Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The media tends to highlight experienced entrepreneurs who succeed with early new venture funding, like Uber’s Garrett Camp , but fail to point out the more common bootstrapping successes. A limited budget makes for a better business plan. Don’t quit your day job until the revenue is flowing.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Yet, investors and analysts demand it. If you can prove a business model, traction, and potential for a tremendous scale with the right backing, you could be a ripe target to be acquired. . Acquiring revenues can be very important. One of the most prominent reasons that big companies buy startups is for growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2017

Subscription business models have been around for a pretty long time, but thanks to modern technology, this model has evolved from milk or newspapers delivery to a versatile eCommerce experience. As a starting entrepreneur, you might wonder: why on earth would I want to start a subscription (box) business? Conclusion.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

As a result, the expectation is that you have to figure out a way to get to some level of momentum on your own (by bootstrapping) or with small doses of angel money - "drip financing" so to speak. In today's India, people with high-end engineering skills are in high demand. Gnosis India. You can register for the next roundtable here.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

You and your team must know how to think about problems from new angles and adapt to changing market and customer demands. If you’ve never written a business plan before, take a look at these sample medical startup business plans. At first, you need to focus on developing your business model and validating it.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In fact, remote work is on the rise – especially in the form of virtual assistants – and it’s one of the primary reasons why more small businesses are opting to outsource work. companies have increased their use of outsourcing, which is primarily done for cost-cutting reasons, followed by the ability to focus on their core business.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

Diving in a bit more into some thoughts here: 1b) Ad-based revenue streams generally have terrible unit economics. A typical ad-based revenue stream on a media website is around $5 per 1000 eyeballs ($5m CPM and give or take $1-$20ish CPMs). Unit economics are something I’ve found most entrepreneurs (and investors!)

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

Diving in a bit more into some thoughts here: 1b) Ad-based revenue streams generally have terrible unit economics. A typical ad-based revenue stream on a media website is around $5 per 1000 eyeballs ($5m CPM and give or take $1-$20ish CPMs). Unit economics are something I’ve found most entrepreneurs (and investors!)

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

To avoid these extremes, there are several questions which we use at Subbly whenever someone is either considering a subscription business model or just getting started. Is your business idea focused mainly on product promotion, or the service through careful experience design? So, the planning stage can feel high stakes.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model.   Pre-bubble Siliicon Valley deals were popularly valued at multiples of revenue.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Here are highlights of this study with my comments: "Declining revenues brought on by the 2009 recession have put additional pressure on small business cash flow, forcing many firms to make tough decisions around cutbacks." While cautious about the general economy, most small business owners expect their 2010 revenues to grow.

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Bryce Dot VC

JANUARY 5, 2015

VC funding can great for some companies, but it comes with a certain set of expectations that have an impact on everything from business model to company culture. My partner Tim bootstrapped his business to 9 figures in revenue without taking any outside investment. And revenue better still. .

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Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2010

For questioners, it provides an instant, on-demand team of experts who can answer those difficult questions. The current business model for expert consultants is a brick and mortar industry with revenues of about 1/2 a Billion dollars per year. GuruStorms has been completely bootstrapped thus far.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Is there a profitable business model? The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions. Can it scale?”

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Tim Keane

JUNE 22, 2006

If, however, the basic business assumptions that would make the idea interesting are proven to be achievable, the value may well leap to $2MM. If customer interest can be obtained in a live test involving revenue, valuation may rise again. If customer interest can be obtained in a live test involving revenue, valuation may rise again.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

A new system might be subject to delays, especially if demand from other breweries is high, but you’ll be able to design to your needs and specifications, and you’ll have support when issues arise (and they will). Friends and family are the most common backers, and many startups bootstrap. Do they have access to contingency capital?

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

A new system might be subject to delays, especially if demand from other breweries is high, but you’ll be able to design to your needs and specifications, and you’ll have support when issues arise (and they will). Friends and family are the most common backers, and many startups bootstrap. What you need to know about buying new.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

Jared: Yeah, I think initially the real focus of Padseeker is going to be an on-demand solution to create a website for property management. Jason: I don’t know what “on-demand solution” means. All you’ve proven is that you can make $200 a month in revenue off of some basic websites. Jason: In revenue.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

you can now have the engineer who is also decent in business or a laywer who can be an entrepreneur and all these other crosspollinations. Jones This is roughly how I bootstrapped my current startup (just raised a decent series B so things seem to be on the right track). link] Sunday links: « Colin J. From Nothing To Something.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

That means the vast majority of privately held companies are still very dependent on venture money to stay in business. Respondents deemed between 12%-16% of companies generating revenues to be essentially “worthless” and deemed 20%-26% of their pre-revenue investments to be “worthless.” Add to this that 72.7% just my 2 cents.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

I have come to believe during my time as an operator, entrepreneur and investor that the balance of these skills is so important to the long-term health of a business that if balance is not achieved early then the impact later can be profound - sometimes terminal. Spencer Fry , Founder of two bootstrapped companies.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

The programmer will probably not understand your business model, and therefore cant help you point out anything that doesnt make sense in the requirements. Yes its great to implement "task A", but will it drive revenue? Complexity often hides a poor business model. ", but probably "Version 0.x"

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