Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2022

In my role of business advisor to startups, I often recommend these to increase initial brand identity and market penetration. With the rate of market change today, and the advent of worldwide competitors, you need every strategy you can muster to keep up, and respond quickly to new threats.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With over three decades of experience in private equity investments, acquisitions and mergers, Mark Hauser has developed a keen ability to recognize trends and do his due diligence. In 2016, Hauser Private Equity completed an investment in Stat Health Management, LLC, an urgent care provider with locations throughout Long Island, NY.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the side door as a reverse merger. Reverse mergers may not get your startup on the Nasdaq. The reverse merger process itself doesn’t raise any capital. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2014

Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, and an old one long out of favor, the so-called “reverse merger.” Reverse mergers may not get your startup on the Nasdaq. The reverse merger process itself doesn’t raise any capital. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2010

I lived through the era of companies doing premature mergers. It meant that the management teams hadn’t figured out a product / market fit for their own businesses. That’s why immature teams spend so much time on mergers. A merger is not the panacea. There is no such thing a “merger of equals&#.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2022

AR and VR might be the next smartphone, but they might also be the next smart watch, drone, or games console – very cool but a narrow market Benedict Evans. Supply chain challenges which have caused shortages around the world will have an impact on the speed that AR/VR enabled’s devices penetrate the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Switch your focus from product development to sales. Explosive growth to an enterprise normally requires a scalable sales model, a well-documented process with incentives, training, and metrics for tracking and management. Of course, customer relationships, and penetration into new market segments are also critical elements.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2014

For many start-up companies, the dream is to one day become the other half in a merger or acquisition with a larger, more developed organisation. Currently, all things technology based have a high acquisition rate if they can provide a service for a wide range of emerging technology markets. Be the First to Market.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2019

Conventional wisdom says that technology is propelling the disruption that is roiling the markets. This often means mergers and acquisitions, incremental innovation, marketing, and global expansion – which, over the long-term, only widen the gulf between the company and its customers. But this belief is dead wrong.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

.&# Still, I’ll bet that functionally you divide areas of competence like sales & marketing, product, engineering, biz dev, etc. I usually encourage people to think about titles like, “Founder & CTO&# or “Founder & VP Marketing.&#. Create hassles for post-merger integration of technology or teams.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

The next reason is to establish a competitive advantage over your competition and quickly acquire a substantial market share. Let’s take an example – In the case of an internet or app business, the user traction and market penetration is a must. Establish a competitive advantage. Both of which are expensive and time-consuming.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Toronto’s Mark Attanasio has spent some 20 years advising businesses at various stages in their development on what it takes to position themselves for growth – whether it’s through traditional transactional activities like management buyouts and mergers and acquisitions or via a public listing on a Canadian stock exchange.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 9, 2016

For a young entrepreneur, the mergers and acquisitions process can be exciting and potentially lucrative but it can also be the source of considerable stress. And, at the conclusion of your company’s sale, that you have achieved the post-deal involvement that you wanted, without leaving money on the table. and abroad.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

Market Research. In this stage, you will also search the market to check if your idea is viable. If there is a gap in the market, there will be demand. Now the question is: How to find gaps in the market? MVP is the product that you can bring to the market. Next is marketing. There is a simple rule of thumb.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Common exit strategies include being acquired by another company, the sale of equity, or a management or employee buyout. Acquisition: The acquisition is often known as a “merger and acquisition.” An acquisition or merger does not have to happen on a big scale. Who needs an exit strategy? Management buyout.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

We were both losing in the lucrative high-end market segment. We finally decided set up a strategic partnership with a joint product to capture this elusive segment of the market. As a result of our increased coverage and wider range of solutions, we both gained revenue and credibility, while reducing marketing and development.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

But it’s kind of hard to say “don’t plant near the big trees” when you just completed a big sale to Microsoft building an app that they should have created and dominated. We once thought the merger of AOL/Time Warner needed to be investigated by the DOJ. Where I Might Expand the Argument. Laughable now.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

They can elect directors for their class of stock, approve mergers and acquisitions; approve increases or changes to the capital structure of the company and other more minor actions. Some investor board members are also member of boards for companies that may overlap in markets or even compete directly, although rare.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

If you don’t yet have a hundred investors knocking on your door, it’s time to put more focus on viral marketing, closing customers, and exponential growth. The target market better be a big one, certainly over a billion dollars, with a double-digit growth rate, and large enough to absorb multiple entrants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

Competitors, like the market, never stand still as you disrupt their space. Equity investors realize that they won’t see any real return until an exit occurs, such as a sale, merger, or IPO. Building a sustainable business is more like a marathon than an event. Postulate competitive reactions and your responses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

We were both losing in the lucrative high-end market segment. We finally decided set up a strategic partnership with a joint product to capture this elusive segment of the market. As a result of our increased coverage and wider range of solutions, we both gained revenue and credibility, while reducing marketing and development.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

With the pandemic, climate crisis, global economic shifts and rapidly changing consumer markets, it is clear that many businesses of today will no longer be relevant tomorrow. Addressing real world problems, they thrive in uncertainty, generating new jobs and new revenue streams in new markets. Our world is changing, and fast.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

And finding ways basically to undermine our free market system. For example, China has an 80% market share in rare earth elements, as well. As well as a significant market share in manufacturing value added rare earth containing goods, such as electric motors and consumer electronics. Facilitating technical release ability.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

For Leads or Sales consider a Modified Lehman Formula. If you have a deal that is related to bringing in sales and you do want to have a perpetual compensation you can use some version of a Lehman Formula that incentives the person upfront as they are bringing in revenue for you, then caps it off on an ongoing basis. Hand-off Sales.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

At its essence, it’s all about creating opportunities and cultivating relationships that will help you increase revenue streams, reach new customers, or expand into different markets for your Topanga, California business. Companies can also adopt diversification strategies, which involve expanding into new products or markets.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

After doing some market research, I realized that there was a market for the handcrafted greeting cards that I make, and in September 2019, MsCraftprincess Designs was formed. I got my start when I was young—as an eBay Powerseller—and I eventually moved on to building a thriving marketing agency. Photo Credit: Daniel Javor.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Another vein of thought is that boards should primarily be involved in strategic planning when there is a major event such as a change in the CEO, a major investment opportunity, a looming acquisition, a decline in sales, or an unsolicited takeover bid. Takeovers, mergers, and acquisitions are sometimes an integral part of corporate strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. Economies of scale. New management skills.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

It might actually help on your end to have a basic idea on just how some lead generation statistics look from various marketing perspectives. A lot of companies rely on content marketing as well, as not only does it cost 62-percent less than paid search marketing, but also can generate thrice (!) as many leads.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

What a CFO Can Do For Your Agency written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Jason Blumer. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Jason Blumer. More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Check it out here. So it's a tough market.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2020

Public Relations (PR) involves efforts to raise the profile of your company, manage your reputation, and build relationships with key people or organizations to attract customers and increase sales. Anchor Your Sales And Marketing Efforts. Announcement of a new acquisition or merger. Create Clearly Defined Objectives.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 12, 2014

Once the company recognized its value, it changed the product and the way it was marketed. Before you get your product in front of people, ask, Does this solve a problem for a target market, or am I acting on a hunch? Who cares enough about this problem to give you money? Large companies have very long sales cycles.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2015

Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the backdoor as a reverse merger. Reverse mergers may not get your startup on the Nasdaq. The reverse merger process itself doesn’t raise any capital. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

When they promise to help you with marketing, sales, distribution, integrated product development, etc. You’re not their core business – their interest will swing more wildly with the markets. The market knew he was an investor yet he wouldn’t promote us within his own company. Yeah, I know.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

KPMG’s Venture Pulse Q3 2017 reported that the Asian market has raised $12.3 With more money being invested in startups around the region, the barriers to entry that prevent startups from entering the market are reduced. Mergers and acquisitions with tech giants and corporates. Take China-based AI startup SenseTime, for example.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 25, 2012

Mergers and acquisitions are a messy part of business and don’t always produce the expected outcome. In this book, you can read about some of the worst mergers ever to happen and hopefully take away some lessons that will help you in your future deal-making. Marketing. Bruner and Arthur Levitt Jr. Why think like a designer?

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