Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. It’s hard to build a business without a plan, just like it’s hard to build a house without a blueprint. Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Getting investors to trust you with their money is always a challenge, and it’s even more difficult in the early stages, where you don’t have a significant revenue stream, a few customers, or maybe even a product yet. The most investable ventures stem from painful needs by customers who have money to spend.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

You’ve reviewed what a business plan is , and why you need one to start and grow your business. It’s time to dig into the process of actually writing a business plan. In this step-by-step guide, I’ll take you through every stage of writing a business plan that will actually help you achieve your goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

New entrepreneurs are always looking for a shortcut in getting their venture story and plan across to investors, and closing on the funding they need. An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

That’s because a company’s value is a composite of all of the quantitative and qualitative factors that comprise a company: revenues, expenses, risks, growth prospects, quality of the management team, competitive advantages, strength of the intellectual property, and so forth. Detail isn’t important; tracking your progress is.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2013

Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain. Like most professionals, when I get a business plan, I flip first to the founders section to see if it is a balanced team who has been there and done that.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The subscription box industry is growing rapidly thanks to a steady revenue model and tapping into people’s love for surprises. But with so many people trying to get their share of the growth, many subscription box businesses fold within a year or two. There are several different types of business plans that can help you stay on track.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2012

Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain. Like most professionals, when I get a business plan, I flip first to the founders section to see if it is a balanced team who has been there and done that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain. Like most professionals, when I get a business plan, I flip first to the founders section to see if it is a balanced team who has been there and done that.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Todays Small Business News | Daily. Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. Writing A Business Plan. Running A Home-Based Business. Naming a Business. Intellectual Property. Strategy and Planning >. Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash.

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Business Plan Blog

JULY 9, 2013

Sustainable competitive advantages are not easily copied and generally stem from one or more of the following: vendor relations, product sourcing advantages, prime location, unique products/services; customer loyalty, customer service reputation, or distribution channel advantages. While all I.P. Dramatic Cost Advantage. Brand Loyalty.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

That’s why your startup needs to be flexible from the beginning. Build and commit to your long-term growth plan , while keeping your approach flexible. You and your team must know how to think about problems from new angles and adapt to changing market and customer demands. Have a comprehensive growth strategy.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

Customer Development by Vertical - Click to Enlarge (As a reminder, the Customer Development process says your business plan is just a series of untested hypothesis (unless you’re a domain expert.) For example, How does sales differ from one market to another? Others you need to know when you execute the plan.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

When companies seeking their first round of serious funding are good enough to receive a term-sheet from an investor, the first issue that always arises is valuation.   As a starting point, these become market comparable discussions based on other similar transactions within a recent timeframe and similar business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2021

Of course, you can find these elements embodied in many of the business plan templates and tools out there, such as the Business Model Canvas. Provide initial and long-term sources of revenue. Free” is not an exciting business model for investor interest. Identify your intellectual property or “secret sauce.”

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 Such comparisons can only be made for companies at the same stage of development, in this case, for pre-revenue startup ventures. In most regions, the pre-money valuation does not vary significantly from one business sector to another.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

But, the good news is, if all these people could start a brewery, then you can too—as long as you know what you’re getting into and have a solid business plan for your brewery. From running coolant pipes to navigating regulations, starting a brewery is no easy task. Generally, brewers want to set up shop in their own backyard.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Weve got a little funding from VCs. You show this by giving completely generic arguments to one line sentences from his post. From "Think and Grow Rich". Anyone that thinks they got everything figured out from day one deserves to be called a retard. But losing to competition is also a likely outcome. Isnt it? >>

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

But, the good news is, if all those people could start a brewery, then you can too—as long as you know what you’re getting into and have a solid business plan for your brewery. While it may be your dream to brew great beer, this guide will help introduce you to the business side of craft beer. “We

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A more efficient approach to fundraising than haphazard networking is to mine the data exhaust from the limited partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. Excel and Google simply aren’t going to cut it if you expect to build a high quality institutional investor base.”.

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