Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2022

Plan in great detail and avoid things not in the budget. Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps. Typical incentives give percentages of quarterly revenues and contribution as rewards for success. Make sure people take time to look for new opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Plan in great detail and avoid things not in the budget. Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps. Typical incentives give percentages of quarterly revenues and contribution as rewards for success. Make sure people take time to look for new opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Plan in great detail and avoid things not in the budget. Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps. Typical incentives give percentages of quarterly revenues and contribution as rewards for success. Make sure people take time to look for new opportunities.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). Mark Jeffrey - Q: “Is it more traditional to do your ESOP (employee stock option plan) before or after your angel or Series A funding?&#

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2018

When a small business startup manages to secure external investment magical things happen. But before it can happen, entrepreneurs need to be aware that the benefits of investment involve assurances, sound business planning and scalability. Secondly, it needs to explain and convince its revenue potential.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model.   Pre-bubble Siliicon Valley deals were popularly valued at multiples of revenue.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

A lawyer I asked about it said: When the company goes public, the SEC will carefully study all prior issuances of stock by the company and demand that it take immediate action to cure any past violations of securities laws. This is a good plan for someone with kids, because it takes mostof the risk out of starting a startup.

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