Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2016

federal income tax (Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code). No equity investors for a non-profit. In addition to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other organizations, including the Charity Watch , regularly analyze and publish the ratio of funds in to those applied to the causes supported. Multiple financial watchdogs.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2016

Sure, VC cash can boost your business to new heights, but it also reduces your equity in the company, forces you to focus on company valuation, and provides a false sense of financial security. It was able to reinvest that cash into the business, creating immediate and dramatic revenue growth. Go it alone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Premium ventures need real traction, such as 100 million users, 10 million in revenue, or brand recognition around the world. Don’t be afraid to give up equity to get a small share of a very large pot. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/29/2016. Active interest by a multitude of investors.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Many of these companies are pre-revenue and in the cash burn stage as they try to establish their technology and market. Due to new accounting standards effective for December 2016 year-ends, the future timeline that management must consider for cash flow needs has expanded to one year from the issuance date of the audited financials.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Here are seven ways that advisors can immediately help your small business achieve the next level of success: Assist With Strategies & Connections to Have Record Revenue & Profit in 2016. It can be a per meeting fee, a small equity piece, or any other arrangement, and remember, you can cancel this at any time.

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Up and Running

JULY 25, 2017

This article from early this year echoes the trends in the Bloomberg Barometer, and notes that VC deals in 2016 “required founders to give up more equity in exchange for less money than they did last year.”. Startups Going for Loans Rather Than Venture Capital. Small Business Borrowing Drops.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2017

And with liabilities down and assets up, we are left with that most beautiful piece of our business balance sheet - equity. Business equity is a measurement of financial accomplishment attained and retained. Permacity completed the world's largest solar rooftop project and increased revenue by over 35%.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. However, according to PitchBook Data, since the beginning of 2016, companies with women founders have received only 4.4% The phrase is quite ambiguous. of venture capital deals.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 2, 2017

Largely yes, but the pot of gold might be more modest than some of 2016’s notable transactions suggest (Jet, Cruise, Dollar Shave Club). We had our first taste of this trend playing out early in 2016 when GM acquired self-driving tech startup Cruise for north of $1b. Next Level: Buying Customers/Revenue/Distribution.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2022

And after my surgery in 2016, I dived right into starting my own business and got a job with a photography company based in BC Women’s Hospital where I went on to photograph over 1,000 babies for over two years! Today, we are a small business with a consistent stream of revenue and an utterly satisfied team. Photo Credit: Kyle Kroeger.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In fact, the 2016 Kaufman Index on Startup Activity reported that 550,000 new businesses are started every month in America. You can also be an entrepreneur by acquiring someone else’s company and making it better—growing sales and increasing profitability—as an equity-owning CEO. Entrepreneurship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

With one of the new free tools and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. Favor profitability over revenue and user growth. Use your equity for key executives and business partners.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Late stage rounds help keep companies private longer and eventually Facebook proves to be a blockbuster company… public equity investors hope to find the next Facebook pre-IPO. Rowe Price, hedge funds, etc.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 13, 2017

As per the latest research , social media ad spend overwhelmingly surpassed television by the end of 2016- a result that wasn’t predicted. Additionally, it’s predicted that the amount of money spent on social media advertising is set to catch up with newspaper ad revenues by 2020. Promoted Accounts. Lead generation.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

However, their decision to stay free from external pressure paid off after receiving a large-sum loan for their first store in 2016. Today, Tuft & Needle profits over $125 million in revenue and over 100 employees. Take advantage of business plans. with 1-5 years of payback periods.

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View from Seed

MARCH 5, 2019

There are a variety of quick write-ups on the Lyft S-1 for basic figures like annual revenue, rider growth, or who the largest shareholders are. Lyft helpfully provides the number of active riders, total number of rides, and average revenue per rider on a quarterly basis. Rough estimate of 2019 revenue, excluding new riders.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

Unfortunately, a number of them had an early exit from the business scene due to ineffective business plans and/or unsustained revenue for their investment. Over time, as you scale your operations, you may need to source additional funding from venture capitalists to mitigate high production costs or limited revenue.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

By 2016, that figure was down to ~971 or ~22% of the industry. The buyers (or lessees) in these transactions are pension funds, insurance companies, or private equity representing other institutions. Later stage Private Equity buyers rely more on existing hospital management and employees than in other industries.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

You don’t have to fight for your equity, and no one can slow you down in decision making. Don’t quit your day job until the revenue is flowing. Spread your equity internally to build the team. Bootstrapping doesn’t mean that you don’t share equity. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 08/31/2016.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

Of course, they all prefer cash, but some may work for future revenue or startup equity. Acquiring another startup with a strong development team may be far faster and cheaper than building your own, and can be an equity exchange rather than cash. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 04/27/2016.

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Agile VC

MARCH 5, 2019

There are a variety of quick write-ups on the Lyft S-1 for basic figures like annual revenue, rider growth, or who the largest shareholders are. Lyft helpfully provides the number of active riders, total number of rides, and average revenue per rider on a quarterly basis. Rough estimate of 2019 revenue, excluding new riders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2016

If you expect an equity investment from reputable investors for your new startup, you need to know the boundaries that often limit their interest. Revenue and profit projections are not credible. Attractive businesses to investors may show revenues that double every year but don’t exceed the gross national product of your country.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

A 2016 article in Fortune revealed that for the first time, consumers were making more purchases online than in stores. 51% of purchases were made online in 2016 – a significant jump from 48% the year before. When you offer a vibrant and dynamic experience to explore, you work toward building your brand’s equity.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

He's a serial entrepreneur, author and investor, and the founder and CEO of the scalable company digital marketer.com, and a founding partner at Scalable Equity LLC. But in 2016, I had to learn the hard lesson. My guest today is Ryan Deiss. Today we're going to talk about a new book called Get Scalable, the Operating System.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 10, 2016

Regulation Crowdfunding went into effect on May 16, 2016. While most of the media attention about this new opportunity has focused around the ability for an entrepreneur to sell shares (equity) in his or her enterprise, the real (and neglected) opportunity for Main Street businesses comes down to debt crowdfunding.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

In 2016, I celebrated 10 years of business by launching the PR firm in Atlanta, where I now live. We do home equity funds without interest or monthly payments in exchange for sharing in the future upside/downside of home values. The revenue on the darkroom rental was close to what I was making weekly, I was in disbelief.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

How big is the funding request, and how much equity will you give? Quantify founder investments, both cash and sweat-equity. What are your forecasts for revenue, expenses and cash flow? Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 02/03/2016. The only question you want to hear is -- “How soon can I sign up?”

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

It was there that I met Eric Simone (one of the first investors in Bazaarvoice) as well as Josh Baer (one of the first investors in Bazaarvoice through his team building our first solution and getting paid primarily in equity versus cash). Below is a post I wrote on their Yahoo! Groups list on March 15, 2005.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 19, 2018

As a successful young entrepreneur (he’s only 30! ), Harrison Rogers is Founder and CEO of HJR Global, a private equity company that has increased at least 200% every year for the past 4 years. Give yourself the time necessary to analyze and decide if the increased revenue is worth the increased costs.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. Year over year revenue growth rates are measured in multiples not percentages. Late stage rounds help keep companies private longer and eventually Facebook proves to be a blockbuster company… public equity investors hope to find the next Facebook pre-IPO. Rowe Price, hedge funds, etc.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Software revenue trails hardware slightly and ad revenue always takes a couple years to shift, but even here the results are astounding. Facebook will do $7-8B in revenue this year, essentially none was from mobile ads last year and now >40% of their ad revenue is from mobile ads.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2016

Give away more equity than required to drive the business. Remember that all businesses, even non-profits, require revenue to survive and prosper. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 04/22/2016. Late surprises lead to lawsuits. Rely on commitment to a higher cause to get you through.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Incorporate your business today, register intellectual property, document partner equity agreements, and meet real customers. An entrepreneur’s ultimate task is to define success in term of results desired – number of customers, revenue, and profit. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/31/2016.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

For growth companies (usually Series D or later), there are pretty clear market comparables based on growth rate, revenue, gross margin %, and type of company. How many deals do you expect to make in 2016? Do you see a substantial uptick in private and growth equity in the market? . Are you a bull or bear?

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Try on these “Boom Market” stats for size: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed today at 24,642.86, up 24% since January 1st and 34% since Election Day 2016. Permacity , completed the world's largest solar rooftop project and increased revenue by over 35%. ViewQwest , launched in Malaysia in Q3 2016 with Indonesia next in line.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2017

Between March 2011 and March 2016 the number of middle market firms nearly doubled, up 87 percent, while employment and revenues did double. With 183,000 mid-level firms reported in 2016, these companies play a significant role in the entrepreneurial world. So what’s the solution for these companies? What’s their mission?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

SOLUTION: Since September 2016, the city has collected more than half a million dollars from its 1 percent TNC fee — that funding could be used to subsidize the purchase of accessible vehicles for the city. Not to mention, TNC providers and the City of Austin will enjoy added revenue from people with disabilities now using TNC services!

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