YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

According to The Economist forecast for 2015, ASEAN will add USD 335 billion and become the fourth largest economy in the world. Forecast cash flow. While cash-flow forecasts require skill and patience to prepare, they can sound alarm bells before a liquidity crisis strikes. Reduce inventory. Anthony Coundouris.

Singapore 191

Singapore Asia Management China 191

Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

To answer the first question, take stock of your current gross burn rate i.e. how much cash are you spending each month. Next, take a look at your actual revenue each month – not forecast, but real revenue coming in each month. If so, whatever revenue forecast and sales cycle estimates you had are no longer valid.

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Burn Rate Startup Valuation Sales Cycle 436

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

One piece comes from experts who tout a correlation between the economy’s performance and what it spells for the stock market. Another revolves around the long-term returns of stock market – which are far more consistent than conventional wisdom might suggest. Why/when does this side of the coin become more pressing?

Founder 133

Founder CPA Dividend Exit Strategy 133

ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Clavier began his presentation at the beginning of a company's lifecycle, asking how many co-founders a startup ought to have. If you like this kind of advice, check out my coverage of a talk by Paul Palmieri, Co-Founder and CEO of mobile advertising service Millennial Media, titled " Investing in Your Influencers. ".

Investment Bankers 153

Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

Our sales forecasts were revised downward – many times. Reach out to the founders, not the staff. We do hand out stock options. Our customers were generally happy but they were pushing us hard for promised features. Our business development discussions took longer than planned. But still we made progress.

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PR Software Review Ireland Germany 331

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Your historical trading information including financials and a “customer file” which shows the history of your transactions so that investors can run “cohort” analyses Customer reference, personal references, key team members, compensation, cap table, stock option plan, etc.

Cap Table 336

Cap Table Due Diligence Forecast Churn Rate 336

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 17, 2019

I just didn’t want to use a stock photo of a laptop. If Your Portfolio Model Assumes Outperformance Across Multiple Metrics, I Don’t Believe It: Every VC fundraise has an Excel sheet that forecasts the performance of the fund. This cat has nothing to do with this post.

Portfolio 104

Portfolio Forecast Dilution LP 104

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Quantify founder investments, both cash and sweat-equity. What are your forecasts for revenue, expenses and cash flow? Forecasts are evaluated as a level of commitment and a measure of your business savvy. Technically, this is your exit strategy, usually a merger and acquisition (M&A) or initial public stock offering (IPO).

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. I often take stock in lieu of cash. I have a file drawer full of worthless stock certificates and I continue to add to it. Not all start-up stock is created equally. what kind of stock you are getting. what kind of stock you are getting.

Equity 40

Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. But keep in mind at this point Reid’s a first-time CEO. Thanks Lee.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Franchises Franchises Home Franchise 500 Home-Based Low Cost Top New Fast Growing Top Global Biz Opportunities Franchises for Sale Franchises A Bright Forecast for a Solar Panel Installation Franchise. This is the typical way that a founder determines sweat equity: foregone wages. Here are some tools for tackling the challenge.

Sweat Equity 55

Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. That’s the sales forecast, the spending forecast and the cash flow. They’re going to look first at the sales forecast. It is not a document.

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Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Fortifying Profits: Strategies to Shield Your Business from Embezzlement written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Janstch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Todd Rammler, president and founder of Michigan CFO Associates.

Michigan 73

Michigan CPA Small Business Hiring 73

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2012

Most startup founders know exactly what they want to design and sell, and they are personally convinced that everyone will buy one. To give you a look first, and often get the data you need, visit a university library where many of these are stocked for free access. Check local economic development offices.

Marketing 243

Marketing Entrepreneur Forecast Business Plan 243

David Teten

AUGUST 7, 2019

The second strategy is Value Investing , a strategy which “seeks to maximize returns by finding stocks that are undervalued by the market…Investors assess a stock’s intrinsic value…and compare that value with the stock price. LTV / CAC, revenue growth, etc.) Requires less analysis.

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Venture Capital Valuation Stock NDA 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Most startup founders know exactly what they want to design and sell, and they are personally convinced that everyone will buy one. To give you a look first, and often get the data you need, visit a university library where many of these are stocked for free access. Check local economic development offices.

Marketing 221

Marketing Forecast Business Plan Internet 221

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  In a bottom up approach, the forecast is built from actual user projections. Term-sheets for preferred stock offerings are designed to protect the investor in case things don’t go as well as planned.   Say I invest $1MM in a company and receive 40% of the stock. This is why a bottom up approach is more credible.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

“If you can fix a problem for someone and do it better, quicker, and/or cheaper than your competitor, you’re off to a good start.” – Gabriel Kuperman, founder and CEO of CuePin. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Go there now » Sign up or log in to mint.com Updates Drop Your Debt to Win 2 comments How To The Top 5 Customer Complaint Letters — And What You Can Learn From Them 5 comments Investing In Graphics: What Is a Stock? But you should beware of boards that are only the founders and their family and friends. Live your life.

Software Review 68

Software Review Startup Post-Money Valuation Technical Review 68

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

So, a seasoned entrepreneur would round that up and add more, because forecasts are never exactly right. And many companies also incur some payroll expenses before launch because they need to hire people to train before launch, develop their website, stock shelves, and so forth. Founders have spent $11,500 on startup expenses.

Cost 150

Cost Balance Sheet Startup Intellectual Property 150

thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Founders. Should founders have anti-dilution rights?

Equity 62

Equity Employee Founder CTO Hire 62

abovethecrowd.com

MAY 20, 2013

There are common stock, common options, and as many as three to five different layers of preferred stock, each with a specific liquidation preference. 3) Investor/Founder Mindset Challenges. Most founders and investors typically think about their personal stakes in a private company in terms of “ownership percentage.”

Merger 53

Merger Institutional Investors Liquidation Preference Preferred Stock 53

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

Common stock. The holding of common stock in a company indicates ownership in the corporation. Investors of common stock are eligible for : The choice of the Board of Directors. These characteristics, comparable to those found in the fixed income market, can convert into common stock, call clauses, and other features.

Valuation 108

Valuation Equity Warrant Common Stock 108

Reid Hoffman

MAY 7, 2020

Spending is down, as is the stock market, and it’s harder to raise money. But even with these actions, the company forecast that its 2020 revenues will be less than half those of 2019, and it announced on May 5 that it would be laying off nearly 1,900 of its employees (about 25% of its workforce). Even Warren Buffett makes mistakes.

Vietnam 36

Vietnam Hosting United States Vesting 36

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

You can also find financial forecast discussions between the experts analyzing the pros and cons precisely. Thanks to Abdul Saboor, The Stock Dork ! #14- There are specific fields as subgroups narrowing down the members to connect better. Thanks to Jonathan Tian, Credit Yelp ! #4- Thanks to Emir Bacic, Pricelisto ! #10-

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Community Architecture Entrepreneur Networking 96

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

And that might be just like, for example — like, what is the arc of the ability to attract talent for this particular founder? So that would be, like — let’s say that I’m invested in a stock, and it’s totally illiquid — have no ability to sell it. You’re predicting a whole bunch of intermediating states of the world. Annie: Right.

San Antonio 36

San Antonio Aggregator Jordan Stock 36

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

In 2012, analysts forecast the company will achieve nearly $1.5 Co-founder Seelig told me that they realized that they had gotten to that rare point where “the opportunity presented itself to go big” at the same time as the capital markets provided capital at a good valuation to support going big. Akamai Going Forward.

Distribution 49

Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 15, 2020

But when forecasting the ultimate viability of a business, many times an entrepreneurial founder uses a low, unsustainable salary rate for him or herself in order to show early breakeven. Or you could voluntarily convert the loan into stock with a single journal entry and a stock certificate. What is the solution?

Sweat Equity 62

Sweat Equity Equity Business Plan Balance Sheet 62

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Russ, the founder, and CEO of Design Pickle, is a seasoned creative leader, entrepreneur, author, and thought leader. He's the founder and c e o of Design Pickle. Like if you're a stock photography site right now, you're just like freaking out. I'm not doing our forecasting. This is John Jantsch. It's amazing.

Design 82

Design Algorithm Technical Review Networking 82

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 3, 2023

Russ, the founder, and CEO of Design Pickle, is a seasoned creative leader, entrepreneur, author, and thought leader. He's the founder and c e o of Design Pickle. Like if you're a stock photography site right now, you're just like freaking out. I'm not doing our forecasting. This is John Jantsch. It's amazing.

Design 49

Design Algorithm Technical Review Audience 49

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Investors sat with the founder & CEO, Jason Spievak, and asked him what he wanted to do about the future. Here are some stats to give you a sense: • Year over year revenue grew 51% in 2015 and we’re forecasting the same again for 2016. forward revenue for public comps (comparable stocks). Total customers grew 20% year/year.

Balance Sheet 150

Balance Sheet Burn Rate Valuation Forecast 150

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 12, 2013

But when forecasting the ultimate viability of a business, many times an entrepreneurial founder uses a low, unsustainable salary rate for him or herself in order to show early breakeven. Or you could voluntarily convert the loan into stock with a single journal entry and a stock certificate.

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Salary Forecast Stock Book Value 96

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

We can't make a 5-year plan or a 10-year forecast right now, but we know there are investments we can make today that will set ourselves up for success in the future. Carl Liebert : And I know, as a CEO, you want to put your head down in a founder and go execute.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. I think every founder, every CEO, every leader, could learn something, could take heart from Brian's example and I hope they will. Brian Chesky : I am Brian Chesky, co-founder, CEO, and head of community at Airbnb. I hope you will.

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Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2017

Mello acknowledges that while one person may “take four of the roles to start,” it’s important for the founder to have a clear understanding of what the roles are, and who will fill them. I had beautiful PowerPoint presentations and spreadsheet forecasts. When I first started my company, I was chasing investment,” says Allen. “I

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Entrepreneur LLC Hiring Forecast 117

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. I wonder whether LinkedIn’s stock market plunge in January 2016 might have a similar effect (to a lesser magnitude because the underlying company is still great).

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Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Rounds Whatever the outcome, the conflict between VCs and super-angels isgood news for founders. Founders never really likedgiving up as much equity as VCs wanted. Meaning that when the noteconverts into stock (in a later round, or upon acquisition), theinvestors in that round will get.6 The whole shape ofdeals is changing.

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Valuation Stock Partner Founder 92