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The Performance Appraisal - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

« Long term thinking -- for entrepreneurs | Main. |  It's at the very least a conversation starter.  It's at the very least a conversation starter. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Enter your Email.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

With a different business model, we wanted a name that didn’t sound like areal estate brokerage. My wife, Sarah, surprised me with a trip to Kohler, Wisconsin, for my 40th birthday. On the way north from the Chicago suburbs to Wisconsin, I thought it would be a great idea to have my own PR firm.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.

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Podcast: Having A Candid Conversation with Angel Investors.

Tim Keane

Podcast: Having A Candid Conversation with Angel Investors. Its a talk for Entrepreneurs (this recording is from the State Entrepreneurs Conference in June 2006) about how to select angel investors and also meet their expectations. Podcast: Having A Candid Conversation with Angel Investors. Resources for startups.

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How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan - Startups and.

Tim Keane

How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan. First develop a business model.  If the conversation goes in that direction it can be a bit of a problem. Sales growth month to month is based on having an inside sales person (initially the CEO/entrepreneur) making ten calls per day.

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Bootstrap your venture - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

.  A successfully bootstrapped start-up allows the entrepreneur to retain more equity (Gianforte hung on to 60% up to the IPO) and provides a lot more control and freedom from competing goals of various investors.  John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Resources for startups.

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Bottom Up Market Sizing - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

  By this time we anticipate competitive pressure and we will use leads acquired per day and time from conversions to sales as an early warning metric.   By this time we anticipate competitive pressure and we will use leads acquired per day and time from conversions to sales as an early warning metric. Google Ads.

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