Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Both partners must not forget they are still competitors. Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition. They may have the finances you need to invest in a business area they know, where you have the core competency. Longer term, when ready, it may be time for merger or acquisition.

Partner 244

Partner Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger 244

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Both partners must not forget they are still competitors. Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition. They may have the finances you need to invest in a business area they know, where you have the core competency. Longer term, when ready, it may be time for merger or acquisition.

Partner 147

Partner Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger 147

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

The canvas is a visual chart with elements describing your value proposition, structure, finances, and customers, to help companies identify and align business activities. Key partners. It takes partners to make a business work, normally including suppliers, marketing, channel, and distribution partners, as well as funding partners.

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Business Model Intellectual Property Angel Investor Channel 334

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2020

Both partners must not forget they are still competitors. Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition. They may have the finances you need to invest in a business area they know, where you have the core competency. Longer term, when ready, it may be time for merger or acquisition.

Non-Compete 317

Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger Acquisition 317

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2012

Your goal is “ coopetition ” - to find a way to partner with your competitor in such a way that both parties can substantially benefit from the other's resources - without stealing customers or damaging anyone's credibility. They may have the finances you need and are ready to invest in a business area they know.

Non-Compete 241

Non-Compete Merger Technical Review Software Review 241

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Many small businesses find success working with the SBA, which sets guidelines for loans made by third-party partners such as banks and community development organizations. Loans of up to $5 million are issued with terms of up to 10 years for working capital and 25 years for fixed assets. The maximum amount of a 504 Loan also is $5 million.

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SBA Finance Small Business Administration Small Business 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2022

The way to start is with a sample financial model, available from many sources on the Internet, such as over 200 downloadable free from the Corporate Finance Institute website. What if your customer acquisition cost assumptions have to change?

Conversion Ratio 368

Conversion Ratio Startup Business Model eCommerce 368

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. All content is developed and delivered by the Real Ventures partners.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

Both partners must not forget they are still competitors. Let market response dictate a later split, merger, or acquisition. They may have the finances you need to invest in a business area they know, where you have the core competency. Longer term, when ready, it may be time for merger or acquisition.

Partner 120

Partner Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger 120

Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

One of our marketing strategies was to partner with an underwear company, and have models do deliveries in the underwear. We have now evolved into the brand that we are today, even having the ability to partner with nonprofit organizations to help provide diamonds to struggling young couples. Thanks to Omid Semino, Diamond Mansion ! #7-

Entrepreneur 142

Entrepreneur Technical Review Acquisition Software Review 142

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “. According to John Borchers, Co-founder, Decathlon is the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The $130 million Series D investment round was co-led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital. The investment round also featured participation from existing investors Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Clal Tech, Harel Insurance and Finance, and Greycroft.

Private Equity 167

Private Equity Developer Venture Capital Merger 167

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

That’s why I recommend that they find a co-founder who loves business challenges, including marketing and finance. Patents can raise startup valuation by investors by as much as a million dollars, and will attract acquisitions rather than copycats. Patents are not worth the effort, since big companies will win.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Intellectual Property Cofounder Bootstrapping 120

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

million, and we can write as little as $250k or as much as $15 million in our first check (we can follow on with $50 million + in follow-on rounds) We build a portfolio that is diversified given the focus areas of our partners. The outcome of this is that each partner does about 2 new deals per year or 5.5 We do other things, too.

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Bankruptcy Bridge Financing Portfolio Angel Investor 294

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

First is that there are, perhaps, a thousand people in the world of entrepreneurship who know what they are doing when it comes to dealing with issues like financing, positioning, market sizing, customer validation, customer acquisition and other seemingly obvious topics that all entrepreneurs need to deal with. Rangrut.com.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Over the last 10 years, we’ve been in a bull market with considerable froth in late stage financing activity and valuations. The trends described above in VC performance have an upstream effect on Limited Partners which is somewhat counter-intuitive. This would suggest that TVPI would be performing well. LP Constraints.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

The canvas is a visual chart with elements describing your value proposition, structure, finances, and customers, to help companies identify and align business activities. Key partners. It takes partners to make a business work, normally including suppliers, marketing, channel, and distribution partners, as well as funding partners.

Intellectual Property 250

Intellectual Property Business Model Angel Investor Channel 250

Transformify

MAY 24, 2018

The Global Operations organization remit includes Supply Chain, Procurement, Customer Service and Corporate Real Estate. This includes investment priorities / disposal cases. Identify, address and implement solutions for operational improvement and cost opportunities.

Operations 40

Operations Finance Forecast Global 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2020

The way to start is with a sample financial model, available from many sources on the Internet, such as over 200 downloadable free from the Corporate Finance Institute website. What if your customer acquisition cost assumptions have to change?

Conversion Ratio 308

Conversion Ratio Startup Business Model eCommerce 308

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? They are still very small, but have some validation.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

Picking the right attorney in your startup is as important as picking the right business partner. My business partner and I made many mistakes in our first tech startup, and so many of them were the result of choosing a lawyer who was a terrible fit. My business partner and I were elated. We set off to raise our money.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Dilution 118

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

These services have been used by companies to share information with outsiders like lawyers, auditors, partners or even customers. Mergers and Acquisitions. Accounting demands accurate audit trails that allow easy tracking of finances. VDRs offer secure information storage solutions. Accounting.

Software Review 100

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Security 100

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A day might include a discussion with a finance partner, an investor, a customer or a fusion partner. Our new customer acquisition has grown and our costs have plummeted. We are actually getting paid now to obtain customers, so our customer acquisition costs are now negative. A negative customer acquisition cost!

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Southern California Acquisition Cost Customer 170

The Equity Kicker

MAY 14, 2012

Twice in the last week I found myself coaching founders on how to build a financing plan around value creation milestones so I thought I would share what I said here. identifying a scalable customer acquisition channel. demonstrating profitable customer acquisition (usually by analysis of unit economics).

Finance 118

Finance Valuation Venture Capital Dilution 118

Mucker Lab

MAY 28, 2020

This post originally appeared in TechCrunch back in 2015, written by our co-founder and managing partner Erik Rannala. These lost startups land higher valuations, have larger teams, outsource more product development and spend more money on customer acquisition than their peers. How do you know you have it?

Startup 78

Startup Cofounder Burn Rate Technical Review 78

K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

On future occasions, whenever I expressed an interest to invest, the founders came back and told me that they had an acquisition offer on the table! In August/September 2009, the founders and I agreed to work together to raise a round of financing for the company. The lawsuit completely killed the financing prospects for Ugmode.

Software Review 134

Software Review Technical Review IP Finance 134

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Here’s Proquo’s lead generation landing page: By doing this, they’re able to progress prospects through the funnel more quickly, reducing cost per acquisition. The other option is to partner with a PR agency. If you’re new to programmatic marketing, start by partnering with a reputable agency. But it’s a big step to take.

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Advertising Cost Customer PR 131

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. billion.)

Silicon Valley 224

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 224

Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

how it will work, the financial terms, the types of customer leads expected from each partner, etc.). The most common exits are IPOs or acquisitions. From an investor’s perspective, what partnership you have with whom is not nearly as important as the specific terms of the partnership. Concept vs. reality.

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Venture Capital Business Plan Technical Review Private Placement 129

Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

For example, from a post in 2008 about Rally’s $16.85m financing , I riffed on the origins of the company. About a year after he got started, he was ready to raise a venture financing. Ryan was encouraged to team up with Tim and shortly after that happened we co-led the first round VC financing with Boulder Ventures.

Software 70

Software Technology Agile SCRUM 70

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

Actually, the latter could be a reasonable strategy for super technical entrepreneurs who can sustain themselves without big financing needs (see: Atebits, owner of Tweetie). I think Twitter made a minor gaffe by announcing their Blackberry app and their acquisition of Atebits (Tweetie) before the Chirp conference.

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Developer Management Advertising 287

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 10, 2022

Homebrew was on the board of a construction tech startup called BuildingConnected , having led their seed financing. BuildingConnected’s first and only acquisition was a company I founded called TradeTapp. HW: So then you ‘did your time’ at Autodesk post-BuildingConnected acquisition. Justin Levine: Sure! JL: In short, a lot.

Cofounder 89

Cofounder Founder Acquisition Startup 89

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

17:07] I’m seeing more and more agencies talk about growth through acquisition – is that a good way to grow? I, you know, if it doesn't okay, you know, it doesn't work, but I'm gonna give somebody my life and my finances and, you know, trust is gonna be a big deal. So acquisitions are they're, they're tricky.

CPA 72

CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 72

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

I also advised Antonio to defer his investor road show and even customer acquisition programs until this basic positioning exercise is in place. All this, could, potentially, be done without external financing. And along the way, if necessary and appropriate, she can raise financing with a vastly more validated business.

Partner 117

Partner Belgium Portugal Bootstrapping 117

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Scott Kupor of A16Z responded with a comprehensive overview of valuation methodology in a post that while accurate feels more targeted at sophisticated Limited Partners (LPs) who invest in funds. Upfront Ventures has partnered with Andreessen Horowitz on several deals. Have Marc and Ben attracted great partners? Absolutely.

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LP Jordan Cofounder Limited Partner 264

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

For a more elaborate explanation of the deal, please read my blog post 1M/1M: Alternative Financing For Startups Using A Sales Channel Partner. Jeff also described a compelling in-game offer-based customer acquisition model that is proving quite effective for him. Brainscape. The answer to the question is neither.

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