Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates.

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Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 247

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates.

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Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 234

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

It’s one that’s a good fit for you personally, for your target market, and for your location. Test your business idea and do market research*. Define your target market. What’s your market size? How long will it take to get to market? According to Tim Berry , “If you know your market, move on!”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates.

Exit Strategy 235

Exit Strategy Elevator Pitch Burn Rate Merger 235

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2014

Show red ink to match your funding request. That’s why investors want to hear about your exit strategy. Overall, financial projections that make sense in your business domain, and cross-foot with available data from independent market analysts are no guarantee that you can deliver. Build a path to 10x return.

Liquidity Event 249

Liquidity Event Equity Venture Capital Merger 249

Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates.

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Exit Strategy Elevator Pitch Burn Rate Merger 146

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

You can’t underestimate the importance of selecting an attorney who “gets” your business model, your market opportunity, and most importantly, your fundraising and exit strategy. Picking the right attorney in your startup is as important as picking the right business partner. We were on a roll.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Angel Investor Dilution Due Diligence 118

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. While there was an occasional bad apple, the public markets rewarded companies with revenue growth and sustainable profits.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review IPO Venture Capital 217

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2013

Show red ink to match your funding request. That’s why investors want to hear about your exit strategy. Overall, financial projections that make sense in your business domain, and cross-foot with available data from independent market analysts are no guarantee that you can deliver. Build a path to 10x return.

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Liquidity Event Startup Equity Venture Capital 243

Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 21, 2021

You could be lucky and find an extremely affordable office space in the market. Alternatively, they will be best placed to know other available office spaces that will be a better match for your business. In these cases, you need an exit strategy. Choose the Location Carefully. Is There Room for Expansion?

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Gust

AUGUST 10, 2014

Show red ink to match your funding request. Thats why investors want to hear about your exit strategy. Overall, financial projections that make sense in your business domain, and cross-foot with available data from independent market analysts are no guarantee that you can deliver. Build a path to 10x return.

Liquidity Event 176

Liquidity Event Equity Venture Capital Exit Strategy 176

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2012

That's enough to jumpstart your company's development in a way bootstrapping and maxing out your credit cards simply can't match. And they want to make sure you thoroughly understand the market, who your competition is and how your product or service is uniquely positioned to create a market impact. So what do angels want?

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Angel Investor Exit Strategy Syndicate Syndication 128

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

In the era of social networking, there are tons of sites dedicated to matching qualified applicants with the right employers, including Startupers , VentureLoop and Startuply. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

Here are the top five, as outlined by Rice in his book, which match my own experience: Management team. Angels expect at least a working prototype and a hint of market acceptance (traction) before investing. Exit strategy. Shooting for that sort of exit over a three to five year period is usually the best strategy.

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Cram Down Angel Investor Intellectual Property Venture Capital 269

VC Cafe

MARCH 10, 2010

The proceeds of this round has been earmarked for sales and marketing as well as five new sales offices in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, London & Bombay. Todacell matches ads from the client’s inventory based on user data, location, time, and the performance of ad campaigns on that publisher’s mobile website or application.

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Los Angeles Exit Strategy Europe Mobile 76

Up and Running

JANUARY 8, 2019

Mistake 1: Looking for a sample plan that’s an exact match. It really doesn’t matter if it’s an exact match in this case. Look for a sample plan that’s a relatively close match, but don’t get hung up on the details. What’s the market like in the business location compared to where you’re starting your business ?

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Business Plan Lean Oregon Matching 118

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

What are you actually selling and how are you solving a problem (or “need”) for your market? Target Market. If there are multiple market segments for your business, this is where you flesh out the details. Marketing and Sales Plan. How are you going to reach your target market? Target market. Read more ».

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

PARE specializes in fixing and flipping residential properties by buying homes in need of repair, renovating them, and then putting them back on the market. Target market: Who is your ideal buyer? What is missing from the market, something that your competitors don’t provide or don’t provide enough of? Target market.

El Paso 61

El Paso Business Plan Technical Review Forecast 61

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.). What follows next are projections and marketing plans—every start-up has them of course.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 161

Up and Running

MAY 14, 2015

An effective business plan will match its intended use. A lean business plan includes four essential elements, all of them functions of general business management: Set the strategy. Use simple bullet points to define target market, business offering, underlying business identity, and long-term goals. Use bullet points again.

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Business Plan Lean Forecast Balance Sheet 60

Hearpreneur

JULY 20, 2018

While exact-match domain names don’t dominate Google like they did in the past, they can provide a valuable ranking boost in a competitive space. I was at a crossroads in my career and debating about starting my own sales and marketing consulting business. Thanks to Jonas Sickler, Reputation Management ! #4-

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Remember, for any executive-level position, you need not only be searching for someone with education, qualifications and whos a good match personally, but also someone with a proven track record of growth success. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

How much capital does the company need to achieve breakeven and what if any is your exit strategy? How to market your company as an investment. The important thing is to match the available capital sources with the company’s short- and longer-term anticipated capital needs. Legal advice and fees. The platforms.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 25, 2011

In the case of business, I want to ensure that there is a profitable exit strategy. Eventually the Internet came along and the Trading Post no longer commanded the secondhand market like it once did (though it did successfully transition online). Thus began my love affair with banner advertising.

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Affiliate Internet Software Review Advertising 112

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

Open, and that match there is Roger Federer and he won that tournament that year. To get into the property market you have to get loans of hundreds of thousands of dollars. I was getting more into internet marketing and trying to ramp up my income. Now my blog was about internet marketing. I’m a big fan of tennis.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 20, 2011

This article assumes we’re talking about a volatile industry like software or emerging markets where almost nothing is “well-known&# and company trajectories are all over the map.). To control a market. but this is flat wrong , as the failure of the Rules of Multiples demonstrates. Control equals money.

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Sales Channel Cofounder Valuation 260

Up and Running

OCTOBER 29, 2015

With historical financials, corporate organization charts, and general industry and customer information, a business plan (especially a current plan) will help in the preparation of an investment banker’s pitchbook or other confidential marketing materials. Stay abreast of the market. See Also: Target Marketing 101 [Infographic].

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Business Plan Due Diligence Intellectual Property Valuation 60