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The Virus Survival Strategy For Your Startup

Steve Blank

But next the question is, ‘What happens to my business?”. The questions every startup or small business CEO needs to ask now are: What’s my Burn Rate and Runway? What does your new business model look like? If you’re an early stage company, that number may be zero. What does my business model look like now?

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Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits

www.startuplessonslearned.com

Founders Dilemmas: Equity Splits. Noam is one of a rare breed of business academics: he studies entrepreneurship using a rigorous empirical approach. The following is an exclusive excerpt which sets up a common pitfall regarding equity splits. Lessons Learned. by Eric Ries. Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Uncertainties abound.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

. | Media Fragmentation and the Growth of Small Publishers » April 07, 2008. Working for Equity Instead of Cash. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients. At the same time I had equity in a company that was in horrible shape with no hope of survival.

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Thoughts on quant approaches to early stage investing

The Equity Kicker

2006-2008 was a mini-bubble period where gen 1 social networks Bebo, Myspace and Facebook were the big story and investor interest in business models was at an all time low.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Now, for very early stage companies, you may be thinking, “I don’t have any cash, so outsourcing isn’t an option.&# To that I say baloney. Advertising.

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Strategy Roundtable: Open Opportunities in Cloud Computing and Rural BPO

ReadWriteStart

Whether it is credit or equity, funding is very, very tight. VCs ONLY want to invest in momentum deals, which means you already have serious customer validation and traction and you are looking to raise money to scale your business. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity. This is important, so please listen up.

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Interview with Sramana Mitra on 1M/1M Program

Life Beyond Code

SM: In September 2008, when the first Entrepreneur Journeys book was released, D.D. Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. Of 1M/1M he says, “The value of your program is amazing.