Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Then, the unveiling of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed equity crowdfunding rules reveals a panacea for growing your business’s coffers. Donation and equity crowdfunding both appeal to the public’s desire to participate collectively in fulfilling others’ entrepreneurial visions. Hire Attorneys and Accountants.

Equity 125

Equity SEC Technical Review Security 125

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2020

Hiring too much or not enough. Hiring is one of the most challenging parts of running a business, no matter how large or small your operation is. From finding a qualified pool of applicants to interviewing, verifying references, and filing the hiring paperwork, just managing and recruiting employees is a full time job.

Software Review 143

Software Review Startup Technical Review Hiring 143

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

But not anal if one founder who shares equity graciously with early employees who are treated as “co-founders” My idea startup team is heaving on tech personnel but also has strong product management. Don’t hire a homogenous team. Don’t hire “relationship management” sales people too early.

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Cofounder Early Stage Startup Silicon Valley 388

YoungUpstarts

MAY 27, 2019

Other businesses fail because they raise the wrong kind of money, such as debt they can’t repay on time or equity that causes them to lose control of their business. You have to be careful, and realize you will make mistakes, about who you hire early in the life of your company. Recognize your hiring mistakes and correct them quickly.

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Cofounder Private Equity Software Review Equity 170

Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Of course, not every equity compensation story is a David Choe Story. If you’re thinking about extending equity to an employee or a vendor (as in the example above), you should know that the topic is multi-faceted. In this article, I’m going to examine: What equity compensation is. Different types of equity compensation.

Equity 60

Equity Employee Stock Options Vesting 60

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Next → How to Hire for Sweat Equity…. Who We Are: We’re two individuals with a strong background in strategic consulting and management. That being said the following is available to the right candidate: • 3-5% equity in the company (based on experience). • $50,000/year salary once we obtain funding (target: January, 2010).

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front.

Bootstrapping 252

Bootstrapping Sweat Equity Entrepreneur Technical Review 252

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The primary goal of any corporate firm is to benefit from the business’s finances while operating at its maximum capacity. However, financial management can be the least exciting and quite monotonous task for running a business. Many owners avoid checking the finances and focus on more fun aspects of the company.

Finance 156

Finance Balance Sheet Operations Framework 156

www.avc.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Employee Equity: How Much? The most common comment in this long and complicated MBA Mondays series on Employee Equity is the question of how much equity should you grant when you make a hire. For your first key hires, three, five, maybe as much as ten, you will probably not be able to use any kind of formula.

Equity 64

Equity Employee CTO Hire Fractional CTO 64

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front.

Sweat Equity 239

Sweat Equity Technical Review Bootstrapping Equity 239

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Entrepreneur Homepage Startups Starting a Business Home How-To Guides Startup Basics Business Ideas Business Planning Startup Financing Success Stories Home-Based Business Starting a Business Play Video How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business (Video). Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway. July 31, 2007 |.

Sweat Equity 55

Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front.

Sweat Equity 255

Sweat Equity Technical Review Entrepreneur Bootstrapping 255

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies. Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. The early clusters occurred by happenstance of geography or history.

Programming 278

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 278

Gust

DECEMBER 15, 2013

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front.

Bootstrapping 183

Bootstrapping Sweat Equity Entrepreneur Technical Review 183

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Here’s the punchline: if you run your company as if you have closed a VC equity financing round even though you actually closed a convertible debt round, you’ll be in much better shape when it comes time to raise your Series A financing. So why would you treat your debt investors (somewhat) like equity investors?

Burn Rate 152

Burn Rate Equity Software Review Early Stage 152

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Hire more help than helpers. Managing business growth is more than metrics. There is no free lunch.

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Mezzanine Private Equity Bandwidth Metrics 368

Up and Running

JANUARY 20, 2020

A commonly-cited US bank study says 82 percent of business failures are due to poor cash management. I’d learned cash flow in business school, but I had to learn it again, for real, by going to my bank, signing a lien on my house equity, and getting an emergency loan. . Here are my favorite 10 rules for managing cash flow. .

Technical Review 132

Technical Review Metrics Finance Forecast 132

OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As startups scale, they are likely to hire a more senior accountant, maybe an AR/AP/Collections staff member, or even a Controller or VP Finance. Are you way under market in compensation and trying to overcome that by offering equity or “perks” to attract top talent? Posted on the Bolster Blog here ).

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Hiring Cap Table Finance Equity 117

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Managing Creativity. Should You Share Equity with Consultants? Start-up | Mondays. Technology | Thursdays.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

How should I finance my new venture? It’s a deceptively simple question:  what is the optimal way to finance a new startup? This seems like an easy topic – debt where there is appropriate cash flow, equity when there isn’t.  What are the reasons to choose one financing structure over another?

Finance 83

Finance Bootstrapping Startup Equity 83

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. We don’t have any equity or control over the business….”. “As Alternative Capital. “

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

B2B – cloud services, online meetings, virtual workforce management, collaboration tools. What are your “lifeboat choices” – what layoffs to make, renegotiate payables, rents, leases, how to trade off cash management versus revenue growth? Your CFO now becomes the head of cash management. Lessons Learned.

South Korea 333

South Korea Salary Business Model China 333

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . 1) Manage the firm . Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

This article highlights their advice on issues ranging from financing to patent trolls: While startups may believe lawyers are too costly, working with one early on avoids potentially serious problems later. Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. ” The Cost of Financing.

Convertible Security 100

Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

It’s difficult to be an entrepreneur — whether you’re a recent college graduate or have managed multiple companies. It can be a small and nimble startup like Origin, or a company with 50 employees and hiring more every quarter. It doesn’t help your business grow by hiring someone who doesn’t have the necessary skills.

Entrepreneur 132

Entrepreneur Lean Colorado Engineer 132

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. We just announced a few more things. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue. That revenue is in on 75,000 customers, earned through the hard work of 500 employees across six offices on three continents.

Engineer 152

Engineer Revenue San Francisco Security 152

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Issues like remote work, finance, supply chain, and limited resources make it even harder for small businesses to survive in the competitive market. They work for both business management as well as accounting to avoid any unforeseen trouble. They work for both business management as well as accounting to avoid any unforeseen trouble.

Small Business 90

Small Business Management Finance Operations 90

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.

SBA 161

SBA Venture Capital Angel Investor Technical Review 161

Altgate

JUNE 25, 2012

. —————– Dead equity — equity held by employees and founders no longer working at the company — is a large and growing problem. One who attracted much attention is David Choe, the graffiti artist hired to paint the company’s first headquarters. million.

Equity 44

Equity Vesting Cap Table Technical Review 44

Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

The single most important factor to raising capital for any tech startup is the management team. Don’t hire people with skills and qualifications similar to yours. Hire based on functionality and avoid having too many C’s. Be sure to leave plenty of equity for investors. Don’t make everyone a founder.

Part-Time VPE 79

Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE Cofounder CTO Hire 79

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies. Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. The early clusters occurred by happenstance of geography or history.

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Working for Equity Instead of Cash. has an article on service firms waiving their fees and instead taking equity in their clients. Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. Not all start-up stock is created equally.

Equity 40

Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 1, 2023

Make a budget and keep a close watch on the finances , ensuring that there are no unnecessary expenses. 3- Manage debts proactively. Debts can be deadly to manage when costs and expenditures are already high. Protect your business from going under by managing debts proactively to stay mobile during the recession.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur Software Review Technical Review Revenue 91

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 3, 2020

When he hired property managers, they ended up taking the majority of his profits. It’s always important to keep a finger on the pulse of new trends, but Dean Vagnozzi would specifically keep an eye on several new platforms that now offer home buyers funds in exchange for a stake in the home’s future equity.

New York City 106

New York City Marketing Technical Review New York 106

David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital.

Revenue 60

Revenue Cofounder Founder Venture Capital 60

The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

The three main components of a company are production or service, marketing and sales, and finance. Finance is how you manage your finances, including budgeting, accounting, and bookkeeping. Financing Your Startup. The most common types of financing are debt financing, equity financing, and venture capital.

Technology 137

Technology Venture Capital Finance Startup 137