Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

billion dollar business this year to $5 billion by 2012, taking market share away from DVD retailers and intensifying the carriers' ambition to bid for the best (and first run) titles. Lee, quite simply, has forgotten WAY more about the entertainment business than most of will ever know (see his biography below). Has the U.S.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Although Sharktank has been running reruns on Fridays the last few weeks, the show ran a Sharktank 2012 Holiday special on Tuesday night. This is largely a relationship driven business, with the relationship between the venture investor and the lender being crucial to debt being made available to a portfolio company. Fat Ass Fudge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

Well-known crowd-funding platforms on the Internet, led by Kickstarter and Indiegogo , have worked for years to provide non-equity “funding” for many startups, as outlined in my previous article Will the Real Crowd Funding Model Please Stand Up? The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

billion dollar business this year to $5 billion by 2012, taking market share away from DVD retailers and intensifying the carriers' ambition to bid for the best (and first run) titles. Lee, quite simply, has forgotten WAY more about the entertainment business than most of us will ever know (see his biography below). Has the U.S.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2012 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2013; Slack in 2014 (after prematurely saying there wasn’t one); took a break in 2015-16, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; in 2017 it was Coinbase ; and last year, 2018, it was Airtable.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined. But from my perspective in really helping entrepreneurs, both fall short on several counts: Focus too much on the product, not enough on the business model. Proposal content is too short to be meaningful.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

In this guide to starting a brewery, we’re going to talk with brewers who’ve been-there-done-that, and we’ll get insights from experts in supporting industries such as insurance and finance, as well as discuss regulatory issues. Watch your finances. The ColdFire Brewing team meets to plan marketing. Martin Cove Brewing Company.

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Andrew Payne

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Specialized, proprietary cable TV distribution is gradually giving way to big, fast, cheap IP pipes. The Mess That is Television (2012). The problem isn’t technology; it’s the business model. .” (One of the clearest strategy articulations I’ve heard in a long time.). What’s taking so long?!?

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   You can vary both valuation and term-sheet assumptions (in the gray boxes) to assess the impact on the values of the business. This is why a bottom up approach is more credible.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. SMALL BUSINESS. September 19, 2012, 9:32 p.m. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Finance, Banking, Loans, etc. Legal Services.

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Andrew Payne

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Specialized, proprietary cable TV distribution is gradually giving way to big, fast, cheap IP pipes. The Mess That is Television (2012). The problem isn’t technology; it’s the business model. .” (One of the clearest strategy articulations I’ve heard in a long time.). What’s taking so long?!?

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aweissman.com

APRIL 19, 2012

Apr 19, 2012. Information does not want to be free; instead it wants to be distributed friction free. At the same time, over the past few years we have seen the transformation of how media is produced and distributed. And as Kickstarter has shown, financing may not be either). skip to main | skip to sidebar. at 8:46 AM.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Tools for Hackathons – added Dec 2012. free, distributed source code control management system.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Distribution challenges? Understand finance.  Never, ever “let Mikey do it.”  Know, yourself, how your venture is financed, what the alternatives are, and when you will know it is time to execute them. Distribution challenges? Understand finance. October 2012.  Plan for how to get them.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 4, 2011

How should I finance my new venture?  I looked at a medical product recently and asked the obvious questions about competition, distribution strategy, pricing, and so forth.  I looked at a medical product recently and asked the obvious questions about competition, distribution strategy, pricing, and so forth.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Financing, that is.I Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan. One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 24, 2006

As an example, we had an advanced manufacturing business that achieved excellent early results. However, the distribution channel we had planned to use lacked the sophistication ultimately required by the product design, and the manufacturers adoption cycle was insufficient. October 2012. If it does not work, get out.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Initially we had a different business model (an entire venue, track design, sleds, etc for $1 million+) which made it hard to sell.

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