Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references. Passion for what they do. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

Very few entrepreneurs have the range of skills and experience to be the solution creator as well as business creator, or operational as well as sales leader. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. In fact, I would broaden the definition of partner from co-founder to “business partner.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. I always tell people that fund raising is a sales process. What do I do now? But the real product being bought or sold is “trust.”

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Nowadays everything is on sale online, and many people find it easier to buy from the comfort of their desks. Ensure your finances are in order. The rest can either be through bank financing, cashier’s check or online payment services. Technology has made everything easier for anyone that wants to purchase anything online.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 10, 2017

Startups don’t demonstrate due diligence. These software programs are more efficient for managing a company’s finances. Investors want to see reports that show where your startup stands against competitors of similar size – in relation to sales, revenue and expenses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references. Passion for what they do. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Finance is a new, early-stage, New York-based VC focused on East Coast companies. – Learn how to launch a company: – Learn how to sell/raise money virtually; see How to Make Sales as Easy as Online Dating. As the firm grows, we will need support in origination, financial modeling, due diligence, transaction execution, etc.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Get a company ready for sale: per due diligence work and support during the sale process. I wanted to be able to select clients that are a good fit and can benefit from my finance, IT and international experience. Support company’s existing teams during transitions and special projects.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references. Passion for what they do. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture.

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Gust

APRIL 13, 2014

Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references. Passion for what they do. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Be prepared for due diligence. It’s critical that the data you present is verifiable, since any serious investor will conduct extensive due diligence. Depending on the type of business, these may include sales of products/services, referral revenues, advertising sales, licensing/royalty fees, and/or data sales.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

However, you should be aware that some potential buyers may back out of the deal during due diligence. If all else fails, your advisor may be able to salvage the sale by reengaging other interested parties. The advisor also knows how to negotiate the terms of the deal, including whether seller financing will be necessary.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

They will often run all of the daily reports into them covering off for finance, sales, marketing, biz dev & HR. You can always spot these types because they can’t tell you what their revenue number for last month was or what their sales target is for next month. But ask yourself, what does a COO actually do?

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Get a company ready for sale: per due diligence work and support during the sale process. I wanted to be able to select clients that are a good fit and can benefit from my finance, IT and international experience. Support company’s existing teams during transitions and special projects.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Even better, Attanasio says, is if they have done extensive due diligence first. Mark Attanasio: Financing can be an ongoing, underlying issue, but there are so many speed bumps on the way. Sales, profits, customers – it all can be volatile and that is one of the hardest parts of being an entrepreneur.

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Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2018

Impress the investors with what you and your team have accomplished to date (sales, contracts, key hires, product launches, and so on). Customer acquisition: Marketing and sales strategy. Will you need to raise multiple rounds of financing? This is your opportunity to blow your own horn! How will you reach your customers?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references. Passion for what they do. In many cases, experts with academic or research credentials are not good partners for a business venture.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 4, 2017

You can also be an entrepreneur by acquiring someone else’s company and making it better—growing sales and increasing profitability—as an equity-owning CEO. First and foremost, running any type of business will require the ability to manage others, make decisions, and possess an understanding of finances and what makes a business profitable.

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

Briefly, we think there’s a substantial market for a business which helps enterprises to execute initiatives which require coordination across diverse stakeholders, e.g., make a large sale to a critical client, or lobby for a change in regulation. If you’re still interested, we meet; get to know one another; do mutual due diligence.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. The mode purpose for funding is (in order of frequency) Sales, Marketing, Market Expansion, Product Development, and Hiring Employees. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR. Bigfoot Capital. Decathlon Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2015

For example, a technologist needs a strong finance person or a strong sales person who is willing and able to make decisions. Even if all initial interactions look positive, don’t forget the due diligence process, especially follow-up discussions with previous partners. Able to help, rather than be a helper.

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

Briefly, we think there’s a substantial market for a business which helps enterprises to execute initiatives which require coordination across diverse stakeholders, e.g., make a large sale to a critical client, or lobby for a change in regulation. If you’re still interested, we meet; get to know one another; do mutual due diligence.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Most healthy businesses need business financing at some point. Startups have to deal with starting costs and ongoing businesses have to finance growth and working capital. Financing options depend on what kind of business you have. Don’t waste your time looking for the wrong kind of financing.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2019

Since every reward comes with risk, I have put together the top 3 risks I see first-time small business buyers face, the profitable opportunities they present, and the diligence to find these opportunities. They make all the sales. Review the org chart for an ops manager and sales person who have been in the business a long time.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

Thus, as a merchant, if you don’t accept any of these payment types it could cause you to lose out on sales revenue from consumers who use them. It is important that merchants do their due diligence in advance to make sure they understand how disputes will affect their business and relationships with their customers.

Management 112

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Running a company is distinctly different from simply having operating experience – (working in bus dev, sales or marketing.) Venture Capitalists who are serious about turning their firms into more than one-fund wonders may want to have their associates actually start and run a company for a year. Fund raising skills.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Whatever funding stage your business is at, use the executive summary to clearly outline the objective, whether that be a future round of funding or potential exit routes, whether they are a trade sale, management buyout (MBO) or initial public offering (IPO). Market analysis. Your business should address a market need.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The Financier (Finance Manager): Assesses the viability & profitability of the business and product — This is vital when looking for investors. Additionally, your Finance Manager should understand the relationship between data, decisions, and people. Your initial marketer needs to focus on both aspects.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 2, 2013

Impress the investors with what you and your team have accomplished to date (sales, contracts, key hires, product launches, etc.). Most start-up teams are missing some key talent – be it marketing, management expertise, programmers, sales, operations, financial management, etc. Will you need to raise multiple rounds of financing?

Hockey Stick 164

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

That would mean that the increased number of new business startups will lead to a “funding gap&# of deals that can’t get financed. This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur. I always say, “if you’re judging actual returns on a 3-year timeframe you’re looking at mostly failure.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

IP-ownership problems often arise in the context of a financing, when the investors are unable to establish a clear chain of title to the startup’s IP as part of their legal due-diligence investigation. Moreover, I recently saw this problem in the context of the sale of startup we were representing.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Instead of looking at your credit score or asking you for your business’s detailed financial statements, Kabbage asks you for your UPS, PayPal, Amazon, Square, eBay, and/or Quickbooks accounts, and then uses the data it gathers from those accounts to determine your sales revenue and cash flow itself.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Having a professional business valuation will give you the confidence to start marketing your business to potential buyers, safe in the knowledge that the price you are asking for is fair, reasonable, and accurate to the current value of your company, and will put you in a stronger negotiating position when the time comes to close the sale.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

If you don’t have your personal spending under control and don’t know how to budget, it’s crucial that you educate yourself on personal finance and master the art of budgeting before you start a company. If you can’t handle your own finances, you’re not equipped to handle a company’s.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2015

In fact, by doing your due diligence and reimagining the way your organization operates, you may very well be able to get a handle on your cash flow, giving your business access to the capital it needs to grow. Devise new campaigns to boost sales. The best part?

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