Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options. Startup funding comes from personal savings and family. There is no free lunch for money. Non-equity funding has to come from personal sources, or government grants, or bank loans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Don’t confuse and dilute your potential customer base by weakly trying to appeal to all. In today’s ease of global communication, people buy from people, not from companies. I now use them exclusively. Target most relevant customer segments first. Grow customer relationships versus transactions.

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

of our company in exchange for the $300K, and my business partner and I each diluted from 50% ownership down to 33.3% ownership and never dilute. When fundraising for a startup, all investors dilute as additional investors join in on the deal. The deal we made with him was he’d get 33.3%

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

If you are getting funded for the first time, which means that you have not diluted the shares of your company, you will be receiving Series A funding. Global expansion. Yes, you should be going for global expansion. You have to cover all these answers by creating a startup pitch deck. Series A, B, C Funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2020

Every startup needs to start their funding search looking for grants, with no equity dilution, as well as contests and foundations. They have connections to industry associations and entrepreneur organizations that can kick-start your networking efforts, both locally and globally. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). A common practice is to hire local employees who know the geographic culture, even though this may well dilute the company culture. The emphasis is on global processes and tight execution. Product-line expansion.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

I have discussed at length why revenue sharing channel deals may serve as perfectly fine alternatives to raising equity (or even complements) because of their non-dilutive nature. For a more elaborate explanation of the deal, please read my blog post 1M/1M: Alternative Financing For Startups Using A Sales Channel Partner.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Unfortunately, Toyota diluted that system in its drive for global expansion and global sales leadership. No matter what product or service you sell, in order to compete in a technologically advancing, highly globalized competitive environment, you must be in the business of learning.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. A-Rounds used to be $3–7 million with the best companies able to skip this smaller amount and raise $10 million on a $40 million pre-money valuation (20% dilution). even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed. So in a way it’s self selecting.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5% If you’re raising $2 million and can close on $3 million – don’t optimize to minimize short-term dilution, optimize for contingencies in case the market gets worse. Eventually it becomes self healing, but I don’t believe consistent growth will happen too quickly.

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

SVB also has an analytics group to use for industry stats, company statistics on a global basis, and so forth, so we collect a lot of data that we try to leverage internally. NVV: Is there any dilution? Maybe there are many players in the market where some have already been acquired and prices looked good.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2019

Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options. Startup funding comes from personal savings and family. There is no free lunch for money. Non-equity funding has to come from personal sources, or government grants, or bank loans.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

You can get cash without diluting your ownership in the company. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). In 1M/1M, our preferred financing strategy is customers. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2018

He speaks from years of experience as director of an advanced management program for global executives. The results in a dilution of their focus, doing many things poorly, and losing sight of key markets and key competitors. Leverage seismic shifts in the market or economy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2019

They summarize twenty years of breakthrough research initiatives and innovation strategy they have led with many of the most dynamic global organizations large and small, including Unilever, Walt Disney, and Intel. Overcoming execution obstacles is combating dilution, not compromising, for these innovators.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

It also chronicles the forces behind the decline of the American city (which has been revived in the past 10-15 years) and the rise of global manufacturing. Given the brand dilution going on with the name Sriracha how can he still grow his business? My own fascination with hot sauces began a few years ago. What will you be known for?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 30, 2022

Many businesses are discovering that the key to successful marketing is interacting two-way with customers, not simply shouting marketing messages at increasingly dilute audiences. . The first and foremost will be the global economic crisis. Thanks to Bailey Whissel, Bailey Whissel Marketing Agency ! #18- 18- Switch to remote work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). A common practice is to hire local employees who know the geographic culture, even though this may well dilute the company culture. The emphasis is on global processes and tight execution. Product-line expansion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

They summarize twenty years of breakthrough research initiatives and innovation strategy they have led with many of the most dynamic global organizations large and small, including Unilever, Walt Disney, Intel, and Savola. Overcoming execution obstacles is combating dilution, not compromising, for these innovators.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Every startup needs to start their funding search looking for grants, with no equity dilution, as well as contests and foundations. They have connections to industry associations and entrepreneur organizations that can kick-start your networking efforts, both locally and globally. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

They summarize twenty years of breakthrough research initiatives and innovation strategy they have led with many of the most dynamic global organizations large and small, including Unilever, Walt Disney, and Intel. Overcoming execution obstacles is combating dilution, not compromising, for these innovators.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

A $1 trillion global market. Dilution / valuation. I hate when companies publish too much information about the total stock option allocations, the company valuations, the dilution faced in every round, etc. I wasn’t expecting this much dilution this quickly.” Are tacking. It’s inefficient. ” Yes.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

They dilute the analysis with non-facts. One person who demonstrated Curious One behavior to me was the recently ex-Global CEO of Unilever, Paul Polman. The global maxima is that you consider a personal shift towards exploring the benefits of evolving to become the Curious One type (if you are not there already). Paul Polman.

Leadership 79

Leadership Non-Compete Analytics Software Review 79

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Aunnie Patton Power writes, “According to the Global Impact Investing Network, 85% of Impact Investors look for market rate or close to market rate returns, but they are cognizant that pushing for a full company exit might have negative impact on the company’s founding mission. Particular application in impact capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2017

Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options. Startup funding comes from personal savings and family. There is no free lunch for money. Non-equity funding has to come from personal sources, or government grants, or bank loans.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Equity Dilution LLC 120

Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. We know global markets are open — today, for example, everyone in Malaysia could be a DAU for Zoom. You lose way more than you win.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2016

By Amy Zimmerman, Global Head of People, Kabbage. Otherwise growth will dilute or even destroy the culture. Amy Zimmerman is Head of Global People Operations at Kabbage. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution to creating the right company culture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

In reality, this option is a nightmare that can bump you out of the driver seat, dilute your equity and create a business entity you can’t control. In the long run, building a global company with the relatively unlimited public resources is still only possible by starting with an initial public offering and giving up your startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2015

They summarize twenty years of breakthrough research initiatives and innovation strategy they have led with many of the most dynamic global organizations large and small, including Unilever, Walt Disney, Intel, and Savola. Overcoming execution obstacles is combating dilution, not compromising, for these innovators.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Dilution Social Network Government 120

YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2012

The sections on POM Wonderful, the billion dollar global business focused on 100% pomegranate juice, were especially enlightening. I learned that most juices of exotic “superfruits” like pomegranate or cranberry are often diluted with “fillers” like apple, pear or grape juice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). A common practice is to hire local employees who know the geographic culture, even though this may well dilute the company culture. The emphasis is on global processes and tight execution. Product-line expansion.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

The global healthcare industry is in flux like never before. Not only that, but global equity funding to digital health companies reached $3.67 The healthcare industry is one of the rapidly developing industries globally. billion in 2017 YTD (as of May 22, 2017). Wrapping up.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

starting the global social commerce movement and changing the face of commerce forever. I failed to do that with Coremetrics and I paid dearly for it with dilution. This post addresses a topic that is still very prevalent in my hometown of Austin today?—?a a never-ending debate about bootstrapping versus VC-backing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This phase is characterized by rapid expansion either regionally or globally for growth (scaling up). A common practice is to hire local employees who know the geographic culture, even though this may well dilute the company culture. The emphasis is on global processes and tight execution. Product-line expansion.

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Dilution Merger Flash Global 187

Babbling VC

OCTOBER 3, 2011

This is very difficult to do if you constantly have to worry about running out of capital in your fund or not having enough reserves to avoid dilution. They are leaving their "Europeanness" behind and are becoming global players right from the start. . Hypothesis 3: Insufficient diversification in European VC managers’ portfolios .

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 13, 2013

That dilutes the value of the like signal and of Facebook itself. They''d probably talk about world peace, global education, or solving tough problems in the environment. Facebook used to have network pages where you could explore people you didn''t know. I''ll bet you they would sound pretty ambitious and optimistic.

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Venture Capital Dilution Internet Networking 162

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Region: Global with focus on Europe and US . The INTRO tool is available to non-portfolio companies as well.

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