Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2022

Pre-Tax Return on Net Worth. This ratio is not applicable if the subject company’s net worth for the period being analyzed has a negative value. Where you borrow money from angel investors or venture capitalists willing to lend money to startups for more interest and usually an equity kicker as well. Pre-Tax Return on Assets.

SBA 163

SBA Finance Balance Sheet Technical Review 163

Board Effect

MARCH 22, 2022

In recent years, economic disruptions and technological advancements were already challenging community bank boards when COVID-19 emerged. A recent survey by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors showed that community banks with smaller assets and lower revenues tended to adopt technology more slowly than larger, more profitable banks.

Community 98

Community Technical Review Agile Non-Compete 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

Just don’t quit your day job before your new company is producing revenue. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. If you don't know any “high net worth” individuals, use your advisors to find them. Friends and family.

Technical Review 233

Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 233

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Where lead generation casts a wide net, ABM uses a spear to target and catch the best fish. Here’s an example: When T-Mobile rolled out its unlimited data plan, contextual intelligence platform GumGum wanted them to see how useful its computer vision technology could be and highlight how the two companies could collaborate.

Lead Generation 94

Lead Generation Marketing Sales Cycle Campaign 94

Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

Just don’t quit your day job before your new company is producing revenue. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to government initiatives on alternative energy and technology. If you don’t know any “high net worth” individuals, use your advisors to find them. Friends and family.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 164

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. Each has met legal securities minimums for net worth and professionalism, to reduce the risk to entrepreneurs. That means you need to lead with your credentials, rather than your disruptive technology.

Search 317

Search Accredited Investor Angel Investor Venture Capital 317

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

There are two reasons to raise money: You have a killer idea that is only partially validated, that you think can get to $50M+ of revenue in 5 years with 80%+ gross margins (if margins are lower, you need a lot more revenue)and you need money to get to product-market fit, or. Not all startups need outside investment to grow.

Cofounder 431

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 431

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

Just don’t quit your day job before your new company is producing revenue. This source often gets overlooked, but it should be a major focus these days due to the Obama administration initiatives on alternative energy and technology. If you don't know any “high net worth” individuals, use your advisors to find them.

Technical Review 149

Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 149

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. Metrics like Return on Net Assets, Return on Capital and Internal Rate of Return are the guiding stars of the board and CEO. Today billions of dollars that companies could have invested in innovation are sitting in the hands of private equity funds.

Private Equity 329

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 329

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Unfortunately, he was fired and all of that potential equity disappeared. billion in annual revenue. In 1999, Alibaba had to face many failures; for the first three years, the company made zero revenue. Thanks to CJ Xia, Boster Biological Technology ! #6- Thanks to Paige Arnof-Fenn, Mavens & Moguls ! #2-

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur China Incubator Philippines 107

Hearpreneur

JULY 24, 2020

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. The cost of technology and the services needed to start and run a business has come down dramatically. Thanks to Mark Woodbury, Minerva Equity ! #12- Photo Credit: Michael Zipurzky. Hope this helps.

Entrepreneur 137

Entrepreneur Technical Review Security Demand 137

David Teten

AUGUST 21, 2019

Most founders who are raising capital look first to traditional equity VCs. Or should they look to one of the new wave of Revenue-Based Investors? Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

Revenue 60

Revenue Liquidation Preference Equity Cofounder 60

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2018

Funding is crucial for improving technology, hiring the right people, and launching a comprehensive marketing strategy to get a foothold in the market. Your business model must show the potential to increase the revenue with minimal expenditure in the coming months or years. Save the splurge for when you’re bringing in more revenue.

SBA 84

SBA Angel Investor Technical Review Startup 84

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. It takes less to start a business these days – We all know that it takes less to start a technology company these days.

LP 311

LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

And >40% of that revenue is coming from in-game purchases. P2P exchanges like HodlHodl were early adopters of Lightning, but have put the project on “hodl” while waiting for more consumer demand and technology advancements. The app could then take a small % of all revenue from “paid” messages. At least not yet.

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

This seems like an easy topic – debt where there is appropriate cash flow, equity when there isn’t.    And, while debt is less costly than equity, it can bankrupt a company more quickly than more expensive equity might. Example one: Sustainable net operating income with some growth in a stable market. 

Finance 83

Finance Bootstrapping Startup Equity 83

VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2011

V iola Private Equity , an Israeli PE fund with $164 million under management for technology buyouts, has announced a $7 million investment in Zend , the leading provider of open-source and commercial solutions based on PHP web applications.

Private Equity 87

Private Equity Equity PHP 87

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

PMC-Sierra is buying Wintegra for a net purchase price of $213 million and will pay up to an additional $60 million based on growth and performance milestones in 2011. Headquartered in Kibbutz Shamir, Israel, Shamir Optical is a fast growing provider of innovative products and technology to the ophthalmic lens industry.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

your equity in a hot new patented technology business), the higher the demand (e.g., As an example, a new restaurant may get valued at 3-4x EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) and a hot dot com business with meteoric traffic growth could get valued at 5-10x revenues. The valuation techniques.

Valuation 167

Valuation Forecast Seed Stage .Net 167

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

If the future and the past have some kind of relationship in most contexts, there are places where the past and the future become uncorrelated and there are ways to assess that around things like demography, technological shifts, et cetera. If you aren’t doing things which are sufficiently crazy, you’ll never generate a 5x net fund.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2013

They have worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated. How can you beat finding someone who has been there and done that, able to mentor Gen-Y, has lots of connections to people in your industry, and is often willing to work for equity alone? Angel investor.

Advisory Board 247

Advisory Board Angel Investor Startup Equity 247

Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2012

To envision this, visit (or revisit) Kickstarter.com, and browse through the incredible diversity of cause and passion - based projects, from charitable to design to artistic to technological, crowd funded on a donations basis on the site. Well, for starters the very unfortunate “derivatives-focus” of the U.S.

Disintermediation 72

Disintermediation Technical Review SEC Early Stage 72

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

the “Squeeze Savings Guru,” is an investor and a creative risk-taker who previously founded the disruptive healthcare technology company MobileHelp, which changed the way seniors could get emergency assistance. I sit down in my seat, I close my eyes and I see Squeeze – problem, solution, revenue model. Janetis, a.k.a. We won two INC.500

Technology 55

Technology Entrepreneur Naming Internet 55

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

They have worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated. How can you beat finding someone who has been there and done that, able to mentor Gen-Y, has lots of connections to people in your industry, and is often willing to work for equity alone? Angel Investor.

Advisory Board 268

Advisory Board Angel Investor Entrepreneur Equity 268

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. The operations section of your business plan covers how your business works, from the logistics to the technology. Technology: Describe how your technology works, but do not go into too much detail. Be specific.

Business Plan 72

Business Plan Technical Review Exit Strategy Oregon 72

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2019

Digital nomads now have a slew of resources at their hand, from an influx in coworking spaces to new technology designed to accommodate the mobile workforce. For instance, customer service is one area that many businesses choose to outsource to help them cast a wider net and better service their clients and customers.

Salary 127

Salary .Net Equity Programming 127

Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

A venture feasibility study analyzes an idea from several perspectives: market opportunity, competition, resources available, resource gaps, financial viability, operational issues, intellectual property rights, development timeline and technology needs. CPA’s also can represent clients in case of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audit.

Small Business 87

Small Business CPA Government North America 87

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Let’s take a few minutes to examine the kind of equity financing available to small or early stage businesses. In most cases, these applicants for equity funding must be rooted in technology to apply to this limited discussion. The post When should you go for equity financing? Friends and family investors. Venture farms.

Equity 62

Equity Finance Liquidity Event Angel Groups 62

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2010

They have worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated. How can you beat finding someone who has been there and done that, able to mentor Gen-Y, has lots of connections to people in your industry, and is often willing to work for equity alone? Angel Investor.

Advisory Board 189

Advisory Board Angel Investor Equity Salary 189

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Technology : If you are a technology company, it’s critical for your business plan to describe your technology and what your “secret sauce” is. You don’t have to give away trade secrets in your business plan, but you do need to describe how your technology is different and better than other solutions out there.

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

While it may make sense to offer very slight adjustments for favorable payment terms and one time revenue, net additions to MRR should dominate the sales rep’s thoughts. 1 of MRR generates $12 of annual revenue, so $1 commission equals 1/12=8.3% of Year One Revenue Sounds high, but is that considered a reasonable package?

Software Review 91

Software Review Clawback Sales Salary 91

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. Each has met legal securities minimums for net worth and professionalism, to reduce the risk to entrepreneurs. That means you need to lead with your credentials, rather than your disruptive technology.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Venture Capital Startup 120

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Respondents deemed between 12%-16% of companies generating revenues to be essentially “worthless” and deemed 20%-26% of their pre-revenue investments to be “worthless.” Add to this that 72.7%

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

There are actually a lot of tools and technologies available now to really streamline your day and as I said earlier it’s amazing. Two, revenue. The possible answers are: one, need for funding, two, working capital and expense management, three, taxes, four, technology. Four, technology. What do you do?

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

As we’ve been researching an upcoming book about the future of entrepreneurship, we have found cities dipping deep into strained budgets, turning to new technological solutions and coming together in creative ways to save their local businesses, lending hands and providing investment dollars to struggling businesses in their communities.

Government 150

Government Community Colorado Ohio 150

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Associate position at a top tier VC fund or lead dog for a random pool of high net worth money that no one's ever heard of? They have lots of revenues, high growth, funding, etc. Because of that, you're simply not going to get a major chunk of equity, nor are you going to get hired there without a ton of relevant experience.

Non-Compete 122

Non-Compete Design Hiring Incubator 122

Venture Chronicles

MAY 26, 2010

Venture math is really simple, if you raise $10 million for a company that is valued at $10 million “pre-money&# then you have sold 50% of the equity to the new investors. The technology business is like every other business undertaken since the beginning of mankind, the best product doesn’t always win.

Lean 40

Lean Early Stage Valuation Startup 40