Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales. This is probably the best place to apply your “gut” feeling. Complementary skills.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 16, 2020
Reasons for a business valuation run a gamut from selling the business due to retirement or health reasons to financing expansion efforts to adding shareholders to a buyout situation. million dollars, because your software development firm is expected to generate enough revenue over time to offset that.
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ReadWriteStart
JANUARY 20, 2020
Construction, utilities, transportation, retail, finance, insurance and real estate startups are industries that hit hardest on startups with an average failure rate among them of 40%. All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. 53% by year four.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 1, 2020
In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. Forms of funding. ? Equity investment.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 7, 2013
This check is for The Community Foundation and for the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (EFCO) and results from a gift of 24,793 shares of common stock from Rally at the time of its first financing that represented approximately 1% of the equity of the company. I remember numerous conversations with Ryan about this.
ReadWriteStart
JANUARY 20, 2020
All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. That was before we even discussed the required software development. No, I prefer boring businesses and established companies that are not seeking their own sweat equity for services provided.
Up and Running
AUGUST 30, 2021
Angel investors, venture capital firms, accelerators, and (maybe) the newer equity crowdfunding will look to see if you have previous experience in startups. More often than not, whatever it is you are building will require a complementary skill set, whether that’s business/finance, sales/marketing, or design/engineering.
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