Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

But, for the rest of us, don’t believe the Silicon Valley myth that all you have to do is sketch your million-dollar idea on the back of a napkin, and investors will line up to give you money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2013

Clearly spell out your business model and your exit strategy, so investors will know how you will make money, and how and when they will get their return. Smaller numbers mean a low return, and larger ones aren’t usually credible Secondly, you need a large and growing market, to offset the huge risk of funding a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle. The incubation period is very short and intense, usually intending to drive entrepreneurs from ideas to marketable products in a matter of months.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The technology’s broad market applicability and relevance are clearly paying off. Once their initial assumptions ran into the wall of actual customer feedback they rapidly built multiple minimum viable products (MVPs) and kept pivoting until they found product/market fit (i.e. Exit Strategy. Homeslice had a great journey.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Large companies also provide an important ‘exit strategy’ for startups. Without a vibrant exit market, it’s harder to attract both entrepreneurs and investors. Silicon Valley is a state of mind. To recreate Silicon Valley in Europe, Europe must first adopt Silicon Valley’s culture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2012

Clearly spell out your business model and your exit strategy, so investors will know how you will make money, and how and when they will get their return. Secondly, you need a large and growing market, to offset the huge risk of funding a startup. Angels like to get involved directly with the team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2011

Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle. Now they are coming back, and the best even provide networking, technical leadership, and seed funding, as well as investors waving money at graduates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2011

Clearly spell out your business model and your exit strategy, so investors will know how you will make money, and how and when they will get their return. Smaller numbers mean a low return, and larger ones aren’t usually credible Secondly, you need a large and growing market, to offset the huge risk of funding a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2010

The only down-side I have heard is that many business incubators used to be notoriously high-pressure environments where a lucrative exit strategy was more important than the half-baked products. If that’s the toughest problem you face as a startup, then you probably didn’t need an incubator in the first place.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Incubators I hear mentioned most often include YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , located in Boston, Boulder, New York City, and Seattle. The incubation period is very short and intense, usually intending to drive entrepreneurs from ideas to marketable products in a matter of months.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Top management was trying to coordinate all of the operating details (sales, manufacturing, distribution and marketing,) across all the divisions and the company almost went bankrupt that year when poor planning led to excess inventory (with unsold cars piling up at dealers and the company running out of cash.) car market.

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Early Growth Financial Services

JANUARY 20, 2014

Using real-life examples from winning pitch decks, this presentation covers everything you need to know to create an impactful pitch deck, from market size calculations to competitor matrices, revenue projections to exit strategies, and more.

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Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

I’ve also built my own pitch decks and presented to major Silicon Valley VC firms over the years and have learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t. You can talk about the current solutions in the market, but don’t spend too much time on the competitive landscape on this slide—you’ll have a chance to do that on a later slide.

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Small Business Force

OCTOBER 22, 2017

” I’ve seen consumer businesses on the show where the entrepreneur was asking for $50,000 for marketing roll-out costs. Research how companies in your market segment are being valued at either investment or exit. With geography, there’s the Silicon Valley and then, everywhere else. Less dilution!

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