The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

What you’re essentially trying to do is prove to the lender that so much money is coming into your business that you’re all but assured to eventually hit profitability, if you haven’t done so already. This means bolstering your cash flow to the greatest extent possible. Still, having an enviable cash flow isn’t enough in and of itself.

Bankruptcy 108

Bankruptcy Technical Review Security Finance 108

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

For any business, revenue matters. For a startup, sustained revenue is of paramount importance: a paucity of sales in one month could lead to bankruptcy the next. Professionalisms client management revenue sales Scott Tarlow startup Success Systems' By Scott Tarlow, founder, president and CEO of Success Systems.

Security 147

Security Bankruptcy Startup Revenue 147

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- From personal experience. I owned a mortgage company when the mortgage industry crashed and lost almost everything pushing me to the brink of personal bankruptcy. 7- Help small business in website ranking on Google.

Technical Review 143

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review SEO 143

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2013

While just about any small business owner and entrepreneur can benefit greatly from publicity, some people have the misconception that a publicist is something only celebrities have. When American Airlines filed for bankruptcy, how did the networks find an airline consultant to explain the situation?

Media 238

Media Small Business Entrepreneur Social Media 238

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

When you hear the question “What type of background checks should my small business run on employees?” you imagine that some invisible barrier exists between “small companies” and “large companies” that impacts which types of background screenings are and are not necessary.

Small Business 171

Small Business Employee Reputation Bankruptcy 171

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

In fact, since 2000, more than 10 million Americans have filed personal bankruptcy due to their employers’ failed health insurance plan. Opportunities to profit from offering defined contribution solutions include: Increased individual health insurance policy sales. For many, it’s been a struggle. Referrals from happy clients.

Software Review 224

Software Review Employee Retention Government 224

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2018

According to a study examining the effect of color on sales, 92.6% How you use it in your business can have a big effect on how effective you convert visitors into sales. Choosing the right color for your business very important, as it must resonate with your customers and prospects. And those red sales signs?

Small Business 99

Small Business Green Design Due Diligence 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

Image via Pixabay As a mentor to many small business owners, I always caution them that you can never relax completely, just because your initial solution or product set appears to be getting traction, and the market buzz is positive. Convert to working “on the business” vs “in the business.”

Silicon Valley 215

Silicon Valley Bankruptcy Metrics Valuation 215

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

An exit strategy is a method by which entrepreneurs and investors, especially those that have invested large sums of money in startup companies, transfer ownership of their business to a third party, or by which they recoup money invested in the business. Liquidation: For small businesses, liquidation is a common exit strategy.

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Exit Strategy Lock-up Period Merger IPO 117

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2013

By Keith Tully of Real Business Rescue. When your business is failing and bankruptcy seems imminent it can be easy to trick yourself into thinking there are no options left, especially if you have poor business credit and a multitude of financial obligations and debts to deal with. are sold at auction.

Phoenix 185

Phoenix United Kingdom Bankruptcy Startup 185

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

by Lonnie Sciambi, author of “ Secrets to Entrepreneurial Success “ It never ceases to amaze me how many small business owners think that having multiple sources of revenue, often across multiple market types is a good business model. Small business success, especially in the early years, is dependent on focus.

Vertical 182

Vertical Bankruptcy Small Business Sales 182

YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2016

by Priyanka Prakash, Fit Small Business and Fit Biz Loans. Every small business is different when it comes to the need for financing. Some entrepreneurs can’t start their businesses without taking out a loan. Others completely bootstrap their businesses without borrowing a cent.

SBA 100

SBA Bankruptcy Finance Revenue 100

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Eligible for favorable treatment under Qualified Small Business Stock exemption, if structured as equity. —> Individual company bankruptcy risk —-> Traditional Equity VC . Typical business stage. An already proven business model and its already valuable assets. Typical business model.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

I can see the correlation, but the conclusion implies a causality that may or may not be there ("the product sales exceeded all internal projections!"). From that analysis, they could identify the incremental sales in country X compared to Y, Z and A. Facebook works. The case study seemed to contain a rookie mistake.

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 16, 2020

Your business will be the better for it. Any business, in any industry, will benefit from going digital in some capacity. This might be online sales and orders if that works for you, though this is not necessary within every business model. There are also experts in every field of business just ready to step in and help.

Bankruptcy 52

Bankruptcy Startup Social Media Leadership 52

YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2015

I’ve been investing in, buying and restructuring small businesses for over 20 years and it’s a passion of mine to see everyone succeed from employees to shareholders, owners and investors. It practically goes without saying, but curtail spending when sales are lower and keep a war chest for marketing during the peak of the season.

Startup 100

Startup Bankruptcy Campaign Demand 100

YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2014

Franchising — an arrangement where one party grants another party the right to use its trademark or trade name as well as certain business systems and processes to provide a good or service according to certain specifications — provides local, small business owners with instant, national brand recognition and an immediate, competitive edge.

Bankruptcy 168

Bankruptcy Operations Affiliate Networking 168

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Durant lost control of GM to a bankers' trust just two years later, in 1910, due to enormous debt and a crumble in automobile sales. Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer were all shuttered due to GM's bankruptcy, which occurred on June 1, 2009. I love how Tesla's sales are skyrocketing now, though, after seeing it go bankrupt 10 times!

Entrepreneur 121

Entrepreneur Software Review Las Vegas Bankruptcy 121

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This could include things like bankruptcies, judgments and liens, and should be looked into very carefully. In fact, as the chart from ASIC below shows, not having enough cash flow is one of the main reasons small businesses fail. Companies can be filtered by sales turnover to ensure relevant prospects. Payment Disputes.

Metrics 61

Metrics Customer Database Bankruptcy 61

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill At the very heart of entrepreneurship, small business, and investing sits FAILURE. Like business and personal bankruptcies and investors losing all of their money. In a word, business failure is traumatic.

North Carolina 106

North Carolina Private Equity Bankruptcy Equity 106

Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2014

Here, we will be working out cash flow based on 3 primary business activities – operating, financing and investing activities. First add up incoming cash from operations : cash received from the sale of goods, services, receivables from customers, cash interest and dividends. Calculate cash flow from your financing activities.

Forecast 135

Forecast .Net Dividend Finance 135

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Were you surprised because this fact didn’t instruct you to first protect your company’s sales, profits, and growth? But the truth is, assets — which include both tangible and intangible assets — are what power sales, profits, and growth. That’s because selling and sales in any industry is serious business. But not Ford.

Leadership 196

Leadership .Net Bankruptcy Operations 196

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The following is the type of information reported on your profile: Company Background: business name and time in business, address, phone, industry, number of employees, annual sales, incorporation status, etc. Public records: suits, liens and judgments, UCC’s, business registrations and bankruptcy filings.

Finance 157

Finance Bankruptcy United States Dividend 157

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 13, 2014

written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing podcast with Mike Michalowicz It always amazes me when I see how little focus business owners have on this concept known as profit. Why Is Profit Viewed As a Bad Thing? photo credit: Dave Dugdale via photopin cc.

CPA 62

CPA Bankruptcy Dividend Salary 62

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 1, 2016

As a small business owner of a London based sustainable fashion brand, and more recently an online business teaching sewing and patternmaking skills, I had multiple reasons for starting my own businesses. And those that were successful at it by driving sales will earn for their efforts. 2 – Slow Fashion.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Non-Compete LLC Social Media 48

Growthink Blog

AUGUST 12, 2012

The elephant in the room when it comes to entrepreneurship and small business is FAILURE. The statistics are only debated to their degree but not their overall thrust - a very small percentage of businesses ever become meaningfully profitable and a smaller percentage still are ever sold for a meaningful price.

North Carolina 91

North Carolina Private Equity Bankruptcy Equity 91

YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2012

But the store had trouble moving the jeans and almost brought the company to bankruptcy. We haven’t seen any records for sale in their stores, but in 2005, The Gap paired up with Apple to give iTunes music downloads to customers who tried on a pair of Gap jeans.

Mississippi 209

Mississippi San Francisco Minnesota Bankruptcy 209

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2014

We do like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! 14-Year-Old Entrepreneur on Meeting President Obama | Fox Small Business – crowdspring.co/1reRybq. I hope you enjoy!

Social Media 99

Social Media Small Business Design Media 99

Up and Running

MAY 21, 2015

When small business owners talk about taking on an additional investor, they typically say something nondescript like, “We’re taking on an angel investor.” Needless to say, if all else is equal, a traditional equity investment is better for you, the small business owner. Structure of the investment.

Covenant 60

Covenant Liquidation Preference Ratchet Dilution 60

Small Business Force

JANUARY 2, 2012

It never ceases to amaze me how many small business owners think that having multiple sources of revenue, often across multiple market types is a good business model. Small business success, especially in the early years, is dependent on focus. Focus, focus , focus. That is the essence of success.

Vertical 36

Vertical Bankruptcy Sales Business Model 36

Growthink Blog

MARCH 21, 2011

The elephant in the room when it comes to entrepreneurship and small business is FAILURE. The statistics are only debated to their degree but not their overall thrust – a very small percentage of businesses ever become meaningfully profitable and a smaller percentage still are ever sold for a meaningful price.

North Carolina 73

North Carolina Private Equity Bankruptcy Equity 73

Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Angel investors don’t expect to get repaid, nor do they really want to get repaid; the return on their investment, if the startup proves a success, will come in conversion to equity followed by an eventual liquidity event (sale or IPO of the company), with a return of at least 5x or 10x the initial investment if all goes well.

Finance 134

Finance Convertible Security Equity Seed Stage 134

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2014

We do like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! How to Tell Your Small-Business Story – crowdspring.co/1zdweK9. TV-Streaming Firm Aereo Files for Bankruptcy | WSJ – crowdspring.co/1Fh64Ie.

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

The largest company, the state-run Chilean National Copper Corp CODELCO, has $23 billion in sales. Small Business versus Scalable Startup versus Corporate Entrepreneurship. Chileans I met were concerned that their culture was not accepting of business and/or personal failure.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley Chile South America Venture Capital 335

Transformify

MARCH 20, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak has an extremely negative effect on the global economy and especially in those countries and cities where all businesses have been asked to close. It is highly likely that thousands of small businesses will go bankrupt as few can afford to pay rent and salaries while generating no revenue at all.

Italy 92

Italy South Korea Bulgaria Los Angeles 92

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2014

Or a key vendor declares bankruptcy. Sometimes that sabotage might cost you ‘only’ a customer or a sale… but over time, a few customers here and a few dollars there can lead to your closing your doors forever. As a small business owner, of course you’re going to try to cut costs and stretch the budget wherever possible.

Technical Review 254

Technical Review Entrepreneur Florida Cofounder 254

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

collateral, all 8 are still in business, with 2 follow-on investments, 3 “breakout” companies, and 1 returned 5x initial investment. By comparison, traditional VC has a bankruptcy rate of 30-40%. By ‘structured exit’ we mean that investors can achieve liquidity without necessitating the sale of a company. According to Indie.VC

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78