YoungUpstarts

MARCH 24, 2020

by Paul Sparrow , Area Managing Partner & CMO with Chief Outsiders. Using both internally-gathered data and market-driven insights business executives can formulate the smartest plan for their company – one that, depending upon the industry, might prompt a double-down on a particular management strategy instead of pulling back.

Private Equity 127

Private Equity Vertical Forecast Equity 127

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. Find a private equity firm or friendly individual. The buyer has the challenge of scaling the business, and managing all the operational growth requirements. You can kick-off your next startup.

Exit Strategy 264

Exit Strategy Private Equity Equity Technical Review 264

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Managing Creativity. Leadership and Managing >. Will Work for Equity. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Quality Manager Job Description. Quality Manager Job Description. Technology | Thursdays.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. Find a private equity firm or friendly individual. The buyer has the challenge of scaling the business, and managing all the operational growth requirements. You can kick-off your next startup.

Exit Strategy 376

Exit Strategy Startup Private Equity Equity 376

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. Our investments or acquisitions won’t be limited by industry or geographically, so “Global” felt adequate.

Private Equity 70

Private Equity Entrepreneur Global America 70

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2015

In reality, many businesses are a perfect fit for ESOPs, but the business owners will never know because they think selling to a private equity or other third-party buyer are their only legitimate alternatives: Discussed below are some of the most common myths associated with ESOPs (sometimes referred to as “ESOP Fables”): 1.

Stock 100

Stock Employee Private Equity Valuation 100

Growthink Blog

MARCH 1, 2017

Rising public markets, with big companies flush with fresh equity and thus able to more assertively pursue growth-by-acquisition strategies, creates a virtuous trickle-down effect on valuations and business sale probabilities for even the smallest of firms. Ask Yourself What is Wrong.

Marketing 48

Marketing Private Equity Acquisition Equity 48

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. Find a private equity firm or friendly individual. The buyer has the challenge of scaling the business, and managing all the operational growth requirements. You can kick-off your next startup.

Exit Strategy 289

Exit Strategy Entrepreneur IPO Startup 289

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

I like the work just published by Bob Rice in “ The Alternative Answer ,” which does a great job of summarizing the investment universe, starting with the “conventional” stocks, bonds, and real estate, but moving on through more esoteric alternatives, including hedge funds, private equity, real assets, managed futures, and finally venture funding.

Angel Investor 269

Angel Investor Cram Down Intellectual Property Venture Capital 269

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

in 2009 was greater than the revenues of Microsoft, Cisco, Google, and Apple. HIT is comprised of BIG sectors: -- Practice Management Systems (PMS) - a $2.9 HIT is comprised of BIG sectors: -- Practice Management Systems (PMS) - a $2.9 Over $135 billion MORE was spent on healthcare in 2009 ($2.5 trillion) than in 2008.

Hockey Stick 72

Hockey Stick Private Equity Washington Government 72

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. Find a private equity firm or friendly individual. The buyer has the challenge of scaling the business, and managing all the operational growth requirements. You can kick-off your next startup.

Equity 120

Equity Exit Strategy Private Equity Startup 120

ConversionXL

MAY 14, 2014

Internally, Adria was able to summarize eCommerce by one simple equation: Visitors *conversion rate *Average Order Size = Revenue. With the idea of CRO sold, the project managers are able to apply the iterative techniques we used on our directory pages to new page types that are designed to attract and convert traffic.”

Conversion 124

Conversion eCommerce Technical Review Software Review 124

Hearpreneur

MARCH 14, 2018

While I wasn’t selected by one of the five TV sharks, I was able to create a partnership with a private equity group that saw my segment. I’ve had the chance to lead our company in new directions, switching from analog to digital, and now embracing Managed Print Services (a new model of doing business in our industry).

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur PR Technical Review Non-Compete 95

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

And when you look at the tools that we use, I mean we’ve made so many technological advances, but really to manage a meeting there’s not a practical tool available. We use email; we use Word; we use task manager; we use a file sharing tool. They are so happy that they finally have a tool to manage their business.

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

M&A/ Exits – This situation is compounded by a narrowing window for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPOs). Those who survived the last two years learned a great deal about proper management and also saw the other and less pleasant side of investors and customers.

IPO 88

IPO Valuation Private Equity 88

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

And I’m guessing one of them certainly is a lot of, “What’s the revenue? So what’s your top-line revenue? The more revenue you have, the more valuable your company is going to be, generally. The more revenue you have, the more valuable your company is going to be, generally. Here’s why.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Switzerland Revenue Differentiation 48

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

These folks are accessible across any industry and are particularly useful for entrepreneurs who have moved beyond the seed stage of financing, but don’t yet have the significant revenue needed to court venture capital funding. Venture capitalists are used only after a startup has begun to show a significant amount of revenue.

Programming 40

Programming Sweat Equity Startup Private Equity 40

Small Business Force

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Professional investors, be they angels, venture capital or private equity firms are always looking at far more deals than they could invest in. However you define it, be it eyeballs, customers, revenue, cash flow, what have you accomplished to date with your business? How have you funded it and managed it to date?

Sweat Equity 20

Sweat Equity Private Equity Valuation Equity 20

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Upon closing the deal, Essilor will fully consolidate Shamir Optical while keeping the Israeli management team of Shamir Optical in place. Shamir Optical reported revenues of $142 million in 2009, generated mainly in Europe and the United States, and has about 1,400 employees. In 2009 it boasted revenue of $4.49

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 20, 2011

They’ve heard rules of thumb like “A growing software company is worth 5 times their trailing 12-months revenue.&# Even narrowing the field as much as feasible, revenue multiples varied between 1.2x The “Multiples&# argument does work well in industries where company’s growth and revenue is highly predictable.

Sales 260

Sales Channel Cofounder Valuation 260

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 29, 2020

The easiest new source of revenue for the city would be areas where there’s already lots of illegal economic activity that doesn’t get taxed at all, but where legalization would actually bring regulation and improvements—namely, vices. 2) Cut the police budget. Fred Wilson agrees. 8) Bank the underbanked.

New York 153

New York Vermont Carried Interest New Jersey 153

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Two, I’m a small business owner or manager. Two, I’m a small business owner or manager. Two, revenue. What is the hardest part of managing your finances? The possible answers are: one, need for funding, two, working capital and expense management, three, taxes, four, technology. This is number one.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95