The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

One of the most significant benefits of a business partnership is its ability to boost revenue. Forbes mentions that Microsoft generates 95% of its commercial revenue from its partner ecosystem, adding about 7,500 new partners monthly. Similarly, Zoom has seen channel partners contribute to 40% of its business in Japan.

Early Stage 156

Early Stage Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property Startup 156

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

AI applications are already appearing in virtual customer assistants with speech recognition, sentiment analysis, automated/augmented quality assurance and other technologies providing customers with 24/7 self- and assisted-service options across channels. IP (Intellectual Property) Vendors Also Offer AI Accelerators.

Artificial Inteligence 425

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Algorithm Technical Review 425

Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Important aside : for those entrepreneurs that harbor the desire to sell but not the ambition to build a meaningfully sized, process-based organization should then focus their exit planning almost exclusively on technology and intellectual property development. And you know what? Yes, companies that sell are the good and lucky ones.

Intellectual Property 112

Intellectual Property Technical Review Revenue Reputation 112

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Intellectual Property : Again, this mostly applies to technology and scientific ventures. But, if you have intellectual property that is proprietary to your business and helps your business defend itself against competitors, you should detail that information here. Social Media. Manufacturers’ Representatives.

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. Most new teams are geographically dispersed these days anyway, so paying rent for an office should be differed to later stages when revenue is plentiful.

Hockey Stick 423

Hockey Stick Bootstrapping Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 423

Growthink Blog

MARCH 14, 2011

Important aside : for those entrepreneurs that harbor the desire to sell but not the ambition to build a meaningfully sized organization should then focus their exit planning almost exclusively on technology and intellectual property development. When they get knocked down, they smile, wipe their brow, and get right back in the fray.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Intellectual Property Revenue Technology 76

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

Every business needs revenue to provide investor returns and offset costs. Free” is not an attractive revenue model to investors. Popular revenue models today include recurring subscription charges, licensing, as well the traditional sale or lease model. Investors will demand clear channel definitions. Key partners.

Business Model 334

Business Model Intellectual Property Angel Investor Channel 334

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2021

Provide initial and long-term sources of revenue. Every business, including non-profits, need a viable source of revenue to cover the costs of operation and sustainability. The most attractive revenue model today for services is subscriptions, and for products it is sales and support. Patents are a good place for you to start.

Intellectual Property 332

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Business Model Channel 332

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. Most new teams are geographically dispersed these days anyway, so paying rent for an office should be differed to later stages when revenue is plentiful.

Equity 349

Equity Hockey Stick Bootstrapping Sweat Equity 349

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Focus on marketing and indirect channels to get the message out quickly.

Hockey Stick 386

Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Startup Non-Compete 386

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Even a non-profit has to generate revenue (or donations) to offset operating costs. No intellectual property. Intellectual property is also often the largest element of early-stage company valuations for professional investors. Don’t quit your day job until new revenue is flowing.

Intellectual Property 274

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral Early Stage 274

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Getting investors to trust you with their money is always a challenge, and it’s even more difficult in the early stages, where you don’t have a significant revenue stream, a few customers, or maybe even a product yet. Lack of intellectual property. Undefined business model or very low gross margins.

Due Diligence 308

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Startup 308

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2023

Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Focus on marketing and indirect channels to get the message out quickly.

Hockey Stick 339

Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Non-Compete Business Model 339

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

Every business needs revenue to provide investor returns and offset costs. Free” is not an attractive revenue model to investors. Popular revenue models today include recurring subscription charges, licensing, as well the traditional sale or lease model. Investors will demand clear channel definitions. Key partners.

Intellectual Property 250

Intellectual Property Business Model Angel Investor Channel 250

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Even a non-profit has to generate revenue (or donations) to offset operating costs. No intellectual property. Intellectual property is also often the largest element of early-stage company valuations for professional investors. Don’t quit your day job until new revenue is flowing.

Intellectual Property 251

Intellectual Property Startup Viral Early Stage 251

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

These included; identification of a compelling clinical need, large enough market, intellectual property, regulatory issues, and reimbursement, and whether there was a plausible exit. The heart of the therapeutics IRL also required “Proof of relevance” – was there a path to revenues fully articulated, an operational plan defined.

Incubator 318

Incubator Intellectual Property Startup Lean 318

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

That’s because a company’s value is a composite of all of the quantitative and qualitative factors that comprise a company: revenues, expenses, risks, growth prospects, quality of the management team, competitive advantages, strength of the intellectual property, and so forth. Detail isn’t important; tracking your progress is.

Intellectual Property 223

Intellectual Property .Net Valuation Distribution 223

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Getting investors to trust you with their money is always a challenge, and it’s even more difficult in the early stages, where you don’t have a significant revenue stream, a few customers, or maybe even a product yet. Lack of intellectual property. Undefined business model or very low gross margins.

Due Diligence 271

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Preferred Stock 271

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Focus on marketing and indirect channels to get the message out quickly.

Hockey Stick 278

Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Startup Non-Compete 278

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

In addition to the FTTH market, PMC-Sierra also provides semiconductor solutions for Enterprise and Channel Storage, Wide Area Network Infrastructure, and Laser Printer/Enterprise market segments. Shamir Optical reported revenues of $142 million in 2009, generated mainly in Europe and the United States, and has about 1,400 employees.

Israel 79

Israel Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Gust

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Even a non-profit has to generate revenue (or donations) to offset operating costs. No intellectual property. Intellectual property is also often the largest element of early-stage company valuations for professional investors. Don’t quit your day job until new revenue is flowing.

Intellectual Property 183

Intellectual Property Startup Viral Early Stage 183

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole. Focus is the keyword here. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2011

In addition, they demoed to the paper management research group at the Stanford Intellectual Property Exchange project (a joint project between the Stanford Law School and Computer Science department to help computers understand copyright and create a marketplace for content). If you can’t see the slide above, click here.

Cloud 238

Cloud Intellectual Property Lean Customer Development 238

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

Every business needs revenue to provide investor returns and offset costs. Free” is not an attractive revenue model to investors. Popular revenue models today include recurring subscription charges, licensing, as well the traditional sale or lease model. Investors will demand clear channel definitions. Key partners.

Business Model 143

Business Model Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor 143

ConversionXL

JUNE 10, 2020

and LaCroix doesn’t have much that distinguishes it from the competition in terms of intellectual property or added value,” Laurent Grandet, a beverage analyst for Guggenheim, told CNN. According to HubSpot , “brands that are consistently presented see an average revenue increase of 23%.”. Selection of channels?

Product 80

Product Social Media Intellectual Property Audience 80

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

Revenue streams are another critical component of your business model. Develop a marketing strategy that leverages both digital and traditional channels. It’s crucial to protect your intellectual property as well, including trademarks, patents, and copyrights.

Intellectual Property 158

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Business Model Bootstrapping 158

YoungUpstarts

JULY 15, 2020

Part of this adjustment is changing to fit a new sort of user experience; the other half is dealing with the level of competition and ad revenue from the spike in video marketing out there. Are you trying to build a personal brand or channel on Twitch? Do you produce videos for YouTube? What about other social media platforms?

Video 254

Video Social Media Channel Revenue 254

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

Potential investors love to see gross margins in the fifty percent range or greater, with recurring revenue through subscriptions, follow-on sales, or services. Intellectual property and sustainable competitive advantage. Five-year financial projections of revenue and expenses.

Product 145

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Valuation 145

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2016

Investors are wary of startups with no intellectual property, even with a first-mover advantage. Revenue and profit projections are not credible. Revenue and profit projections are not credible. Real customer revenue and thousands of new users represent traction and are the best indication of fundability.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Angel Investor Bootstrapping 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. Most new teams are geographically dispersed these days anyway, so paying rent for an office should be differed to later stages when revenue is plentiful.

Bootstrapping 120

Bootstrapping Hockey Stick Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Getting investors to trust you with their money is always a challenge, and it’s even more difficult in the early stages, where you don’t have a significant revenue stream, a few customers, or maybe even a product yet. Lack of intellectual property. Undefined business model or very low gross margins.

Due Diligence 120

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Seed Stage 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

Of course, they all prefer cash, but some may work for future revenue or startup equity. Win-win deals with competitors are always possible, for example, to reduce costs of a common component, to penetrate new markets, set industry standards, or share a sales channel. Investigate strategic alliance alternatives.

Merger 120

Merger Intellectual Property Startup Acquisition 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Every customer understands that your solution has to generate more revenue than cost, but you should not put that data in a customer pitch. How you intend to beat specific competitors (business model, intellectual property) is a key investor decision criteria. Projected revenues and expenses over the strategic period.

Product 120

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate 120