Steve Blank
JANUARY 22, 2014
The reality is that the super vast majority of liquidity events are M&A and the majority of those are in the under $100M range. This learning and the measurements and metrics that surround it is what evidence based entrepreneurship is all about and what makes it a powerful tool for entrepreneurs, investors and accelerators.
Steve Blank
JUNE 23, 2016
As a consequence, corporations used metrics like return on net assets (RONA), return on capital deployed, and internal rate of return (IRR) to measure efficiency. These metrics make it difficult for a company that wants to invest in long-term innovation. Risk capital has provided financing for new ideas in the form of startups.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 13, 2012
In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Financial forecast and metrics. These investors want to know that you are thinking about a liquidity event – when and how they will get their money out, with ROI. Exit strategy.
Steve Blank
JULY 19, 2010
Where’s My Liquidity Event. Some VC’s feel that if a startup has grown past the founder’s ability to manage and scale (and hasn’t had a liquidity event,) they should be able to remove the founding CEO and (at best) walk them out the door with only the stock they vested to that day.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 13, 2011
In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Financial forecast and metrics. These investors want to know that you are thinking about a liquidity event – when and how they will get their money out, with ROI. Exit strategy.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 7, 2015
Of course, these should never be in a customer pitch, but investors expect an overall strategy with specific budgets, milestones and metrics. Startup investments are extremely risky, primarily because the stock has no value until a future liquidity event, such as an acquisition or public offering.
Gust
AUGUST 5, 2012
In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Financial forecast and metrics. These investors want to know that you are thinking about a liquidity event – when and how they will get their money out, with ROI. Exit strategy.
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