Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2021

In addition, current investors want to see every startup go public or be acquired, as an exit event, so they can get their due return for that investment which has been tied up for the last few years. For these reasons, I always look for an overt exit strategy in every startup I might consider for an angel investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

I like the work just published by Bob Rice in “ The Alternative Answer ,” which does a great job of summarizing the investment universe, starting with the “conventional” stocks, bonds, and real estate, but moving on through more esoteric alternatives, including hedge funds, private equity, real assets, managed futures, and finally venture funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event. Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years.

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Equity Exit Strategy Private Equity Startup 120

Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Demonstrate your team’s unique unfair competitive advantage, whether it is technology, stellar management team, or key partnerships. This gives the assurance that if management executes well, the company has substantial profit and liquidity potential. Detail all revenue streams. Be sure to include all revenue streams.

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Venture Capital Business Plan Technical Review Private Placement 129

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2023

Managing to specific goals, priorities, and a plan. Preparation and management of funding. Even if you are not requesting outside funding, I would expect a clear process for sourcing and managing the investment you plan to apply. Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest.

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Exit Strategy Metrics Operations Cost 288

Up and Running

JANUARY 2, 2013

Your Revenue Model : Investors tend to care about this slide the most. Your Financial Projections : Show what you’re projecting in revenue (per product) over the next three to five years. Remind the audience why your management team is capable of managing their investment for growth. How will you make money?

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Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Technical Review Due Diligence 164

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Team: Who is on your management team? Financial Summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Your funding ask and exit strategy, if applicable. Management team and qualifications. Exit strategy : Needed if you’re seeking investment. Be specific.

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Business Plan Technical Review Forecast Software Review 154

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

A self-professed digital nomad and the founder of a software startup that provides order, purchase and inventory management, Benjamin has found an enviable match for his wanderlust with a business that allows him to work online, anywhere and anytime. Or look for another revenue generating angle.

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South America Software Review Thailand Vietnam 113

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

The primary source of your funds should be your paying customers, i.e., your business should generate enough revenues and profits to fund the growth and expansion. These usually play a role in the very early stage of your business, primarily pre-revenue. Reasons for funding. ? Incubators and Accelerators. Government programs.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 20, 2011

They’ve heard rules of thumb like “A growing software company is worth 5 times their trailing 12-months revenue.&# Even narrowing the field as much as feasible, revenue multiples varied between 1.2x The “Multiples&# argument does work well in industries where company’s growth and revenue is highly predictable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

Managing to specific goals, priorities, and a plan. Preparation and management of funding. Even if you are not requesting outside funding, I would expect a clear process for sourcing and managing the investment you plan to apply. Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest.

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Entrepreneur Exit Strategy Metrics Operations 328

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2020

In that context, I offer the following financial projection strategies, from my own experience: Forecast a business that has plenty of room to grow quickly. Find some credible opportunity statistics that can support your own revenue expectations of between $20 million and $100 million in the fifth year.

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Liquidity Event Forecast Exit Strategy Bootstrapping 308

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2024

With her expertise, she’s boosted hundreds of agencies to millions in revenue, attracting premium clients willing to pay 50-600% fees. As a former business exit advisor, she crafts exit strategies, adding up to five figures to clients’ net profit monthly so they can focus on growth. But it's a very simple business.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Team: Who is on your management team? Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Your funding ask and exit strategy, if applicable. Maintain a positive online reputation for your practice as a key management technique. Do they self-pay or use insurance?

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Business Plan Technical Review Exit Strategy Oregon 72

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

For that, you need a great product and good financial management. Manage it well. When talking about financial management, it is the word “management” that is the most important. When talking about financial management, it is the word “management” that is the most important.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2023

Can this business grow to above $20MM to $50MM in annual revenues? Do you have a world-class management team? Is there an exit strategy for the investor(s) over time? Building a great business to create wealth for the entrepreneur at exit, means thinking of the exit strategies from the beginning.

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Exit Strategy Technology Revenue Conversion 114

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

by Arsalan Sajid, startup community manager at Cloudways. There is a complete process that governs the startup lifecycle including inception to exit. How much revenue are you generating on an annual basis? Is there an exit strategy? These partnerships need to bring in more revenue. Series A, B, C Funding.

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Startup Technical Cofounder Merger Early Stage 113

Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Team: Who is on your management team? Financial Summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Maybe you want to transition from being a solo real estate agent flipping houses on the ground to being a manager of a real estate team. Your funding ask and exit strategy, if applicable.

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El Paso Business Plan Technical Review Forecast 61

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I was having trouble managing remote teams and keeping track of their billable hours after working with them for a long, therefore Hubstaff was born. To put it another way, the better you are at risk management, the more profits you will be able to gain. It's like mixing high-stakes poker with the best strategy game ever.

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Entrepreneur Software Review LLC Web Development 142

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2018

Your business model must show the potential to increase the revenue with minimal expenditure in the coming months or years. Although it can be helpful for healthy growth, sometimes it can prove detrimental—companies that have received huge amounts of investment fail every day because they couldn’t manage the rapid expansion.

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SBA Angel Investor Technical Review Startup 84

Up and Running

MAY 17, 2017

Plus, you’ll always be prepared in case an opportunity or desire to sell arises in the future—it’s a smart idea to have an exit strategy. A business that is growing in revenue and earnings and trending upward will be more desirable to a potential buyer than a business that is declining. million in sales revenue.

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Acquisition Technical Review Revenue Exit Strategy 92

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

They are quite happy with a business that will turn into a profitable $20M company and dont necessarily need an obvious exit strategy. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 This is something Ive always wondered about. What can they do for funding, where can they go for help?

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The subscription box industry is growing rapidly thanks to a steady revenue model and tapping into people’s love for surprises. Financial summary : Project your revenue for the first few years. Companies that become a big subset of your revenue are likely strategic alliances, though, which is a later section. Key customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2014

Aggressive revenue projections and growth rate. Revenue in the fifth year should be at least $20 million, with a growth rate average of 100% per year. In other words, revenue projections are not the place to be too conservative or wildly optimistic. That’s why investors want to hear about your exit strategy.

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Liquidity Event Equity Venture Capital Merger 249

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

In addition, current investors want to see every startup go public or be acquired, as an exit event, so they can get their due return for that investment which has been tied up for the last few years. For these reasons, I always look for an overt exit strategy in every startup I might consider for an angel investment.

Exit Strategy 120

Exit Strategy Startup Valuation Acquisition 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2013

Aggressive revenue projections and growth rate. Revenue in the fifth year should be at least $20 million, with a growth rate average of 100% per year. In other words, revenue projections are not the place to be too conservative or wildly optimistic. That’s why investors want to hear about your exit strategy.

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Liquidity Event Startup Equity Venture Capital 243

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Functional areas are staffed and headed by experienced managers. Leadership at this point is shared between the founder and key functional managers. The founder is clearly in charge of each final decision, but seeks advice and council from experienced functional managers and the Board.

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Leadership Matching Exit Strategy Europe 120

BeyondVC

JULY 31, 2008

One of the next phases of growth and large revenue opportunities will be driven by what is captured every time you click on a page and move from site to site. Mobile carrier voice revenue is declining, and data revenue is the next huge growth area for carriers. Exit Strategy. Companies are bought and not sold.

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Jordan Exit Strategy IPO Semantic 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

A major angel group used Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. DealSheet and Sutton Place Strategies help private equity funds identify the best-positioned intermediaries (investment banks) for their sector. 4) Manage deal flow. Talent Relationship Management tools (e.g.,

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Management Team. In that case, you can dispense with details about the management team, funding requirements, and traction, and instead treat the executive summary as an overview of the strategic direction of the company, to ensure that all team members are on the same page. Management Team. Read more ». Read more ».

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

Managing to specific goals, priorities, and a plan. Preparation and management of funding. Even if you are not requesting outside funding, I would expect a clear process for sourcing and managing the investment you plan to apply. Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest.

Exit Strategy 155

Exit Strategy Metrics Operations Cost 155

Up and Running

MAY 4, 2015

In order to help entrepreneurs achieve funding success, she’s distilled the process into a series of manageable takeaways, and has even created a great format for a 10 minute pitch. Describe your revenue model. Describe your revenue model. State your exit strategy. Explain your solution. Describe your successes.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Houston 60

Berkonomics

APRIL 13, 2017

Can this business grow to above $20MM to $50MM in annual revenues? Do you have a world-class management team? Is there an exit strategy for the investor(s) over time? Building a great business to create wealth for the entrepreneur at exit, means thinking of the exit strategies from the beginning.

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Exit Strategy Technology Revenue Conversion 116

Gust

AUGUST 10, 2014

Aggressive revenue projections and growth rate. Revenue in the fifth year should be at least $20 million, with a growth rate average of 100% per year. In other words, revenue projections are not the place to be too conservative or wildly optimistic. Thats why investors want to hear about your exit strategy.

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Liquidity Event Equity Venture Capital Merger 176

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

But you'd certainly share the news that you launched your new website or reached $1M in annual revenues. To document your revenue model. Documenting the revenue model helps to address challenges and assumptions associated with the model. What is the company's exit strategy? Probably not.

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Business Plan Private Placement Exit Strategy Finance 128