Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

Potential investors love to see gross margins in the fifty percent range or greater, with recurring revenue through subscriptions, follow-on sales, or services. Intellectual property and sustainable competitive advantage. Five-year financial projections of revenue and expenses.

Product 145

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Exit Strategy 145

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. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

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

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. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Some potential buyers or strategic partners might want your intellectual property, or revenues, or profitability, geographic advantage, or sale force, or your employee base. Column two is the golden ticket. What would the candidate want from your company in a transaction?” Think carefully.

Partner 62

Partner Intellectual Property .Net Distribution 62

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. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

You know that the buyer will be crawling the offices with legal and accounting personnel, reviewing contracts, financials, governance documentation, intellectual property, leases, and much more. The liquidity event and beyond' First, should you inform your employees of the deal? Email readers, continue here.]

Due Diligence 85

Due Diligence Liquidity Event Intellectual Property SEC 85