Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Entrepreneurs who are looking to attract investors need to develop and pitch a plan -- preferably written -- that answers every potential investor question about your startup before it is asked. What are your forecasts for revenue, expenses and cash flow? Quantify founder investments, both cash and sweat-equity.

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Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Financial forecast and metrics.

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Financial forecast and metrics.

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Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

It was the biggest IPO the Australian market had seen all year , and sparked a flurry of subsequent listings – but ‘going public’ was not the only option we considered, and until we had progressed our exit strategy to near completion, it also seemed the most unlikely. Invest in your forecasts. Pay attention to NDAs.

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Prospectus IPO Exit Strategy Private Equity 121

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “ Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. For example, some private equity funds are quantifying their exit strategy in a concerted way. 3) Originate investments.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

The vast majority of business owners and entrepreneurs aren’t business experts. Your business plan isn’t complete without a financial forecast. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make in their business plans is stating that they don’t have any competition. > Don’t be intimidated. Read more ». Financial Plan.

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Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Below is a list of the 10 most common mistakes, or sins, that we have encountered with entrepreneurs and past clients when trying to raise capital. Many first-time entrepreneurs or entrepreneurs with strong tech backgrounds waste too much business plan real estate on the technology section and only manage confusing the reader as a result.

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Business Plan NDA Exit Strategy Valuation 67

Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

Most entrepreneurs are very focused on their product when instead they need to be focused on their customers and the problems those customers face. Slide 5: Revenue model. Investors will expect to see your sales forecast, profit and loss statement, and cash flow forecast for at least three years. Exit strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2020

For example, every investor I know can tell you about meeting a passionate entrepreneur who is pitching a great technology innovation, but has not done the financial homework on making it a good business. Thus the investor can’t visualize any return on investment (ROI), so the entrepreneur gets no money, and a good opportunity is lost to all.

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Liquidity Event Forecast Exit Strategy Bootstrapping 308

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2018

As an entrepreneur, you will face several challenges while seeking the funds, in part because you’ll have to convince others that your idea is a solid investment. Your business model must show the potential to increase the revenue with minimal expenditure in the coming months or years. Creating a scalable business model. Credit cards.

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SBA Angel Investor Technical Review Startup 84

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Sloan put in place GM’s management accounting system (borrowed from DuPont) that for the first time allowed the company to: 1) produce an annual operating forecast that compared each division’s forecast (revenue, costs, capital requirements and return on investment) with the company’s financial goals. I find both intriguing.

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The Next Web

MAY 26, 2013

I recently asked a panel of nine successful young entrepreneurs the following question: What’s one CRITICAL, must-include item or data point for a software startup pitching an investor for the first time? Let the investor see the assumptions you’ve built into your financial forecast. Emerson Spartz , Spartz. Find a real audience.

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Software Forecast Startup Exit Strategy 151

Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

The show has been around for a while; entrepreneur contestants pitch their business ideas in front of a panel of investors—the “sharks”—in hopes that one of them will want to invest in their idea. However, for those entrepreneurs, a whole new struggle begins after the show ends. Expenses that were surpassed by revenue.

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