YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2014

Shark Question #2: What were your total revenues for the last quarter and last 12 months, including profit margins? To get these “numbers,” do a review of total revenue and expenses, review by product or service line, and a profit-margin analysis – all of which can all be obtained from your company’s income statement.

CPA 160

CPA Technical Review Later Stage Equity 160

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Don’t expect them to believe your $100M revenue projection, if you are still waiting for the first revenue dollar. Get a real customer and real revenue. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

Intellectual Property 260

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 260

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2024

On the other hand, they could be the opposite—much more focused on near-term cash distributions than long-term equity appreciation. They might not understand how a pre-revenue startup could be worth anything, let alone be valued at $5mm.

.Net 88

.Net Cap Table Startup Technical Review 88

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Will Work for Equity. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. But with the help of Grahams company, which specializes in creating tech systems for start-ups, Jumpstart grew to more than $50 million in revenue--enough to make it an attractive acquisition for media conglomerate Hachette Filipacchi.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Don’t expect them to believe your $100M revenue projection, if you are still waiting for the first revenue dollar. Get a real customer and real revenue. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

Intellectual Property 253

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 253

The Startup Magazine

MAY 11, 2020

However, this will depend on whether you have enough equity or collateral to meet the lender’s requirements. Boost Sales and Revenue. Apart from advertising, review your pricing model, expand distribution channels, and improve customer service on both on and offline platforms. Know Your Financial Situation.

Software Review 105

Software Review Small Business Management Bankruptcy 105

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Sedibeng’s primary market advantages are their company culture, consistent “quality” branding, traditional brew recipes, and commitment to rural distribution. Specifically, because NovOculi is seeking equity investments, the company needs to look into venture capital funding and angel investments. SWOT analysis for Sedibeng Breweries.

Botswana 148

Botswana Business Plan Oregon Distribution 148

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008).

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Don’t expect them to believe your $100M revenue projection, if you are still waiting for the first revenue dollar. Get a real customer and real revenue. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

Intellectual Property 222

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 222

The Startup Magazine

JULY 19, 2017

Courtesy of popular equity crowdfunding site StartEngine , the public will have the opportunity to invest and acquire equity in a growing television network that is rapidly building its distribution partnerships and viewership. A tip for all startups is to look at equity crowdfunding as a capital source.

Networking 63

Networking Technical Review Equity Demand 63

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The evidence is clear that companies that help people in need, and the environment, are paid back in revenue by the rest of us. Make sure your hiring practices include diversity, inclusion, and equity. I will paraphrase his guidance here, combined with my own experience: Elevate health and wellness of people and planet first.

Agile 321

Agile Differentiation Lead Generation Social Media 321

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. In spite of this, private equity funds have used the rallying cry of efficiency to hijack corporate strategy and loot the profits that historically would have been reinvested into research and development and new products.

Private Equity 325

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2022

Use the OLE ratio to measure how your income increases or drops depending on the changes in sales volume to show how much revenue is available to cover non-operating costs. Let’s say that your organization earned $1 million in revenue last year, and it cost you about $300,000 to operate your business. Debt-to-equity ratio.

Equity 136

Equity .Net Balance Sheet Operations 136

ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

He says that one is too lonely, two is good and three is a great number if they can combine their skills to cover design, development and distribution. He believes that equity need not be distributed equally, as long as everyone involved is happy with their arrangement. How to Hack the Investment World.

Investment Bankers 153

Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

Production or service is the business’s core activity, which generates revenue. If you are providing a service, you will need to determine how to distribute your service and whether to offer it for free or charge for it. The most common types of financing are debt financing, equity financing, and venture capital.

Technology 139

Technology Venture Capital Finance Startup 139

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2019

The problem is that you may not have the experience or connections to jump into new customer segments, manufacturing, and distribution. Build your brand equity and relationships with customers. These days, brand equity means relationships with more customers, and a more memorable overall experience.

Angel Investor 220

Angel Investor Equity Leadership Demand 220

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Here the focus is on Pink Stuff, a British cleaning paste, which was #CleanTok mainstreamed to a quadrupling of revenue ($125m annually) and distribution to 55 countries. As Jared notes, To hedge against this predictable outcome, more founders should adopt longer vesting cycles for themselves and the earliest (big equity) employees.

Founder Vesting 59

Founder Vesting Vesting Cap Table Founder 59

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers. Total raised: $29.5mm.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The two parts of the ITV business are content production and content distribution. The production business is doing well with shows like Downton Abbey getting large audiences in the UK and selling well abroad, but revenues at the distribution business declined. Otherwise consumers will reject the bundle.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Distribution Audience Web 100

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As opposed to other dividends that are distributed on a quarterly or semi-annual basis, monthly dividends are paid out to shareholders each month. Main Street Capital is a publicly traded private equity firm that offers equity and debt financing to lower middle-market companies with a revenue between $10 million and $150 million.

Dividend 89

Dividend Stock Finance Private Equity 89

VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

And elsewhere creator monetisation tools and revenue streams continue to expand: Ads and bran deals – Youtube reported $6 billion in revenue for Q1 2021 , a 50% growth rate from the equivalent period last year. The sum is equivalent to the combined annual revenue of Snap and Twitter for 2020. (@hunterwalk) April 27, 2021.

Audio 168

Audio Valuation Stealth B2C 168

ReadWriteStart

JULY 17, 2023

The platform has raised over $225 million through equity and debt financing to date. In the financial year ending in March this year, the startup generated a revenue of $18.5 For Furlenco, the acquisition will provide access to Sheela Foam’s extensive distribution network and marketing expertise.

India 104

India Acquisition Merger Curation 104

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

Marketing was like me, and we bootstrapped this business to 10 million in revenue through building this traction community where we're bringing our ICP, our audience together around their aspiration and their goals. I asked their chief revenue officer, how do you do attribution on this community? He's like, I can't, don't care.

Community 53

Community Kuwait Cofounder Bootstrapping 53

Up and Running

JULY 18, 2014

So the S corporation splits the owners income into two parts, wages and pass-through distributions. But you’ll avoid employment tax on the income distribution. Typically a C Corporation is a good idea when: You need to raise equity, to maximize medical deductions or you plan on using multiple classes of stock.

Small Business 87

Small Business LLC Nevada Software Review 87

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

C-Corp largely because (i) VCs have historically favored C-Corps for nuanced tax and other reasons, and (ii) virtually all of the standardized legal infrastructure around startup finance and equity compensation assumes a C-Corp. However, times are changing. But not all VCs think that way. If you are an LLC tech startup, you need tax counsel.

Delaware 48

Delaware LLC Startup Silicon Valley 48

Gust

DECEMBER 6, 2011

This graphic shows that the distribution of funding is not uniform across the spectrum of rounds size in dollars. So, generally, these three major sources of capital are complementary, not competitive. The figure below shows the number of investors by investment size for startup ventures. Copyright BillPayne.com 2011. million and $4 million.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Venture Capital Valuation Software Engineering 179

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

And yet, revenue went up by 45% YoY. Can you capture more brand equity by executing marketing tactics in new or better ways? Build systems and processes that enable your team to create and distribute content seamlessly. Brand is your strongest asset. For most of 2021, CXL didn’t have a marketing team. Which are they neglecting?

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

Potential investors love to see gross margins in the fifty percent range or greater, with recurring revenue through subscriptions, follow-on sales, or services. Five-year financial projections of revenue and expenses. Specific investment size request, and equity offered. Business model showing costs, pricing, and margins.

Product 145

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Exit Strategy 145

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 2, 2017

The total value of these deals might look higher than when a tech company makes an acquihire but the premium tends to go to retention rather than the cap table (especially since (a) the acquirer might not be seen as an ‘attractive’ place to work and (b) there’s assumption of less equity upside post-acquisition).

Technical Review 115

Technical Review Cap Table Acquisition Startup 115

Berkonomics

JUNE 10, 2021

In an early-stage company, the key issue is most often finding the way to start the revenue flowing from services and sales. With enough revenues, the young company can more easily raise equity funds, borrow money, hire top talent, and gain valuable publicity. How about early-stage companies with unique problems?

Early Stage 62

Early Stage Equity Distribution Revenue 62

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Fresh customer base.

Merger 243

Merger Acquisition Startup Bandwidth 243

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

Unfortunately, a number of them had an early exit from the business scene due to ineffective business plans and/or unsustained revenue for their investment. Over time, as you scale your operations, you may need to source additional funding from venture capitalists to mitigate high production costs or limited revenue.

Private Equity 159

Private Equity Startup Incubator Social Network 159

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

By that time investment bankers were on a roll privatizing assets as far flung as Chilean Electricity Distribution Rights, Montreal’s container port, parking meters in Chicago, sections of the Pennsylvania turnpike, the London City airport, and (the proposed) CA & FL Lottery systems. Ironically, given the U.S.’s

Private Equity 130

Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 130

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. Economies of scale also apply to marketing, distribution, and sales. Fresh customer base.

Entrepreneur 249

Entrepreneur Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 249

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

Without them, you cannot earn any revenue. Once the product or service has withstood this period of stress testing, your business can put more resources into making it work and distributing it to the broader market. . You can search for co-founders who will contribute with capital, or skills, and share profits and equity with them.

Limited Liability Company 164

Limited Liability Company Silicon Valley Business Model Stock Options 164

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2016

Don’t start up until you know how you’re going to generate revenue (simple estimates will suffice). Calculate revenue by estimating monthly sales (customers x units x price). Calculate revenue per quarter and revenue per year. How much will it cost to produce your product (manufacturing & distribution)?

Bootstrapping 100

Bootstrapping LLC Equity Revenue 100