Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

This doesn’t work well with “nice to have” offerings, like social networks, but does work for new drugs and medical devices that solve critical health problems. This is a very popular model today for Internet services, with monthly or yearly payments, in lieu of one higher up-front price.

Revenue 166

Revenue Affiliate Advertising Retention 166

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Business Model I would like to propose that in addition to team, product, and market, there is actually a fourth, equally important, core element of startups, which is the need for a viable business model. These new business models focused heavily on how buying behavior has changed because of the power of the web.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Marketing, sales, and partners. Convince investors that you have lined up sales channels, strategic partners, and a viable marketing strategy.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

Here are some key action items that will give you some priority: Create an investment-grade business plan. This means build a plan that hits all the hot buttons; problem/solution, executive team, competition, business model, reasonable financial projections, and what’s in it for the investor. Line up a winning team.

Venture Capital 233

Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Marketing, sales, and partners. Convince investors that you have lined up sales channels, strategic partners, and a viable marketing strategy.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

My partner in Menlo Incubator , Gary Kremen , and I had a recent debate on which one of us hates convertible debt more. In a convertible note structure, Im penalized for increasing your valuation. It all adds up and the more you have the bigger the round needs to be justify the valuation based on new cash in. ProfessorVC.

San Jose 36

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Marketing, sales, and partners. Convince investors that you have lined up sales channels, strategic partners, and a viable marketing strategy.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. 1) Manage the firm . 2) Market .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Marketing, sales, and partners. Convince investors that you have lined up sales channels, strategic partners, and a viable marketing strategy.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

A partner from the law firm (sponsor, covers the drinks and food) tosses out some softball questions to the panelists, the audience chimes in with Q&A and finally, culminates with the meet and greet where the panelists are flooded with business cards and pitches on the next great thing, which is often very similar to the last great thing.

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. The general rule is one business model drives the business. Reid Hoffman. we had no revenue. Investors see a lot of pitches.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

This past week while I was in Tokyo for meetings with potential partners for Fab, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion on startups. million registered users, 7500 supplier partners, 600 team members, and a run-rate of more than $150M in sales in just 15 months. The discussion quickly turned to those 57 things.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

My first reaction is incredulity that limited partners would buy into this idea. Serial entrepreneurs would be more likely to have larger personal investment in the company, have taken outside investment at higher valuations and possibly less open to taking big "bet the company" type risks. ► January. (1). ▼ 2010. (7).

San Jose 28

San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most venture capitalists who have been in this business for a long time foresaw this correction and have been talking about it privately for the better part of the last year or two. I have been talking about my concerns about valuations for the past couple of years because, well, they’ve been rising very rapidly the past two years!

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

On the financial analysis end, you have multiples far and away the most common valuation method over DCF, Simulation and Option analysis. always focus on the business model and assumptions, but there are too many unknowns to put much faith in the future cash flow projections. Lets get back to the topic of gut investing.

San Jose 33

San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Mezzanine 33

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

Mass mailing your business plan to every VC in the book won’t get you any credibility or traction. Investment firms specialize by business sectors, and each partner within the firm has a specialty. Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal.

Venture Capital 123

Venture Capital Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley Massachusetts 123

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

According to VCs, there’s been a 65% decrease in up-rounds (where a company gets a bigger valuation) in the last six months and more than 60% of those polled expect a longer wait for an exit. Especially since even Youtube is still struggling to try find a viable business model. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

– Mike [link] Reply Jeff Skinner , on May 24, 2010 at 9:28 am said: Steve, you don’t know me though I use your ‘Customer Development process’ video in my classes (Entrepreneurship at London Business School). Jeff skinner Faculty, London Business School. Can we touch base on this.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. The British Library is a one-stop-shop for business start-up information.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

If you’re an OEM who wants to move more hardware but you don’t have the muscle to create an entire media ecosystem then you’re best off finding a partner who can build a software OS, app platform and search capabilities. So it is unsurprising to see companies like Sony, Logitech & Intel partner with Google.

Distribution 386

Distribution Audience Video Internet 386