ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. For these businesses, it is imperative to get funding from the start without which the company cannot be set up. Bridge or exit stage.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Having only a large capital base and distribution channels, with no innovation, is not a sustainable business model. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models.

Offshore 120

Offshore Startup Merger Technical Review 120

Up and Running

JULY 22, 2014

Major corporations use pro forma statements to illustrate projected numbers, like in the case of a merger or acquisition, or to emphasize certain current figures. your “cost of sale” or “cost of goods sold” (COGS)—keep in mind, some types of companies, such as a services firm, may not have COGS. how you make money.

Balance Sheet 148

Balance Sheet Forecast Equity .Net 148

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

Picking the right attorney in your startup is as important as picking the right business partner. You can’t underestimate the importance of selecting an attorney who “gets” your business model, your market opportunity, and most importantly, your fundraising and exit strategy. How much time do they have for you?

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Dilution 118

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

Angel Investor 342

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Venture Capital Portfolio 342

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

Angel Investor 314

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Venture Capital Startup 314

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. New business relationships mean new perspectives and new executives working on the opportunity.

Merger 243

Merger Acquisition Startup Bandwidth 243

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. New business relationships mean new perspectives and new executives working on the opportunity. Marty Zwilling.

Acquisition 214

Acquisition Merger Startup Bandwidth 214

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The realization of my idea started on an international trip when I was working as a consultant in mergers and acquisitions. In America, the cost of doing business is very high. Essentially by cutting as much of the supply chain as possible, and lowering the cost of doing business (i.e. by operating online).

SEO 97

SEO PPC America Search 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars. Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. The large investment amounts preferred by VCs are no longer needed to launch winners.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Startup Portfolio 260

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Shows positive value for both the customer and the business. They are looking for solutions that will reduce their costs by 20%, or double productivity, or cut traffic accidents by a third. Employs a profitable business model with customer traction. Evidence in the form of data is important here.

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Initial Public Offering Merger Acquisition 48

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. New business relationships mean new perspectives and new executives working on the opportunity.

Entrepreneur 249

Entrepreneur Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 249

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

After the dot.com bubble collapsed, venture investors spent the next three years doing triage, sorting through the rubble to find companies that weren’t bleeding cash and could actually be turned into businesses. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. Visibility.

Internet 335

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

The approach I recommend is to build the investor presentation first, by iterating on the bullets with your team, and then fleshing out the points into a full-blown text-based business plan document. Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Business model.

Elevator Pitch 247

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 247

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. For a family business, don’t project an exit.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came early. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. New business relationships mean new perspectives and new executives working on the opportunity.

Startup 232

Startup Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 232

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. For a family business, don’t project an exit.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

An alternative approach, which I prefer, is to build the investor presentation first, by iterating on the bullets with your team, and then fleshing out the points into a full-blown text-based business plan document. Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Business model.

Elevator Pitch 235

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 235

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

The approach I recommend is to build the investor presentation first, by iterating on the bullets with your team, and then fleshing out the points into a full-blown text-based business plan document. Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Business model.

Elevator Pitch 234

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 234

YoungUpstarts

JULY 27, 2020

One of the things that happened in the recession of 2008 was people refused to face reality, and it cost them everything, their savings and retirement. You’ll have a little nest egg now as opposed to spending all of it trying to bail the business out. A lot of people are going to do that. Don’t drag this out. Be flexible. .

Merger 205

Merger Forecast Early Stage Small Business 205

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

It’s meant to support and grow a business until an “exit” in the form of an IPO, a merger or acquisition, or in less than ideal scenarios, a company shutdown. Morgan credit card business to acquire tons of Square customers at a very low cost. That is the nature of this business - starting a company is incredibly hard.

Lean 108

Lean Venture Capital Conversion IPO 108

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

"Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says. Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity. Over the past year or so, work-for-equity arrangements have become an integral part of Arizona Bays business model.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. For a family business, don’t project an exit.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Explain the business model. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. For a family business, don’t project an exit.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

The approach I recommend is to build the investor presentation first, by iterating on the bullets with your team, and then fleshing out the points into a full-blown text-based business plan document. Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Business model.

Elevator Pitch 146

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

ReadWriteStart

JULY 17, 2023

Furlenco’s innovative business model has disrupted the traditional furniture industry in India. On the other hand, Sheela Foam will benefit from Furlenco’s innovative business model and expertise in the furniture rental space. The platform has raised over $225 million through equity and debt financing to date.

India 104

India Acquisition Merger Curation 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2015

Even mergers and acquisitions (M&A) came quickly. In many cases business opportunities with competitors (coopetition) will open up a new marketing channel, and definitely give you the cost advantages of scale. New business relationships mean new perspectives and new executives working on the opportunity.

Merger 120

Merger Acquisition Differentiation Channel 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

How does your business model make money? Good causes such as feeding the world’s hungry may help your marketing but may not sustain a business. The business model has to clearly define who is your customer, market penetration expected, how much customers pay versus total costs and the investment required to sustain cash flow.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

It’s misleadingly precise to have two digits to the right of the decimal in a CAC/LTV multiple for year 3 of your forecast (“Customer Acquisition Cost”/”LifeTime Value of Customer”). In addition to summary financial statements, include an output of key metrics like acquisition costs, lifetime value, cohort retention, etc.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet Software Review Forecast Acquisition 60

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And, as the industrial revolution showed us, there are some real costs to scale. What makes this tricky is that markets evolve, and an innovative technology or business model can transform a normal market into a Glengarry Glen Ross market. To blitzscale successfully, you need a successful business model.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

Berkonomics

JUNE 4, 2015

When I hear a company pitch a business model which I believe has the potential to acquire a customer once, and keep the customer paying for a multi-year period without further marketing expense, my ears perk up. Typical examples are software as a service (SaaS) models, or any kind of content-driven subscription model.

Revenue 48

Revenue Acquisition Houston Merger 48

ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

Sales reps are also likely to be familiar with Salesforce because it’s the most widely used CRM, reducing onboarding costs for companies that use it. There are five types of moats: Low-cost production; High switching costs; Network effects; Intangible assets; Efficient scale. Low-cost production. High switching costs.

Non-Compete 122

Non-Compete United States Networking Acquisition 122

Transformify

AUGUST 1, 2022

When you go global you are providing your business access to a new talent pool and a different technology. This can bring down operational or production costs permitting the companies to improve their profit margins. Moving some divisions of your business to foreign countries is not a new concept. Improvement in profit margins.

Global 52

Global Merger Singapore Technical Review 52

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Everyone agrees that successful business partnerships can provide cash for growth, reduce costs, provide new geographic markets, or bring whole new customer sets to the table. If the value is channeled to one beneficiary, with more cost and effort to the other, the equation won’t work for either.

B2B 388

B2B Matching Partner Algorithm 388

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The project was so low cost they did not even want to bother with it. Also if one has a portal that is massive in ideas such as Yahoo, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and YouTube combined like my own without third party back ends it cost a pretty penny to build a custom one if one did not know about clones etc. All what you said is so true.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Right out of Graduate School, I started my career with one of the big four accounting firms in their M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) practice. I travelled all over the world wherever business deals were happening, gained tremendous experience and exposure to the Corporate landscape, and learned invaluable life lessons in my career.

Internet 87

Internet Technical Review Stock Due Diligence 87