SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Understand where they were in terms of being able to pay or was this equity-only (sweat equity only). For some reason there’s a stigma around cash vs. equity conversation and it seems to offend some founders that people have limits for what they will do on an equity-only basis. Go to user groups.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Even though most of this message was already drafted, we also had a Hail Mary of a final acquisition conversation that closed the following morning. The Whole Enchilada For those of you interested in more than The Skinny, keep reading… Countless conversations have been had with key users, customers, advisors, mentors, family and friends.

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Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

Austin Startup

JANUARY 30, 2020

We made it from nothing, built it up with sweat equity, do everything in our means to make this thing grow, and wait to see what happens. We had to have serious conversations between ourselves if we wanted to essentially start from ground zero again. Last summer, we found our business in this predicament.

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Sweat Equity B2B B2C Business Model 63

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Investors want to hear about your first customers, other investments put into the company (including your own sweat equity), key media placement, signed letters of intent (LOI) to purchase/partner, product and customer milestones , key hires, and so on. percent average conversion rate. 160 is average revenue per user (ARPU).

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Sweat Equity Churn Rate Elevator Pitch Forecast 122

Up and Running

JANUARY 24, 2014

Investors want to hear about your first customers, other investments put into the company (including your own sweat equity), key media placement, signed letters of intent (LOI) to purchase/partner, product and customer milestones, key hires, etc. 0.22% average conversion rate. 160 is average revenue per user (ARPU).

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Sweat Equity Churn Rate Forecast Business Model 138

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

SM is cheap, fast, flexible, powerful and, with an investment of sweat equity, can bring meaningful returns to a small business. Small businesses that commit to these practices will often see great results over time with the returns measured in traffic, revenue, customers, and word-of-mouth. Let it all hang out !

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. The MVP took around four months to build, during which time the company earned no revenue. They then spent the first year qualifying the product and testing out their revenue model.

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Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78