Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” My invention and prototype works, but I need funding to continue.” Congratulations!

Angel Investor 313

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. Government programs. These phases are focused on inorganic growth, mergers, buyouts, acquisitions, and exit preparation for the business. Stages of Funding.

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Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Government bail-outs do not promote innovation. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services.

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Offshore Startup Merger Technical Review 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” My invention and prototype works, but I need funding to continue.” Congratulations!

Angel Investor 370

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 370

YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

There is a complete process that governs the startup lifecycle including inception to exit. If there is a gap in the market, there will be demand. And, the last choice is Merger. You can also opt for a merger with a company of similar nature. by Arsalan Sajid, startup community manager at Cloudways. Market Research.

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Startup Technical Cofounder Merger Early Stage 113

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

In May, the Indonesian on-demand motorbike startup Go-Jek managed to raise $1.2 Mergers and acquisitions with tech giants and corporates. Instead of expanding further, this group might be considered by corporates for mergers and acquisitions. Increases government support and legislation.

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Venture Capital Asia Artificial Inteligence Later Stage 196

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2018

Startup investors have no insight to management or governance. Professional investors like to keep tight control of capitalization tables and all stock owners, to facilitate their own payoff when a sale, merger, or public stock offering is held. Payoff after a liquidity event is difficult and unpredictable.

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Equity Due Diligence Angel Groups Liquidity Event 180

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Benchmark is an investor in Rover through a merger with DogVacay in 2017). The most noteworthy of these is likely Upwork (*), a company that formed from the merger of Elance and Odesk. Instawork (*) is an on-demand staffing app for gig workers (professionals) and hospitality businesses (partners).

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” My invention and prototype works, but I need funding to continue.” Congratulations!

Angel Investor 184

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 184

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Smooth Mergers. In fact, before the cloud , this is what happened to the government. CIOs have noticed, however, that with cloud computing, mergers are much faster. The reason the cloud is so favorable is because of its on-demand services. Consolidating data was difficult, and sometimes never happened.

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Cloud Merger Government Leadership 140

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The trademark was invented in the 13th century in England, where government officials mandated that each loaf of bread was stamped with its originating bakery. This is known as an adverse demand shock. This makes the surviving companies stronger and means that they are better able to meet market demands in the future.

Intellectual Property 92

Intellectual Property Portfolio Analytics Equity 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” My invention and prototype works, but I need funding to continue.” Congratulations!

Angel Investor 232

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 232

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors, or for M&A exits (merger and acquisition). Software changes fast and the government moves slowly. Patents only help the big guys who want no change.

Software 233

Software Intellectual Property Algorithm Startup 233

YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2020

Times of crisis demand a thorough communication plan and strong leadership (and to be clear, the pandemic will be an ongoing crisis spanning the next several years). In times like these, communication will make or break companies.

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Leadership Public Relations Community Employee 223

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” My invention and prototype works, but I need funding to continue.” Congratulations!

Matching 120

Matching Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2011

The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” every patent can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors, or for M&A exits (merger and acquisition). Software changes fast and the government moves slowly. Patents only help the big guys who want no change.

Software 228

Software Intellectual Property Algorithm Valuation 228

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The size of the red bars (IPO’s) versus blue (mergers and acquisitions) illustrates that while venture-backed startups did get acquired, the IPO market was booming. government for funding. Customer Development provides entrepreneurs with a methodology for being capital efficient to scale when the funding environment demands it.

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Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

In a typical venture financing, there is a voting agreement that governs how specific board seats will be filled. The only way that the Series Seed documents will be widely used is if investors demand use of the documents. Changes in preferred and merger/sale of assets only. Voting agreement. Investor pressure.

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2011

But when you are running a website with over 1,000 different products that change frequently (in size, quantity, branding, name, description, etc), as well as one that demands consistent improvement in process and technology, it is almost impossible to provide an ideal user experience without full time help by your side. This was a huge risk.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review PPC Due Diligence Exit Strategy 71

Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

Such market power allows bankers to shapes the profile of those companies worthy of going public to favor the natural demand from their largest clients: short-term trading focused hedge funds and large institutional investors that demand highly liquid public securities. Mergers trigger job losses; IPO’s create jobs.

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IPO Merger Institutional Investors Venture Capital 40