ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

I have often been asked about Startup Funding by entrepreneurs. Many businesses around us have grown without any funding. Equity investment is the most popular and most talked-about avenue for startup funding. Instead of funding, you pay the investors a structured royalty, which is a portion of the sales.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

You must have heard about people who build startups, make them successful, sell them, and move on to start another startup. You will have to ask people about the problems they are having. What market are you targeting and how are you going to get sales? This brings us to our next BIG question. Think about them now.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

These are keepsake cards and many of our customers tell us that the recipients frame their cards. Our mission is to help people express thoughtfulness and kindness through imagery and sentiments that make those they care about feel loved. We work hard to make businesses grow, but we care deeply about the person.

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Up and Running

JULY 22, 2014

Financial experts will have different opinions about what should be included in a financial plan, depending on the type of business you have and what you’re trying to accomplish with your business plan. Sales forecast. A typical profit and loss statement should include: your revenue (also called sales), followed by.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. When people refer to a strategic investor they are usually talking about an investor that comes from the industry you serve as opposed to an independent venture capital investor. Yeah, I know.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

[17:07] I’m seeing more and more agencies talk about growth through acquisition – is that a good way to grow? 19:44] Where can people find out more about you? More About Jason Blumer: JasonBlumer.com. More About The Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Check it out here. Is that fraught with lots of challenges?

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CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 73

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

They taught you about customers, markets and profits. billion for a company with less than $50 million in sales. VCs or entrepreneurs who talked about building profitable businesses were told, “You just don’t get the new rules.” The world of building profitable startups as the primary goal of Venture Capital would end in 1995.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

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. Deals from Hell: M&A Lessons that Rise Above the Ashes by Robert F.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

A frequent concern I hear from aspiring entrepreneurs is “I have invented a great product, but I have no idea where to start in setting up a company, to avoid all the tax and legal problems I hear about on the news.” For corporations in the US, the annual tax return due date is a month earlier than for individual tax filings, so be prepared.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

John Jantsch: So full disclosure, you and I’ve worked together, our firms have actually worked together, so I do know a little more about your story than maybe some folks. But why don’t you start by kind of giving a little bit of background on you and your journey as an entrepreneur and maybe tell us a little about your work.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

I caught up with him recently to talk about venture capital from both sides of the equation, investing for the long-term, missed opportunities, and how he gets good ideas. ** Let's start with something basic. What about in the public markets? What is venture capital, really?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Most startup-lore is focused on lightning fast growth or striking out, but what about slow-growth businesses? Both of these bodies of work and frameworks for thinking about startups fit really well for funded startups who plan to shoot the moon (launch the rocket to escape velocity and go as far and fast as possible). and they will.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Yesterday I wrote about how to talk to investors about your competitors. In short, acknowledge they exist, be transparent about strengths & weaknesses and use your differences to talk about how you want to position yourself in the market. Them vs. Us. Software, software, software.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. Sood and his team of about a dozen people are looking for companies in the online space that have a working prototype and a small team in place and that are ready to expand. 10 Internet comments about games that actually make us laugh. Whats Hot Menu. what’s hot?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2020

The US seems poised to reopen – to some degree or another – over the next few months, with some states already lifting their lockdown measures on restaurants, parks, and other public spaces. The current situation has already forced many of us out of our offices and into our homes, blurring the line of work-life balance even further.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Pick a specific solution that you have built or prototyped, rather than rambling about all the possible things that could be done with your idea. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Marketing, sales, and partners. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here.

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The next two posts are about what I saw and learned in my short stay exploring Beijing’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. And he was generous in sharing his insights about the current state of entrepreneurship and investment in China. If there ever was any question about the value of China’s Torch Program walk around Zhongguancun.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 27, 2015

The reason is that every new year brings about a “newness” for lack of a better term when we are able to start fresh and erase those things that we did bad or things we have been thinking about doing. For us at CEO Blog Nation, we get it. We worked together to make some very significant increases in their sales and profits.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Pick a specific solution that you have built or prototyped, rather than rambling about all the possible things that could be done with your idea. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Marketing, sales, and partners. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here.

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Various economic indicators can point to a recession in progress or one that is about to take hold. Recessions impact GDP, income, industrial production, employment, and wholesale and retail sales. Another significant effect of a recession is a rise in anti-competitive mergers. General drops in spending can cause a recession.

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Intellectual Property Portfolio Analytics Equity 92

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

In my previous post, Why Leave A Six Figure Salaried Career For Online Entrepreneurship , I wrote about the various business ventures I have tried and tested over the years. One of those ventures was the creation, establishment, growth and sale of an e-commerce business.

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SEO PPC America Design 86

Feld Thoughts

JULY 27, 2011

Now, while I’d like to be able to simply do all of my financings with a handshake, or possibly on a napkin written in crayon, I also wish I had a herd of unicorns, surrounded by rainbows, a balanced US government budget, and agreement on how to address the debt ceiling issue. Co-Sale Agreement. Or use them for other deals.

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Term Sheet Preferred Stock Merger Venture Capital 136

OnlyOnce

AUGUST 20, 2020

As part of the new section on Exits in the Second Edition of the book ( order here ), there’s a specific chapter around handling the post-sale transition and integration process. and then my advice could be in context, as opposed to thinking about what I would do in the prior context. No two transitions are exactly the same.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. SALES & MARKETING. Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity. Graham is careful about whom he chooses to partner with. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Finance | Tuesdays. Newsletters.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2011

In part one of this post titled, How I Started, Grew & Sold An E-commerce Business For Quarter Million Dollars ($250,000) , I wrote about how I came about the idea for the e-commerce website that I started, grew and sold, while on an international work-related trip. This became a nightmare for us.

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Technical Review PPC Due Diligence Exit Strategy 71

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 16, 2012

Mergers and acquisitions have a notoriously high failure rate and as a result investors knocked a couple of percent off Cisco’s share price yesterday following the announcement of their $5bn acquisition of NDS Group. As a result, Tencent depends even more on its online games to support sales. ….

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Acquisition Merger Social Network Revenue 104

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The next two posts are about what I saw and learned in my short stay exploring Beijing’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. And he was generous in sharing his insights about the current state of entrepreneurship and investment in China. If there ever was any question about the value of China’s Torch Program walk around Zhongguancun.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Pick a specific solution that you have built or prototyped, rather than rambling about all the possible things that could be done with your idea. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Marketing, sales, and partners. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here.

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

But this story is not about Convergent. It’s about entrepreneurship and family. His marketing and sales instincts and skills seemed magical and he built the company into a $400 million OEM supplier, ultimately selling the company to Unisys. If I did go to social events, all I would talk about was my new company.

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Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS 276

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. 05% of total US mutual fund assets. In the first quarter of 2021 alone, SPACs raised $87.9

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Pick a specific solution that you have built or prototyped, rather than rambling about all the possible things that could be done with your idea. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Marketing, sales, and partners. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Babbling VC

MARCH 18, 2018

This led me to start thinking about so many questions we received regarding Liquid Labs, which Michael Backes and I founded back in early 2012. Well, to put it briefly, because it allowed us to do what we wanted to do without giving up so much of what we had done to date. So why do we do it? Michael and I wanted to be operational.

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Merger Venture Capital Cofounder Incubator 57

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The size of the red bars (IPO’s) versus blue (mergers and acquisitions) illustrates that while venture-backed startups did get acquired, the IPO market was booming. What About Us? If you’re starting a software company, your exit is most likely a sale to a larger company. Source: NVCA.). Free At Last.

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Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

Babbling VC

MARCH 18, 2018

This led me to start thinking about so many questions we received regarding Liquid Labs, which Michael Backes and I founded back in early 2012. Well, to put it briefly, because it allowed us to do what we wanted to do without giving up so much of what we had done to date. So why do we do it? Michael and I wanted to be operational.

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Merger Venture Capital Cofounder Incubator 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. How to investment banks help with the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) process? This is often in the 5-7% range. Total raised: $1.3mm. TechCrunch.

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