Business Plan Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Corporations from banks to fast food to software firms are turning to mobile app developers to build mobile app devices for their customers. Given the popularity of mobile devices and the apps that make them great, venture capital investors are chomping at the bit to get a piece of the pie. M&A Spurring Growth.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 27, 2022

Tech businesses today can do this much more easily than a decade ago, with cheaper development costs, SaaS hosting environments avoiding heavy equipment costs, and development platforms with pre-formed routines available. They will be immune to the disinterest shown by financial investors. The post Don’t just raise money.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

You have a “strategic investor&# who wants to invest in your B round as long as a financial investor will lead. Your A round investors are not stepping up. - I will talk about how to deal with skeletons in my next post – this post only covers issues that the VC will for sure be thinking in your first meeting.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This is why we’ve partnered with MPI to develop and deliver an innovative programme called Investment Ready. To develop and support capital raising capability in food and fibre businesses who are ready to seek investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2014

It provided an industry-leading graphic development interface, but was not so strong on modeling and simulation. As small companies, neither startup could afford to extend their product alone, but through creative leadership, we were able to negotiate a win-win strategic partnership for a joint product.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

They have data from surveys they did with corporate development officers (e.g. Strategic investors are looking to consolidate their positions : The top 6 buyers in tech & media account for 27% of all purchases. Montgomery expects M&A to rebound to the normal recent levels at 450 deals by 2010.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Many angel investors, and also strategic investors, are comfortable investing in LLCs, particularly under a convertible security structure that doesn’t immediately result in equity holdings.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

Chapter 11: Every Day in Every Way, We Get a Little Better…The Feedback Matrix, 1:1 Check-ins, “Hallway” Feedback, Performance Reviews, The 360, Soliciting Feedback on Your Own Performance, Crafting and Meeting Development Plans . That Is the Question, First Perfect the Model, Choosing Growth, Choosing Profits, The Third Way.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Corporate venture funds are often referred to as ‘strategic’ investors because of the unique benefits they bring to the table. Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. Can the founders communicate well?

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Most of those companies will still require seed capital to assemble their team and fund a year or two of initial development and experiments. We typically advise our portfolio companies to avoid taking on strategic investors at an early stage for this very reason. Fuzzy Governance.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Most of those companies will still require seed capital to assemble their team and fund a year or two of initial development and experiments. We typically advise our portfolio companies to avoid taking on strategic investors at an early stage for this very reason. Fuzzy Governance.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Tech businesses today can do this much more easily than a decade ago, with cheaper development costs – as one example. If you have been in business for a while and don’t have significant good news to tell, I would make a list of possible strategic investors, people or companies that would benefit from your product or service.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. Tapulous had raised $1.8mm.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

If you are aware you may have some issues or if you are constantly getting feedback that you may have issues then it’s a smart strategy for you to develop a set of talking points to get in front of the issue when asked. Strategics (ie industry investors vs. VCs). What expectations do you have about valuation?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Online social game network; make their own games (FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille) in addition to allowing third-party developers to access network. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2011

Yosi Glick, Jinni’s CEO and Co-founder said: “Completing the Series B funding round allows us to focus on what we do best: Developing an innovative product that is designed to fundamentally improve the entertainment experience. Previous backer DFJ Tamir Fishman (led the previous $1.6 million round a year ago) also participated.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2010

a leading eRecycler, and several strategic investors, is a strong endorsement of our prospects.&# “In this developing marketplace, it’s critical to have the capital to deliver complete solutions, rather than simply assembling a collection of technologies. “Securing equity investments from ROUND2 INC.,

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Building a New Network: Fireside Chat with Frank Mong, COO at Helium Time : Tuesday, September 24th, 3:45pm-4:15pm Location/Track : Capital Factory, Developer Track This Fireside Chat will feature Frank Mong, COO at Helium, and Kelsi Kamin, Investor at Silverton Partners.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Venture Partners, and strategic investors salesforce.com and SAP. But there are skills related to leading a large organisation, communicating effectively, establishing and maintaining culture in a large organisation, structuring teams and those skills take time to develop. Strength in experience.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 10, 2010

We like to be involved early (in this case before an idea for a business even existed) and we think of our angel investments as a down payment on a subsequent investment in the business (we’ realize that we need to give early businesses some time to develop).

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Strategic investors not only provide capital, but also provide early customer opportunities and other resources to develop your product. Many large companies now have formal or informal investment programs, so research leaders in your industry to see what opportunities are offered. Attend regional conferences.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

or look for major large chunks of money from partnerships or strategic investors? Big Revenues vs. little revenues – a strategy question that startups often struggle with. Should we focus on a business model that supports small payments, subscriptions, etc.,

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www.mattbartus.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

They had a strategic investor in the wings that wanted to invest, but the company thought they could get a higher valuation from the strategic. Developers, designers, support engineers & more! Why else might this be useful? Great honor t. Come by the WordPress booth at #LeWeb today!

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The Next Web

APRIL 22, 2013

Fast forward to today, and Geeksphone is gearing up to start selling the first units of the (developer preview versions of its) Keon and Peak smartphones running Firefox OS. Tomorrow or next Wednesday, its online store will open and developers will be able to order the first devices. Betting on Mozilla’s new mobile OS.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I sraeli startup Waze , developer of the free social GPS app for smart phones, has announced a $25 million venture round bringing the total capital raised to date to $37 million according to VentureWire. The round was led by prior investor BlueRun Ventures which valued the company between $90 million and $100 million.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

C eleno Communications, developer of Wi-Fi chips for high-definition multimedia and entertainment home networking applications, has raised $12 million in a financing round. Previous Celeno investors Pitango Venture Capital , Greylock Partners , Miven Venture Partners, and Cisco Systems Inc. Israeli Startups Funding Rounds.

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