Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

All startups, including non-profits, need revenue to thrive, such as such as from subscriptions, retail, online, licensing, or services. They want to see revenue to share in the return. Here I recommend a 5-year projection of revenues, expenses, and funding requirements. Provide specifics on the customer business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company. You can kick-off your next startup. Position the company as a cash cow to fund spinoffs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

In the short term you need customers to find you at any price, and in the longer term you need revenue, profit, and return loyalty. You need to be constantly assessing mergers and acquisitions, as well as divestitures. Explore partners and M&A to solidify your strategy. Proactively prepare for downturns and recoveries.

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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. It better be an established company, with millions of dollars in annual revenue and profits, following generally accepted accounting, reporting, and audit procedures. 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.” It better be an established company, with millions of dollars in annual revenue and profits, following generally accepted accounting, reporting, and audit procedures.

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VC Cafe

JULY 13, 2022

With today’s news on the merger between Unity and Ironsource (valuing the latter at $4.4 billion in revenue in 2021, 5% of global industry revenues in 2021 ($175 billion) ? billion in revenue in 2021. billion), Israel is incredibly well positioned to be a leader in gaming tech and infrastructure. Proud to take part!

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2010

How much dilution should I take for it?&# My friend’s company was pre-revenue. I lived through the era of companies doing premature mergers. 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&#. This is a good thing.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Minecraft” accounts for nearly all of Mojang’s revenue, highlighting the risk to Microsoft should interest in “Minecraft” dissolve, or Microsoft fails to produce “Minecraft” sequels or add-on software. Thinking Aloud acquisition Jack Narcotta mergers & acquisitions Microsoft Minecraft Mojang'

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2022

billion merger in Jan 2022. According to Unity’s mobile gaming trends 2022 report , the majority of gaming revenues will be from mobile by 2023. The biggest gaming transactions in 2021, already eclipsed by the TakeTwo and Zynga $12.4 Source: VentureBeat ). people have downloaded games for these smartphones.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2019

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. New customers are expensive to acquire, and typically produce less revenue than would current, satisfied customers. Here’s a look: 1.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2021

And even though an LLC is legally required to report its revenues, profits, and losses, it does not have to pay corporate income taxes on profits. If a founder’s goal is to grow the business for some time and exit by selling the company, through merger/acquisition, or through IPO, then the corporation (C-Corp) structure might be the best.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue).

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

The merger of Unity and Ironsource (a $4.4 NPD reported on Friday that consumers spent 10% less in the first six months of 2022 than they did during the same time period last year, with game industry revenue down to $26.3 While mobile game revenue was down 6.6% Gaming M&A in H1 2022. Blockchain gaming is growing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company. You can kick-off your next startup. Position the company as a cash cow to fund spinoffs.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

The primary source of your funds should be your paying customers, i.e., your business should generate enough revenues and profits to fund the growth and expansion. These usually play a role in the very early stage of your business, primarily pre-revenue. Moreover, there is always a possibility of a future merger and consolidation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Premium ventures need real traction, such as 100 million users, 10 million in revenue, or brand recognition around the world. Additional defensibility elements that unicorn investors look for include speed of implementation, rate of revenue and user growth, and exceptional team strength and leadership.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

billion revenue in 2021 for Epic Games and was played by 83.3 billion merger with IronSource , an Israeli scale-up specialising in mobile gaming monetisation might also position them as a big player in crypto gaming – offering developers the ability to integrate a simplified crypto wallet into their games in the near future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

Yet a creative collaboration with your biggest competitor may be the best opportunity for revenue and survival. As a result of our increased coverage and wider range of solutions, we both gained revenue and credibility, while reducing marketing and development. You have to take the risk, but keep your wits about you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

This requires a visible focus on the company’s revenue model, the costs to get there, and cash on hand. That means merger and acquisition (M&A), not initial public offering (IPO). They bet on the jockey, not the horse. Funding risk. Will the startup be able to get to self-sustaining mode before it runs out of cash? Exit strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

I know it’s much sexier to race around talking about buying up companies than it is tweaking your business operations to accelerate revenue, reduce churn and grow faster. Create hassles for post-merger integration of technology or teams. But it will not help your business grow faster. What will it do?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2021

Airlines, for example, have difficulty scaling up through mergers and acquisitions (M&As), but they can spin off their maintenance businesses and let the spin-off do the M&A in its own field. The guaranteed revenue and incentives were only loosely tied—at best—to the spin-off’s performance. Fostering dictatorial leadership.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2021

And even though an LLC is legally required to report its revenues, profits, and losses, it does not have to pay corporate income taxes on profits. If a founder’s goal is to grow the business for some time and exit by selling the company, through merger/acquisition, or through IPO, then the corporation (C-Corp) structure might be the best.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

How much revenue are you generating on an annual basis? These partnerships need to bring in more revenue. And, the last choice is Merger. You can also opt for a merger with a company of similar nature. Either to go for investors pitch to them directly about your product, or keep yourself bootstrapped.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2022

Smart companies use acquisitions to enhance momentum and accelerate revenue growth. When contemplating a merger or acquisition, you should never overlook the human factors of post-acquisition integration , such as stress among existing employees, IT incompatibilities, and employee turnover.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

Yet a creative collaboration with your biggest competitor may be the best opportunity for revenue and survival. As a result of our increased coverage and wider range of solutions, we both gained revenue and credibility, while reducing marketing and development. You have to take the risk, but keep your wits about you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Even still, in the context of all three points, I recommend that you evaluate the most common exit alternatives and considerations, and integrate the right one into your startup strategy and plan: M&A - merger or acquisition by another company. You can kick-off your next startup. Position the company as a cash cow to fund spinoffs.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

We had been working on a merger between BuildOnline and a competitor called iScraper. My contact at ETF told me that Apax had called them and told them that they were planning to fund iScraper on their own without the merger and that ETF should back their deal rather than ours. .&# (quote via David Fishman ). But we did $2.1

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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Up and Running

JULY 22, 2014

It’s a table that lists all of your revenue streams and all of your expenses—typically for a three-month period—and lists at the very bottom the total amount of net profit or loss. A typical profit and loss statement should include: your revenue (also called sales), followed by. how you make money.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

billion a 125% increased compared to the equivalent period in 2020, the number of Unicorns, private companies valued at $1 billion or more has grown significantly, with several companies achieving “Decacorn” status – achieving valuations of $10 billion and up, including eToro , soon to complete a SPAC merger, and Rapyd payments.

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deal architect

JULY 29, 2013

Two large agencies, Publicis and Omnicon, announced a merger yesterday. With merged revenues of $ 23 billion, it will become the. Famous brands such as BBDO Worldwide, Leo Burnett and Saatchi & Saatchi will be part of the new empire. Offshoring (TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant) Outsourcing (IBM, Accenture, EDS)'

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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. Fresh customer base. Marty Zwilling.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Addressing real world problems, they thrive in uncertainty, generating new jobs and new revenue streams in new markets. It is our startup sector which will drive this innovative progress. Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. experiments to build a product, find customers, test business models and hire amazing people.

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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. But what exactly is business development?

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In November of this year, the company announced that it had achieved “substantially” more than $1B in revenue in the third quarter. Assuming a marketplace rake of something like 11%, this would imply gross room revenue of over $9B for the quarter — which would be $36B annualized. billion of GSV (gross services revenue) across 2.0

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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. It better be an established company, with millions of dollars in annual revenue and profits, following generally accepted accounting, reporting, and audit procedures. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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