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Make The Most Of Your Next VC Pitch By Doing These 10 Things

YoungUpstarts

On the other hand, if you arrive at a VC pitch without a comprehensive understanding of the industry you’re hoping to compete in, or without a clear path to profitability or a thoughtful product-development road map, you’ll likely leave empty-handed. Investors want to feel confident that they’ll see a return on their investment.

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10 Concrete Steps to Assure Business Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

New product development process. Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Without risk, there can be no innovation. Fear of failure can kill innovation. A formalized process with timelines and milestones is a must.

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Ten Principles Which Spell Continuous Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

New product development process. Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Without risk, there can be no innovation. Fear of failure can kill innovation. A formalized process with timelines and milestones is a must.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Keep the valuations consistent with company progress. The bottom line is that the pedigree of your investors will have much to do with your ultimate valuation and with your enjoyment of the startup experience. Your Product Plan must fit into context of your overall business mission.

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Ten Steps to Survival by Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

New product development process. Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Without risk, there can be no innovation. Innovation teams perform best when they trust that failure will not result in punitive measures.

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The Company Milestones Angel Investors Care About

Business Plan Blog

A major piece of the business plan will be your capitalization strategy demonstrating the milestone timeline discussed above as well as the effects of accomplished milestones on the company’s future valuation. Product Development. Intellectual Property. Market Validation.

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How To Allocate Friends & Family Startup Capital

Business Plan Blog

A major piece of the business plan will be your capitalization strategy demonstrating the milestone timeline discussed above as well as the effects of accomplished milestones on the company’s future valuation. A fair amount of your FFF funding will likely go towards product development. Intellectual property. Market Validation.