups have been put in place by companies that look to the government and regulators as their first line of defense against new market entrants.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Israeli innovation authority deems the sector suffers from ‘ chronic employee shortage’ The battle for talent has meant that companies had to lure potential employees with billboards, influencer videos, referral schemes, etc. Plenty of fresh powder in the market across stages. billion (15.8% Mitigating Factors.

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Technical Review Lock-up Period South Korea 159

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

If you’re a CEO who can’t quickly bias yourself for action and if you wait around for someone to tell you what to do, then your investors, or more likely the market, will make those decisions for you. Health of Your Current Target Market(s). Emergence of New Market(s). Marketing programs spending. External Assessment.

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South Korea Salary Business Model China 333

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. ” Fire, Ready, Aim. And it may work.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Interestingly, there’s now more than 1,200 unicorns, but with the current state of the market it’s unclear how many will be able to justify yesterday’s price tag at exit. To implement this trait, founders need to have a deep understanding of their customers’ needs and pain points, as well as the market landscape.

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Founder Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation 89

ReadWriteStart

JULY 15, 2020

New talk of capital efficiency is gratifying, but there was another lesson from pre-COVID-19 valuation struggles. Venture capitalists and early-stage investors have told all of us, founders are critical to a startup’s valuation. Companies that prompt employees to speak up about ethical lapses tend to be more profitable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

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?” The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 270

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

But becoming a Unicorn, or receiving a billion dollar valuation is no longer an indication of growth. “The Centaur is a business that reaches $100 million of annual recurring revenue (ARR)—a rare breed of cloud business, part of an elite subset of the growing unicorn herd.” ” Bessemer.

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Software Review B2C Open Source 109

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues.

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Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary 223

VC Cafe

JULY 13, 2022

In the big picture, it’s needless to say that the market is going through a challenging economic period, but despite tech layoffs and a decline investments in Q2 2022 (as was seen in the US) the Israeli tech industry faired well. As public markets continue to freeze, the M&A market is getting stronger this year.

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Technical Review Early Stage Merger 159

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Growth will slow, partly due to internal limits and partly because the company is starting to bump up against the limits of the markets it serves.” He talks about making things that people want & going after a big enough market. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital! And headlines.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Startup Technical Review 390

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The key elements of leadership in a company, both individual and organizational, are less tangible, but very critical in setting a market value for investment, acquisition, or going public. Every business and brand has unique requirements to fit into their market environment. Leadership brand development.

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Leadership Technical Review Due Diligence Valuation 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Uber , Zenefits , Tanium , Lending Club CEOs of companies with billion dollar market caps have been in the news – and not in a good way. This era was a “buyer’s market” – there were more good companies looking to get funded than there were VCs. And while new markets were created (i.e. Board Control.

Founder 252

Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 252

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2016

There are many reasons why you need a current valuation of your business and many business owners assume that it is only necessary when selling but actually, this is not the case. Business valuations and wealth management. A shareholder, employee share ownership plan or management buyout may be credible options in many cases.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2018

by Ryan Gould, Vice President of Strategy and Marketing Services at Elevation Marketing. How do you find the balance between not too small to prove itself but not too big to have an off-putting valuation? First up is the size of the customer base itself, especially in relation to the size of the market.

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Valuation Technical Review Exit Strategy Metrics 145

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The startup industry may be “resetting,” which doesn’t mean a “crash” but rather just a resetting of valuations, timescales, winners/losers, capital sources and the relative emphasis of growth rates vs. burn rates. Employees hate them because it’s hard to reset expectations that their stock is worth less.

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Burn Rate Cap Table Balance Sheet Dilution 150

Steve Blank

APRIL 26, 2022

At the turn of the century after the dotcom crash, startup valuations plummeted, burn rates were unsustainable, and startups were quickly running out of cash. They offered desperate founders more cash but insisted on new terms, rewriting all the old stock agreements that previous investors and employees had. They’re Back. You’re not.

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Cram Down Founder Venture Capital Recapitalization 408

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

Google reached $1B in revenue within five years of incorporation, and now has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. Should they focus on increasing revenues and profitability, or entice more and more users with “free” services, to increase their valuation. Both have worked. Most are still confused about the right priority.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. The best thing to get is a “right sized&# valuation. A: It’s not best.

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www.avc.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Employee Equity: How Much? The most common comment in this long and complicated MBA Mondays series on Employee Equity is the question of how much equity should you grant when you make a hire. Once you have assembled a core team that is operating the business, you need to move from art to science in terms of granting employee equity.

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Equity Employee CTO Hire Fractional CTO 64

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

We like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! How an Adaptive Leadership Style Brings Out the Best in Your Employees – crowdspring.co/1t2zJMb. 4 Secrets to Firing Your First Employee – crowdspring.co/1t2z5hL.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Bottom Up Market Sizing » January 12, 2010. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. The Valuation Question. When companies seeking their first round of serious funding are good enough to receive a term-sheet from an investor, the first issue that always arises is valuation.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 30, 2022

Your employees and cofounders deserve their stakes since they’ve helped you scale to an exit. Will your market-driven valuation still achieve your exit goals once everyone (including the taxman) takes home their slice? If you’re in a rush to sell, will your investors allow you to accept less than your valuation? .

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