Hearpreneur

AUGUST 5, 2020

This will lead to a lot of opportunities for insurance companies willing to blaze that trail and for SaaS companies and other partners who can help them do it. For example: Hangzhou Intime Department Store (China): They partnered with Taobao to sell items online through social media, contactless shopping was encouraged. 19- Silvertech.

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2016

Having partners gives you people to rely on, which can be a huge boost for your company.”. See Also: How to Find a Business Partner. Find an investor that is also a partner, not just a check. Do it as scrappy as you can, and get users and revenue. Starting a company alone is very difficult,” says Ben. Follow through.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

One key to this population growth has been the remarkable ease of the Unicorn fundraising process: Pick a new valuation well above your last one, put together a presentation deck, solicit offers, and watch the hundreds of million of dollars flow into your bank account. By January of 2016, that number had ballooned to 229.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

Reputation – Equally, the investor might not be worried about squeezing out your existing VC, per se, but doesn’t want to develop a reputation as a VC with an edge. I wouldn’t work in this business long if I had a reputation for screwing over other investors to get a deal. Reputation. So what happens?

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2016

Michelle Stansbury , a realtor at Bluegrass Partners Trust Realty says, “My first year was a lot of fumbling around figuring out what didn’t work. When asked how he figured out who his target market was, he responded, “I looked at the volume of sales in my city, from the property valuation administrator, and then looked for the ‘sweet spot.’

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. Another concept we need to introduce now is valuation. I say "in theory" because in early stageinvesting, valuations are voodoo. As a company gets more established,its valuation gets closer to an actual market value. Startups valuations aresupposed to rise over time.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

While most companies focus on revenue and profitability, Silicon Valley leaders tend to view valuation as a success barometer. Despite its reputation as a publicly distributed solution, blockchain is a perfect way to securely share information without risking it getting into the wrong hands.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

(there’s a great story from Jonah in the video but you have to watch to hear it :)) But it’s undeniable that it has become a digital media powerhouse having raised around $500 million in capital with a valuation reported at $1.7 billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million).

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Make sure you treat people as partners, not as paid help. Equity partners need to have a hand in guiding the enterprise. Andrew Badera Thursday, October 09, 2008 Deleting … Approving … I quite agree, Andrew, that the equity partners need to have a hand in guiding the enterprise. The gist: 1. Go to user groups.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 2, 2014

With SaaS businesses the majority of revenue will be through monthly, quarterly or annual billing recurring payment plans. Another solution would be to use a pseudonym to brand the product around and that way, the “owner” and his/her reputation would be far easier to transfer to a new owner. Choose your payment processor carefully.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 2, 2016

On paper Homebrew’s first fund is shaping up very nicely, with, to date, significant appreciation in the portfolio and a healthy number of companies growing real revenues. But we know valuations are just a moment in time based upon any number of market factors. And companies at this stage are still fragile. So what do we know?

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Hunter Walker

MAY 2, 2016

On paper Homebrew’s first fund is shaping up very nicely, with, to date, significant appreciation in the portfolio and a healthy number of companies growing real revenues. But we know valuations are just a moment in time based upon any number of market factors. And companies at this stage are still fragile. So what do we know?

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

As well as tripling the company’s valuation to $4 billion since January 2021, the round came as the company grew its monthly processing volumes by 5,000% in 18 months. The reason I mention this is that our fundraising strategy involves first and foremost choosing partners who are human beings that we’d like to join us on our journey.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The revenue driven by the website will be ten times the outlay and is crucial to driving revenue, so do not scrimp on the cost with a part-time nephew or friend, or one of those “free” website platforms who might not have you live at least a month before opening. Founded by Charlie in 1990, The Boston Restaurant Group, Inc.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 2, 2014

With SaaS businesses the majority of revenue will be through monthly, quarterly or annual billing recurring payment plans. Another solution would be to use a pseudonym to brand the product around and that way, the “owner” and his/her reputation would be far easier to transfer to a new owner. Choose your payment processor carefully.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Investment in small businesses require knowledge of transactions and the related aspects such as business valuation, due diligence, deal structuring / financing, contracts, etc. Not so much because of the chump change we made (my distribution partner and I), but more so because of the invaluable lessons learned in the process.

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K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

The General Partners (GPs) are the operating guys. The money that the GPs and other employees of the firm invest comes from Limited Partners (LPs) — typically the big university endowments, retirement funds, charitable organizations, family offices and high net-worth individuals. This is what makes it more difficult to scale.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

One common mistake is for entrepreneurs to simply select whichever venture capital firm is offering the highest valuation. Maybe you can exchange the general partner who sits on your board with another general partner from the same firm, but doing so tends to be very difficult. But get real.

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Transformify

APRIL 12, 2020

Sadly, even reputable businesses are trying to take advantage of people in developing countries, especially if the local authorities are not paying attention to cases of exploitation. Round-tripping is used by the founders of a startup to inflate the revenue and profit and mislead investors and lenders. No revenue at all.

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