Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 341

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Set expectations accordingly.

Intellectual Property 261

Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator Bootstrapping 261

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

The key to being able to run a business that isn’t yet profitable (on operating margin) is availability of capital to finance losses and preferably at a cost that isn’t too punitive to the founders and employees. CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition. The first input is CAC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

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Finance Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 320

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

That makes it possible for investors to cost-effectively invest small amounts and make lots of small bets on different startups. For me the most important things they do are select start-ups they think are likely to succeed and give investors a standardised investment process that’s almost as easy as buying a movie on iTunes.

Early Stage 119

Early Stage Development Team Review Technical Review Software Review 119

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley. Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Capital? There are a handful of factors that make capital available — and go a long way — for early stage companies in particular.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2022

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Lots of people still believe the major cost of a new product is development. These days, with all the clutter in the marketplace, the highest cost is usually marketing.

Technical Review 375

Technical Review Startup Dilution Early Stage 375

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 13, 2017

Starting out with a clear strategy, vision and mission, will not only make your product more focused; it will also demonstrate competence to an early stage investor by showing that you are willing to do your homework. . Will it change the way people do things? Blade has the three strengths I mention above.

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Early Stage Silicon Valley Thailand Incubator 62

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2021

Still, you need to find some way to pull your company out of this early-stage quicksand. First, we need to address the core challenges of developing effective early-stage growth strategies for new businesses. For example, if the cost per click (CPC) is $0.50 What are the best tactics to accomplish these goals?

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Early Stage PPC Retention Churn Rate 125

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

As an early-stage company that just closed our seed round at $8.1 So what does an early-stage company do to avoid the doom and gloom plaguing the world of startups? Be honest with yourself VCs are now going to be looking closer at margins, cost structures and true sales, and product market fit. That includes us.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2023

And in certain situations, the low-cost approach makes perfect sense… A template NDA may fit the bill for early discussions with third parties, while a fairly generic employment contract may mean that enough is being done to ensure legal compliance.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence Early Stage 110

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Two conditions that do matter to your startup’s out-year viability are the cost and length of its product development cycle. These five strategies are proven to work for early-stage companies in a variety of industries — including, perhaps, yours. Launching your startup in a down economy doesn’t make it any less likely to last.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Set expectations accordingly.

Intellectual Property 219

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 219

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2023

Investors may not be called cofounders, but they always get equity, commensurate with their share of the total costs anticipated, or share of the current valuation. Less dependence or startup success, or more cash compensation, generally means less equity assigned. Amount of venture funding provided.

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Technical Cofounder Equity Distribution Cofounder 247

Eric Friedman

JULY 19, 2019

Many early stage investors look for financial models for 3+ years from founders to make an investment. I can’t remember an early stage team putting together a model that has been accurate for 3 years. In fact, for early stage companies you are usually wildly wrong.

Early Stage 114

Early Stage Startup Framework Revenue 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone. For a startup founder, this stage is when the “big idea” has become a passion for him, but he hasn’t written anything down yet. Business accelerator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

From an investor perspective, understanding and acting early to establish a sustainable competitive advantage, and barrier to entry, is the best assurance of a financial return. Being the first mover or lowest cost is not a good long-term strategy. Already set and achieved initial milestones.

Intellectual Property 278

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital 278

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

This would be ideal for someone who is at the early stages of building their business and looking to stick to a limited budget. As servers are running all the time, the electrical saving costs do add up. What made the board popular is the fact that it supports all types of code. Fast processor and productivity.

Software Review 139

Software Review Developer Technical Review Customer 139

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2020

Investors may not be called co-founders, but they always get equity, commensurate with their share of the total costs anticipated, or share of the current valuation. Less dependence or startup success, or more cash compensation, generally means less equity assigned. Amount of venture funding provided.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2022

A conscientious development team will assess and test the required EMC risks well before product release and avoid correcting EMC issues late in the development lifecycle where cost of changes skyrockets. Regulatory testing costs can be as much as your entire design development costs and more when you make mistakes.

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Design Development Team Review Product Technical Review 133

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups, the hard part for entrepreneurs is figuring out what it takes to play. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone. For VCs, early-stage means customer revenue is less than $10M. Business accelerator.

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Early Stage Seed Stage Angel Investor Startup 231

Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

Especially in the early days of mobile/iOS engineering, if you hired strong technical talent into your early stage company, you basically created an acquisition outcome floor. .” Yes, this was the ‘fallback plan’ for many team in the web2 era and they weren’t wrong.

Early Stage 117

Early Stage Cap Table Acquisition Sales 117

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. So What Impact Did the Drop in Tech Founding Costs Have on VC?

Venture Capital 328

Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage IPO 328

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. Jason looks at the issues around "sunk cost." Great stuff.

Acquisition 150

Acquisition Cofounder Technical Cofounder Cost 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Set expectations accordingly.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 283

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. Set expectations accordingly.

Intellectual Property 309

Intellectual Property Technical Review Venture Capital Startup 309

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2019

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Lots of people still believe the major cost of a new product is development. These days, with all the clutter in the marketplace, the highest cost is usually marketing.

Technical Review 255

Technical Review Dilution Early Stage Product Development 255

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2020

In addition, not everyone has the privilege of having a real personal assistant due to high costs. There are countless VA services out there that offer outsourcing opportunities for almost any type of work and sometimes at a fraction of the cost of an employee. This is something that we will probably not see within the next 15 years.

Artificial Inteligence 189

Artificial Inteligence Management Mali Technical Review 189

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

From an investor perspective, understanding and acting early to establish a sustainable competitive advantage, and barrier to entry, is the best assurance of a financial return. Being the first mover or lowest cost is not a good long-term strategy. Already set and achieved initial milestones.

Intellectual Property 316

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital 316

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

Intellectual Property 134

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Bootstrapping 134

Gust

JULY 8, 2012

The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone. For a startup founder, this stage is when the “big idea” has become a passion for him, but he hasn’t written anything down yet. Business accelerator.

Early Stage 177

Early Stage Finance Seed Stage Entrepreneur 177

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

In fact, perhaps the most important model, equity crowdfunding for non-accredited investors was only legalized via the SEC in 2016, so its impact is still in the early stages. The primary challenge seems to be that the crowdfunding term is used to encompass so many different concepts that everyone is confused.

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Accredited Investor Entrepreneur SEC Equity 324

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 26, 2020

This is why marketing is so important for any business, great or small, and it’s absolutely vital in the early stages when trying to set-up your new company. Budgeting is probably the number one issue that most new business owners face in their early weeks and months. In short, do whatever you can to spread the word.

Technical Review 255

Technical Review Early Stage Social Media Cost 255

View from Seed

MARCH 11, 2020

But there is obviously a cost associated with each step of diligence, and this cost is multiplied across all the investors that are doing real work. There is also social capital at stake in certain parts of the process that creates real cost as well. Thoughtful investors should know this and be respectful of that cost.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Seed Stage 279

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2013

Every early-stage startup should explore this new funding alternative. New “up-and-comer” VCs focus on early-stage companies. VCs are finding that they don’t need the “large” funds of $100M to $500M to support a portfolio, if they focus on early-stage startups.

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Angel Investor Entrepreneur Early Stage Silicon Valley 231

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

It is going to cost a lot of money just to get the initial batch of products to test the market and would definitely require external funding. These usually play a role in the very early stage of your business, primarily pre-revenue. Early-stage. An early-stage investor usually looks at a return of 10 to 15 times.

Startup 150

Startup Elevator Pitch Entrepreneur Seed Stage 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. In this context, there are at least six stages often included in the scope of R&D to narrow your focus: Search for new technologies.

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Angel Investor Early Stage Incubator Government 256