The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

Although we got some early traction, we were unable to prevent a bankruptcy from happening in October 2011. Most investors will sooner or later do an extensive due diligence anyway, so spend a little more time in advance to make sure you will be prepared for the future. Develop a strong backbone. Most start-ups fail.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 2, 2017

When Satya and I started Homebrew in 2013 one of our bets for the coming decades was that non-traditional acquirers would become more aggressive in their pursuit of technology startups. We had our first taste of this trend playing out early in 2016 when GM acquired self-driving tech startup Cruise for north of $1b.

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Technical Review Cap Table Acquisition Startup 119

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 31, 2023

But, with the evolving technology and plenty of lease accounting software solutions in the market, you don’t have to worry about human error in your lease accounting journal entries. As a result, being unaware of regular expenses can lead to overspending, cash flow problems, and even bankruptcy.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Rebranding is one way to overcome the odds of a partnership breakage or a bankruptcy, showcasing the good points of your business. Give the important people in your organization due credit and never forget their contributions. Be Ready With Advanced Technology. Why are you rebranding your business? Treat your brand as a hero.

Technical Review 149

Technical Review Software Review Bankruptcy Equity 149

Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2017

His company had marched through customer discovery, learning about the customer problem, validated solutions and was now scaling sales and marketing. I had taken the job of VP of Marketing in a company emerging from bankruptcy. Drive that demand into our sales channels. Educate our sales channel(s). All good news.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 30, 2020

I owned a mortgage company when the mortgage industry crashed and lost almost everything pushing me to the brink of personal bankruptcy. I realized that this was an opportunity to solve a huge problem for an entire generation of parents and their kids using technology. Thanks to Jen Ohlson, Interactive Health Technologies ! #5-

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur. I believe that huge financial, productivity and technical gains come from new innovation rather than derivative thinking. He said that data suggests people prefer to “buy high, sell low.&# And so it goes in tech investing. Or a quick flip.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. Before Jobs returned to the business in 1997, its sales, and popularity all steadily declined for 12 years, nearly driving it into bankruptcy. Thanks to notably Erin LaCkore, LaCkore Couture ! #8-

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

by Larry Light, CEO of Arcature and co-author of “ Six Rules of Brand Revitalization: Learn the Most Common Branding Mistakes and How to Avoid Them “ Early this year, The Limited shut down its 250 clothing stores and not long after that the women’s apparel chain announced it was filing for bankruptcy protection. Here are four: 1.

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Private Equity Bankruptcy Technical Review Leadership 127

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 5, 2017

by Larry Light, Chief Executive Officer of Arcature and co-author of “ Six Rules of Brand Revitalization: Learn the Most Common Branding Mistakes and How to Avoid Them “ Early this year, The Limited shut down its 250 clothing stores and not long after that the women’s apparel chain announced it was filing for bankruptcy protection.

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Private Equity Bankruptcy Technical Review Leadership 113

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Story and technology enthusiasts will now be able to choose How, When & What they experience starting January 2021. Due to this, I’ve opted to take four-day workweeks and/or during flexible hours. Recent studies have shown that due to the ongoing pandemic, online presence has risen exponentially in all sectors.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Our categorization is not a technical one. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”. —> Individual company bankruptcy risk —-> Traditional Equity VC . Technology-centric businesses. Technology-centric businesses.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

I spent two weeks of December in Chile as a guest of Professor Cristóbal García, Director of EmprendeUC at the Catholic University of Chile , which just signed up a 3-year collaboration partnership with Stanford’s Technology Ventures Program. Yet the copper companies import nearly 100% of the advanced technology they use.

Silicon Valley 335

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). Poorly calculated LTVs can become BVs (bankruptcy values). Gross margin positive != The reason one would accept losses is when they are investments in fueling faster growth.

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Metrics Cost Acquisition Startup 150

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

By boosting short-term sales figures via discounts which lure in new customers, for instance, you can convince business lenders that your business is enjoying a surge in growth and is thus an ideal candidate for a loan. This means bolstering your cash flow to the greatest extent possible. Stability is the key towards getting a loan.

Bankruptcy 106

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 24, 2010

Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates. The license agreement's primary purpose, then, is to get past the customer's legal team quickly, because they stand between you and a sale. Is there progress on getting the sale done?

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Software Review Technical Review Sales Software 233

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2014

You can pour your heart and soul (and life savings) into a venture, do all your due diligence, toil 80- and 90-hour weeks, and just when you’re on the verge of a breakthrough, a dark horse competitor sweeps in and decimates your market share. Or a key vendor declares bankruptcy. Treating technology as a magic bullet.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

For a startup, sustained revenue is of paramount importance: a paucity of sales in one month could lead to bankruptcy the next. Review your terms carefully. Professionalisms client management revenue sales Scott Tarlow startup Success Systems' By Scott Tarlow, founder, president and CEO of Success Systems.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

The biggest week of the year for tech and startups in Austin, Texas as South by Southwest (SXSW) descends upon the city from March 19–15. Bose will be demonstrating the new technology to app and device developers in a fun, informative setting. There are a zillion things to do, both official and unofficial?—?so Did I miss something?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff. This is akin in the US to having sales staff in NY, SF & LA with your HQ in one of these locations. But it wasn’t just about company structures.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

How to Win Clients, Double Profit, and Grow Your Home Service Sales. Joe’s “don’t worry about it” mentality, is rooted in his blue-collar upbringing where his father often provided services for free, and once nearly led him to bankruptcy. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 29, 2012

I’m posting my analysis of the most interesting story of Shark Tank season 4 episode 7 over there, and reviewing the rest of the pitches here. It had done about $30,000 in sales in a little over a year, and had emerged from a natural trade show with interest but no orders. You never get just one offer to invest in your company.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

I get company portfolio requests (review board packs, sign legal docs, help with fund raising, review a new candidates resume, help with press release, request for meeting to discuss topics, etc.). I like customer service but I also need to do sales, marketing, finance & operations. I read 95% of my email.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

The message, the customer data, the ability to reach current and prospective customers, drive new sales as well as repeat sales, experiment with new ideas and offers, and so much more. I dare say even more than Search (and without a shred of doubt, more than Social Media). Because you control everything. That is okay.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Billion in investments across a range of industries, including technology, sustainability, traditional and alternative energy, mining, construction services, transportation, and healthcare. The company was facing significant cash flow issues and was on the brink of bankruptcy. The firm has made more than $4.5 ARIF BHALWANI: Sure.

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JANUARY 1, 2014

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2016

After reviewing cumulative data, ConversionXL highlighted just how vital speed is to conversions : “57% of visitors will abandon a page that takes 3 seconds or more to load.”. “47% Amazon carried out their own research in this area and discovered that, for every 100ms of page load time, there was a 1% decrease in sales. Identification.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2014

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

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MARCH 17, 2014

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Up and Running

JUNE 25, 2014

You may be a manufacturer or a distributor and you can buy the products that you sell for pennies on the dollar because one of your suppliers is having a fire sale. It’s automatically taken out of your account either a percentage of your sales or a fixed amount. No minimum sales from the sales standpoint.

Small Business 89

Small Business SBA Finance Bankruptcy 89

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

I can see the correlation, but the conclusion implies a causality that may or may not be there ("the product sales exceeded all internal projections!"). From that analysis, they could identify the incremental sales in country X compared to Y, Z and A. Facebook works. The case study seemed to contain a rookie mistake.

Metrics 165

Metrics Advertising Marketing Social Media 165

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

Technically, the start-up is insolvent from the day they take the first dollar of investment. Others will attempt fire sales. Many others may end up filing for bankruptcy or doing an assignment for the benefit of creditors (ABC). How Much Diligence is Due. Why Invest in an insolvent company? ► February. (1).

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

Think about this as well, those high tech, high growth companies we all hear about all the time, Uber, and Twitter, and Airbnb, they all plan. Uber is looking for a certain type of tech-savvy, business traveler, city dweller, who’s looking to change the way they transport themselves and not use cabs, and not use limo services.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. . Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? Remember again that the three major steps to a sale are: Why buy anything?

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2015

Whether you think your craft is entrepreneurship, or in my case, it’s writing and communication, maybe it’s sales, maybe it’s making whatever widget that you make. They’re out of work and Michael was kind enough to give the review and a recommendation for that book. The question is how do I get good?

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