Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Explain the business model. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Financial forecast and metrics. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011.   If even less cash flow but with the desire to retain the business: Friends and family money on junior debt terms.  Example two:  Explosive market share growth and revenue in an expanding market with acquisitive players available.

Finance 83

Finance Bootstrapping Startup Equity 83

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. Explain the business model. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Financial forecast and metrics. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

The Deutsche Bank report has a very interesting chart on the topic presenting the Free Cash Flow margins vs. the revenue growth four years post IPO for select software leaders: As you can see, with 20% Free Cash Flow margin and a 50% growth rate, Salesforce is well positioned in the pack! Tuesday, September 02, 2008. for Lawson?

Software Review 48

Software Review Software Technical Review Cloud 48

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

I am not sure if you saw the news , but Salary.com recently filed for an IPO to raise up to $50 million. We also sell to both individual consumers and smaller businesses through our Salary.com website. From April 2001 through June 30, 2006, we achieved 21 consecutive quarters of revenue growth. million, $0.9 million and $1.8

IPO 60

IPO Investment Bankers Demand Revenue 60

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

At the other extreme, I don’t condone greedy and unethical business practices to unjustly shake down customers and employees alike. As an investor myself, I look for a balanced story focused on the major elements that drive profitability, including the following: A 5-year financial forecast achieving a positive cash flow early.

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Initial Public Offering Merger Acquisition 48

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Next, they carefully consider the range of multiples being used today to value companies being acquired or doing IPOs in the market that the business is in.   In a bottom up approach, the forecast is built from actual user projections.   Pre-bubble Siliicon Valley deals were popularly valued at multiples of revenue.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

OH in South Park, San Francisco (or on Zoom from Big Sky, Montana): “OMG, crazy – that firm just paid 100x revenue to invest in [insert hot startup here] – what could they be thinking?” cash flows beyond that forecast period). It starts with the complexity involved in valuing companies in general.

Valuation 36

Valuation Balance Sheet Cofounder Forecast 36

Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

Your business model has to truly be similar to the company you are referencing. If you aren’t solving some problem in the world, you are going to have a long uphill climb with your business. Slide 5: Revenue model. Some businesses have key strategic partnerships that are critical to their success.

Forecast 60

Forecast Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 60

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 7, 2015

Efficiently communicating your strategy, business model, and competitive differentiation is required for many critical things you will do as a company. It may simply be an expense analysis, or a detailed pricing model, or a TAM (total available market) analysis. But, going deck-less can be a risky move, and here is why.

Warrant 40

Warrant Later Stage Forecast IPO 40

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. In 2012, analysts forecast the company will achieve nearly $1.5

Distribution 49

Distribution Lean Massachusetts Cofounder 49

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

We were focused on revenue, but we didnt understand that revenue is not important for its own sake in an early stage company. No business model, either. Almost all of them got scooped up by pre-IPO Google this time. Almost all of them got scooped up by pre-IPO Google this time. And Google? all about luck.

San Francisco 94

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 94