Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The intellectual property of a business, which in many instances functions as the lifeblood of a company, is almost always financially valuable and that value increases as the company grows and starts generating revenue. Most often, business plans are used to raise money and acquire talent.

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Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

I asked for all of the following information: Monthly revenue. She asks me to sign an NDA, which I do. You, on the other hand, had to have assumed you could make the revenue grow significantly via active investment, right? Once she expressed interest in a potential sale I signed an NDA and she provided numbers.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

If the idea was reliant on ad revenue for profit, it quickly becomes apparent that there will be no incoming money at all. Sign that person to an NDA if necessary. Your projections should provide a range of best-case/worst-case revenue scenarios over a number of years. At this point, everyone loses. Rework it as necessary.

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Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2013

If you are pre-revenue then it will be difficult to portray market traction unless you have the budget to conduct customer surveys. Investors want to see a growth/revenue model that uses sales data and assumptions that predict sales by product and region. NDA Insistence. In short, investors don’t sign NDAs.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2013

Asking for an NDA. Rejecting a cash offer for your company when you have almost no revenues. When you have a billion in revenues, staying focused. When you have zero revenues, staying unfocused and coming up with new ideas every day. When you have a billion in revenues, staying focused. ” He says: .

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? And usually, its something that has a serious revenue-generating impact on my company. Guarding The "Big Idea". I was totally guilty of this back in the day. Not Listening to Current (or Future) Customers.

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ConversionXL

JULY 31, 2019

But, if done right, a net revenue boost is entirely possible. I can’t share specifics due to an NDA.) ChartMogul’s customer base and revenue kept increasing as their minimum price did. Losing a few hundred (or several thousand) customers won’t crater their revenue. You will anger some users. Some will churn. Need proof?

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 1, 2017

His letter to shareholders that first year had a “buckle-up” message: We’re going for revenue growth and customer happiness, not near-term profits. But I’m pretty appalled reading about the NDA’s and ignored complaints that preceded the press coverage.

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Kodorra

AUGUST 23, 2018

Oh and by the way, typically angel investors don’t sign NDA (non-disclosure agreement), so they are most probably losing out on the cash too. 6 months down the line, after burning $6,000 or so, you’re not seeing much traction or revenue. Mistake – Believing You Don’t Have Any Competitors.

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David Teten

AUGUST 7, 2019

LTV / CAC, revenue growth, etc.) Remember how they all said they wouldn’t sign an NDA? Likely signs of a Value investment: the company has challenges in filling out the round; the investors have more negotiating leverage than the founders during the closing process; the company has significantly better metrics (e.g. Time allocation.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. I think the long-tail (size in terms of market cap, revenue, employees etc – pick one doesn’t matter) is moving towards the city.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The market price is less than the inconvenience of signing an NDA. In those days you could go public as adogfood portal, so as a company with a real product and real revenues,we might have done well. A rich companyis one with large revenues. This money isnt revenue. That shows how much a mere idea is worth.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. Should I require and NDA? I have a proposal written up including full cost and revenue projections.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Vendor long-list - build a “long-list&# of possible software vendors and NDA them all, but don‚Äôt rely on it (more on this later). Posted by: Matt | September 10, 2007 9:43 AM Hmm, our current startup (now doing more than 1M/year) was bootstrapped for its first year on just 1500$ (and with that we grew revenue to 25K/month).

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Early Growth Financial Services

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

What is the easiest way to form a legal entity between two people (51%-49%) who want to build a revenue producing mobile application? Ryan Azlein, Partner with Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP, addresses three of the most pressing legal concerns for founders of mobile application companies.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 29, 2005

Many times, I have even found myself brainstorming with the entrepreneur about other revenue opportunities and go-to-market strategies – I just love those types of meetings. A couple of don’ts: don’t be late, don’t be arrogant, and don’t ask for an NDA before you start the pitch. Happy pitching!

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 9, 2016

No NDA's to sign, no software to install, no IT resources required. It has been a great way to immediately influence revenue for my ecommerce engagements. I sort the above report by Revenue, and then look over the users who form the first few rows. Awesome, right? Affiliates! Cheat Sheet for Video Ads!), Delete it later.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Craigslist, on the other hand, has about 30 employees and is doing about the same amount in revenue--meaning that most of the stuff you can do on Craigslist won't cost you anything. Anyone who has done a startup has asked on Twitter or a listserv for an employment agreement, NDA, software license agreement, etc.

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