Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Project based on your market size how many widgets you will sell in every channel. Be willing to give up 20 to 33 percent of your equity to support this. As a rule of thumb, most viable businesses need a gross margin above 50 percent, even on wholesale prices, to cover operational expenses and survive as a business.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Project based on your market size how many widgets you will sell in every channel. Be willing to give up 20 to 33 percent of your equity to support this. As a rule of thumb, most viable businesses need a gross margin above 50 percent, even on wholesale prices, to cover operational expenses and survive as a business.
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Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 28, 2011
It is simple in that it forecasts how much cash will be coming in the door (revenues + equity financing + debt financing) and then subtracts from that amount how much cash is expected to be going out the door. A simple cash forecast is just that – it is a model that helps anticipate cash balances over time.
This is going to be BIG.
JULY 25, 2022
Typically, investors don’t take a board seat until you raise your first equity round—which means that it could be *years* before you have a real board meeting: A year of nights/weekends work researching, prototyping, and fundraising. You raise your pre-seed round and if you're lucky and good, you can get to an equity round in 12-18 months.
The Next Web
FEBRUARY 27, 2014
your equity in a hot new patented technology business), the higher the demand (e.g., A next generation biotech business would get priced at a higher valuation than yet another family diner or widget manufacturer. As a rule of thumb, expect to give up 25 to 35 percent of your equity, in each equity financing you make.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 4, 2015
Project based on your market size how many widgets you will sell in every channel. Be willing to give up 20 to 33 percent of your equity to support this. As a rule of thumb, most viable businesses need a gross margin above 50 percent, even on wholesale prices, to cover operational expenses and survive as a business.
www.greenhornconnect.com
OCTOBER 3, 2011
It’s always tempting for entrepreneurs to accept seed funding from friends and family in exchange for a promise to repay the money or issue the lender equity in your company when it is formed. are not met. 4) You’re ready to raise money. 5) You’re ready to launch your product.
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