Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2019

Give your company a name. Name your trusted inner circle of company leaders (or just yourself). Having these experienced brains reviewing your business plan can help ensure you don’t waste time and money on what is really a cool hobby or rewarding social venture masquerading as a great business idea.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The downside is that people need to buy their stock. I talked also about 409a valuations and why common stock purchases cost less than preferred stock purchases. << we then discussed the need to do trademarks on your company and your key brand names. Do it early. Minutes 11-16 in the video. <<

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Writing A Business Plan. Running A Home-Based Business. Naming a Business. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. RUNNING A BUSINESS. Like a venture capitalist reviewing business plans, he now weighs the potential of every company Arizona Bay works with. Newsletters.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2015

Understand the business plan. You need to understand the business you are investing in. The business plan should make sense to you. ” Here’s a secret – most business plans don’t really make sense when you dig into them. That’s why most new business ventures fail.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

With this funding, the company often perfects its business plan and starts building its management team in order to position itself for its next round of funding. Your first year or two in business is where your dreams merge with reality and take a new form to guide your future efforts.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Rand keeps it anonymous, which is just as well; a piece like this would be really hard to do with specific names and faces. But, tragically, 3 years after their apex, this firm sold for less than their annual revenue, laid off nearly the entire staff, and left common stock shareholders, my friends included, with nothing.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

A big-name VC firm will not screwyou too outrageously, because other founders would avoid them ifword got out. When we got into such a scrape, our investorstook advantage of it in a way that a name-brand VC probably wouldnthave. Thats where the name"incubator" comes from. What is an incubator? Im not sure myself.

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