Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. It should answer every question an investor or associate might ask, including current valuation, funding needed, and exit strategy. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 260

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. 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. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. 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. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

All startups, including non-profits, need revenue to thrive, such as such as from subscriptions, retail, online, licensing, or services. They want to see revenue to share in the return. Here I recommend a 5-year projection of revenues, expenses, and funding requirements. Outline a viable exit strategy for you and investors.

Business Plan 423

Business Plan Product Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch 423

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

Remember you can’t sustain a business or social cause with no revenue or profit. The best differentiation is a patent or other intellectual property that also provides a barrier to entry. Investors look for an exit strategy to allow them to capture a return on their investment.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Every customer understands that your solution has to generate more revenue than cost, but you should not put that data in a customer pitch. How you intend to beat specific competitors (business model, intellectual property) is a key investor decision criteria. Projected revenues and expenses over the strategic period.

Product 120

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate 120

Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. It should answer every question an investor or associate might ask, including current valuation, funding needed, and exit strategy. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 179

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. 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. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. 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. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Pricing Strategy. Exit Strategies. Strategy and Planning. Intellectual Property. Because many of these businesses dont yet have revenue, valuation discussions arent very scientific, and the process requires some haggling. Arizona Bay has also blended equity payments with revenue-sharing deals.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2015

Many ESOPs are as small as 12-15 employees with less than $1 MM in annual revenue. As a business owner can see, after looking behind the “ESOP Fables,” selling to an ESOP might be the best alternative for an owner and should be at least considered as an exit strategy. Myth: ESOPs are only for large companies.

Stock 100

Stock Employee Private Equity Valuation 100

Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 4, 2009

Does it involve intellectual property, model innovation, speed to market, market positioning? Intellectual Property. Description: Practical strategy to getting your first patents quickly, cheaply, and with the necessary protections. June 23rd, 2009: Create a revenue model for your business. Exit Strategies.

Founder 28

Founder Warrant San Francisco Intellectual Property 28

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

This requires a visible focus on the company’s revenue model, the costs to get there, and cash on hand. But patents and other intellectual property only go so far. Exit strategy. What’s most realistic these days is an exit via sale to an existing major company for which you solve a meaningful problem.

Cram Down 269

Cram Down Angel Investor Intellectual Property Venture Capital 269

Gust

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Many other kinds of defenses also allow you to join the venture version of the “slow food” movement: robust intellectual property rights (say, obtained from a university partnership program), exclusive contracts with key suppliers or distributors, a prime physical location. — can indeed thrive without VCs ruining the party.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Dilution Bootstrapping 127

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 8, 2015

Other purchases are simply to generate revenue – allowing the buyer to streamline processes and cut costs by consolidating. Sales do occasionally fall through, and it’s essential that you have an exit strategy – a plan B in the event that you can’t make the sale. Find out what your buyer wants. Know that it’s a long process.

Intellectual Property 60

Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Exit Strategy Sales 60

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The subscription box industry is growing rapidly thanks to a steady revenue model and tapping into people’s love for surprises. Financial summary : Project your revenue for the first few years. Companies that become a big subset of your revenue are likely strategic alliances, though, which is a later section. Key customers.

Business Plan 63

Business Plan Curation Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 63

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Intellectual Property : Again, this mostly applies to technology and scientific ventures. But, if you have intellectual property that is proprietary to your business and helps your business defend itself against competitors, you should detail that information here. Exit Strategy. Cost of Goods Sold (COGS).

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

Slide 5: Revenue model. Exit strategy. You do this in the form of an “exit strategy” slide that outlines who your potential acquirers might be if you manage to grow your company and be successful. Try and keep your pitch deck focused with this format and you’ll tell a better story. Partnerships.

Forecast 60

Forecast Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 60

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

what’s behind your financials, your go-to-market strategy, your current traction in the marketplace, your competition and why you’re better, your intellectual property or “secret sauce,” your exit strategy, etc.). Entrepreneurs impress me when they demonstrate a proven revenue stream before asking for capital.

Angel Investor 161

Angel Investor Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 161

Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Financial Summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Your funding ask and exit strategy, if applicable. Others predict Automated Valuation Models will provide more sophisticated revenue and expense information, possibly replacing financial analysts. Be specific.

El Paso 61

El Paso Business Plan Technical Review Forecast 61

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores. Lighter Capital, a Revenue Based Investing VC, offers a Cost of Capital Calculator.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. With angels were now talking about venture fundingproper, so its time to introduce the concept of exit strategy.Younger would-be founders are often surprised that investors expectthem either to sell the company or go public. This is not as selfish as it sounds.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 20, 2011

They’ve heard rules of thumb like “A growing software company is worth 5 times their trailing 12-months revenue.&# Even narrowing the field as much as feasible, revenue multiples varied between 1.2x The “Multiples&# argument does work well in industries where company’s growth and revenue is highly predictable.

Sales 260

Sales Channel Cofounder Valuation 260