Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Experienced entrepreneurs understand investor expectations of Board representation, preferred stock, and payments based on interim milestones. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Ask only for the money you can justify. Naïve expectations on funding terms and process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Experienced entrepreneurs understand investor expectations of Board representation, preferred stock, and payments based on interim milestones. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Ask only for the money you can justify. Naïve expectations on funding terms and process.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Week three’s breakdown covered topics like how hard momentum is to turn around, and how participating preferred stock works. The first company started as a BBQ catering business, and eventually focused in on their most popular product, a dip made of blended up chicken plus various sauces. BACK 9 DIPS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Experienced entrepreneurs understand investor expectations of Board representation, preferred stock, and payments based on interim milestones. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Ask only for the money you can justify. Naïve expectations on funding terms and process.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2019

Be online: Consider your online domain name , especially if being found online is a key part of your business model. Also avoid misleading terms like “bank” or “insurance,” which some states outright prohibit if not applicable to your type of business. . Don’t let an overly-specific name restrict your product offerings later.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when).

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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. Term-sheets for preferred stock offerings are designed to protect the investor in case things don’t go as well as planned.

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