Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 10, 2011

Back in my IMVU days, I met with an investment banker who wanted to help us understand the M&A landscape. When we walked him through our business model and results, he explained that our options would be limited, because the main M&A community was feeling burned by companies like ours.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In describing the competitive landscape, show how your business model creates competitive advantages, and – more importantly – defensible barriers to entry. Download Growthink's business plan template and finish your business plan today. Need help with your business plan? market research).

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Venture Capital Business Plan Technical Review Private Placement 129

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

After stints as a technology investment banker, a dot-com entrepreneur, and a product manager in Silicon Valley, I moved to Los Angeles in 2006. For the last couple of years, I’ve been investing in startups as a partner at Mucker, while spending a lot of time in the Valley working with potential co-investors and partners.

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Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 27, 2014

A couple of days later, the Journal reported that Snapdeal, an Indian e-commerce site, was in talks to raise a round of financing (led by Credit Suisse) that would potentially value the company at $1 billion. Often these investors will invest with terms that protect their investment in return for the larger checks they are writing.

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Technical Review Valuation Venture Capital Investment Bankers 63

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? The ability to answer quickly and confidently when your business model is having holes poked in it during diligence is really powerful. This is an open-ended query and the most important question.).

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Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Rob Go

JANUARY 18, 2012

Nick Beim (Gilt, The Ladders, JBoss) was a consultant and investment banker. Some of the legends of the business are so far removed from their operating days that it’s probably a real long shot to say that they bring direct operating experience informed by their prior roles.

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Operations Technical Review Investment Bankers Cofounder 50

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

So, you know, I, I have kids that are in their thirties and I'm envisioning a purple dinosaur that I did a a lot of watching with, but I guess there's also Smith Barney, which is certainly in the finance space, but I'm sure you have and Barney. Amanda Dixon (01:29): The store. John Jantsch (01:29): Oh, right, right, right.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Cofounder Valuation 93