Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

In addition, creating a business requires leading and interacting with other people, including partners, investors, and customers. At least the first time around, it pays big dividends for an idea person to find a partner with the business skills you haven’t tested yet. Yes, there are a lot of bridges to cross.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2018

The amount you’ll pay will depend on the type of entity you choose and how much revenue you generate. Partners pay self-employment taxes on their shares of the partnership profits. Partners pay self-employment taxes on their shares of the partnership profits. An LLC will provide a flexible tax structure.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

In India, the leading firms are slightly more concentrated with Sequoia India , Accel Partners , and Nexus Venture Partners being a cut above the rest. Finding the right partner is a much bigger win than the extra cash or minimizing dilution. Focusing on the people you’re partnering with is crucial.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 9, 2021

REITs pay handsome dividends, and this makes it one of the most common retirement investments. What’s more, you can reinvest your dividends to grow your investment. Whichever strategy you choose, ensure that the monthly revenue exceeds your monthly expenses, including mortgage payments, taxes, interest, and maintenance costs.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

1,983% boost in annual revenue, 1,000% user base growth within six months with no upfront costs. These are actual results a startup Ringadoc got from their partner program. Chris Samila , Partnerships Manager at Optimizely shares: “We saw building and supporting a partner ecosystem as a massive opportunity. increased revenue.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. No VC is interested in dividends – they want growth.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

1,983% boost in annual revenue, 1,000% user base growth within six months with no upfront costs. These are actual results a startup Ringadoc got from their partner program. Chris Samila , Partnerships Manager at Optimizely shares: “We saw building and supporting a partner ecosystem as a massive opportunity. increased revenue.

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Small Business Force

APRIL 23, 2017

Revenue is the top line of your P&L and for a good reason. And beyond the initial revenue, it’s about building long-term relationships with clients, so they keep coming back and become a source of future income. It starts with revenue! "The You have no business without it and the customers it represents.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2016

While fraud is always a potential concern, a more real issue is finding partners who support you rather than seek to control you. Remember that all businesses, even non-profits, require revenue to survive and prosper. Rely on commitment to a higher cause to get you through.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Ben’s point is that investing time in proper planning pays huge dividends when building products. Finding the right trade off between growth and learning isn’t easy and is a debate we come back to time and time again at Forward Partners in the context of individual partner companies we are working with.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

It will usually be higher because the liquidation preference has a dividend so if the deal is long in the tooth assume that the liquidation preference might be $20-22 million. Let’s say the company had raised $15 million. That means that the likely have a minimum of $15 million in liquidation preferences. But pass they will.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2017

So much of our business day is spent on revenue and costs - i.e. generating the most possible sales at the least possible cost to pay the rent, meet payroll, and keep the lights on, etc. Permacity , completed the world's largest solar rooftop project and increased revenue by over 35%. What are these intangible assets?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

If you know your stuff, then you could have a considerable dividend heading towards your bank account each year. Partnering with YouTube is an excellent way to gain advertising revenue, too. If you’ve got a few thousand, but not enough for a deposit on a house, then risk some of this money on the potential of gaining much more.

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The Startup Toolkit

DECEMBER 4, 2013

A few weeks ago, In Costa Rica, I talked to a guy whose company did 7 million revenue its first year. Now, a couple years on, he and his cofounders are taking a 5 million dividend apiece and it’s growing fast. I wanted to know why he can pull that off and I can’t. He’s 42; I’m 29. That was it. For him, at least.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

If the idea was reliant on ad revenue for profit, it quickly becomes apparent that there will be no incoming money at all. If your presentation is compelling and detailed enough, you might be able to get them to become a full partner. The situation becomes even worse if there is no marketing plan or budget. Red Flags Galore.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Then they increased their revenue from $2M to $6M in six months. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a demand generation funnel that fuels the pipeline, shortens the sale cycle, and generates revenue. But when executed right, it pays dividends. Your number one metric for any marketing initiative should be revenue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2019

My experience is that the discipline of documenting a plan will improve your likelihood of addressing all the right issues , as well as finding the right partner or investor. It can pay big dividends as this stage to get help from an experienced business advisor. PowerPoint pitch for investors and partners.

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Rob Go

MARCH 20, 2013

So I was excited to partner with the good folks at Intelligent.ly Find good financing partners. You want to find financing partners who help you in the situations described above, don’t become yet another impediment. Is it possible to take seed money and not go for the Series A, etc, and just earn revenue?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

The rest will hopefully die because the partners don’t even have time to engage with 100 companies. Those have not paid dividends for very many companies at all. What’s the basic revenue play there? You don’t want to be putting money toward an investment that’s not return 5X, 10X.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

This persuasive copy increased revenues by 35%.”. Momoko Price, partner at Kantan Designs, is also a big believer in using customers’ own words: Momoko Price, Kantan Designs. Any effort you put into learning to write with impact will pay tremendous dividends. Do you know your audience? What drives them? What are their hopes?

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BeyondVC

DECEMBER 15, 2005

As for startups, not many were mentioned, and most of the technology buyers said your best bet was coming in through a larger partner whether it be a Sun, Cisco, HP, or IBM. On the other hand if you deliver on your promises and have a great base of early reference customers, it will pay huge dividends.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I’ve seen way too many startups spend all their energy getting channel deals done only to find out that they don’t produce ANY revenue. Channel partners come in multiple flavors. Channel partners are no different. Limit your number of sales channel partners. But channel partners give you huge credibility.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Make sure you treat people as partners, not as paid help. Equity partners need to have a hand in guiding the enterprise. Andrew Badera Thursday, October 09, 2008 Deleting … Approving … I quite agree, Andrew, that the equity partners need to have a hand in guiding the enterprise. The gist: 1. Go to user groups.

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The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 10, 2017

Partners can break their contracts. You’ll occasionally need their signature and will find yourself writing them an eye-wateringly large cheque whenever you pay dividends or sell the company. They’re now profitable, have a great team, and doing half a million quid a year in recurring revenue. But that’s wrong.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Go ahead and laugh, but over 95% of Moon River Software’s revenue this year has been from consulting services. The software I sell has made up less than 5% of total revenue in the past 12 months. Myth #3: I need a partner. Let’s turn the tables and think about an off the wall question: Do you even need a product?

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

This way the investor knows that they can get their money out because they can control the payment of dividends, and can wind down the company and distribute cash if they determine that there is no future in the company. The investor doesn’t bear risk on ongoing expenses without the prospect for future revenue.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

It’s to highlight some of the key parts of your opportunity and what makes it so amazing that whoever it is that you’re talking to, whether it’s a bank, or an investor, or a family member, or a potential business partner, that they are on the edge of their seat and they ask for your full plan, and they want to know more.

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Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2014

If you have those goals in mind and you understand where you’re going with your business, you have so much more power to plan for them, both on the tax side as well as on the revenue and expense side for your business and cash flow management. But it’s one of the most highly-audited areas of the Internal Revenue.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 31, 2011

The traffic is then converted into revenue through several possible monetization methods. The little bit of additional effort you put up- front today can yield heavy dividends down the road. If I am to put out a product on the World Wide Web for the WORLD to see, I want to ensure the product is of the highest quality and reliability.

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Small Business Force

JANUARY 2, 2017

For example, if you’re a company whose revenues are around a $1 million, it would be senseless to hire somebody whose background only included Fortune 500 type companies, no matter how deep their experience. Make them feel a partner instead of a just a vendor. Create an environment where customers want to do business with you.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

When we went out to raise money, we raised with only a couple thousand dollars in monthly recurring revenue. But we had a solid product, strong weekly revenue growth (10% week over week), and two distribution/marketing channels that were already paying dividends. Almost all of that was foreign to me.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Despite revenues down a good chunk recently due to weak consumption, the business has been a profitable endeavor overall and currently running well with very minimal involvement from me, thanks to a great management team. I had to outlay nearly $30,000 just to replace these. But hey, not every day is a sunny day now is it?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2015

It’s similarly easy to form, and best for two or more people who want to formally agree to be business partners, and start a business together. There aren’t many, but the type of partnership you choose will depend upon how long you plan to be partners, and how active a role all involved parties will take in your new business.

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