Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

Who would have forecast that entrepreneur Gary Ross Dahl would make millions by starting a “ pet rock ” business way back in 1975? Investors like to see new intellectual property as a barrier to entry. Investors expect to hear annual revenues, average margins, customer acquisition costs and sales pipelines.

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Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence Angel Investor 134

Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

The need becomes obvious as soon as you recognize that you don’t know how much money you need, and when you need it, without laying out projected sales , costs, expenses, and timing of payments. The projections include sales, costs, expenses, and cash flow. A typical financial plan includes: Sales forecast. Marketing and sales.

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Business Plan Technical Review Lean Forecast 119

Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Can I afford the cost of any adjustments that need to be made? With fill in the blank templates, powerful financial forecasting tools, and lender approved pitch designs you’ll go from template to a full business plan in no time. . Protect any intellectual property you may own by applying for copyrights, trademarks, or patents.

Software Review 153

Software Review Exit Strategy Technical Review Business Plan 153

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Set time aside to sit down and revise the plan , comparing forecasts to actuals and revising as necessary. . Financial Summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Sales forecast : Projections of what you think you will sell in a given timeframe (1 to 3 years). Be specific.

Business Plan 154

Business Plan Technical Review Forecast Software Review 154

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

This would be the architect, business lawyer, intellectual property attorney, banker, insurance broker, real estate agent, label maker, hop grower, malt supplier, tank fabricator, and accountant.”. Cash must be available to cover costs and offset delays. Estimate brewery startup costs. Hire the right team. he explains.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 11, 2019

And you’ll know whether your idea can make enough money to cover your costs and turn a profit – before you spend a cent. Check your business name doesn’t conflict with that of another business, by looking up the free online registers provided by the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand and the NZ Companies Register.

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Intellectual Property New Zealand Forecast Naming 62

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.

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Intellectual Property .Net Valuation Distribution 223

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

With the total cost of each box in hand, calculate a price with at least a 40 percent profit margin, as suggested by CrateJoy. For example, the men’s hair product box might cost $39.95 per month, but if you commit to subscribing for a year, its monthly cost will drop to $36.95. Startup costs. Fulfillment. Milestones.

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Business Plan Curation Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 63

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Revisit and update it regularly by comparing your forecasts to your actuals and adjusting as necessary. Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Sales forecast : projections of what you think you will sell in a given timeframe (one to three years). Be specific.

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Business Plan Technical Review Exit Strategy Oregon 72

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

The costs associated with patenting your technological or creative boon, successfully bringing your product to market and compelling larger companies to come to the table and negotiate a royalty deal rests in how you proceed. Master the Art of Trend Forecasting (or Onboard Someone to Do it For You).

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Intellectual Property Forecast LLC Acquisition 157

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

What will it cost to start that business? Many people underestimate startup costs and start their business in a haphazard, unplanned way. Estimating realistic startup costs is one of the key elements of your financial plan. What are startup costs? It’s always a guess—but you can make it a good educated guess.

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Cost Balance Sheet Startup Intellectual Property 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Assign real value to intellectual property. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. If you are still losing money, skip ahead to the cost approach. Calculate replacement cost for key assets (cost approach).

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 270

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. The most credible sizing approach is to do your financial model first with the volume, cost, and pricing parameters you want. Financial forecast and metrics.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Set a specific time each month to review it , comparing forecasts to actuals and revising as necessary. Financial Summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. They often do not want to renovate a property themselves and would prefer to quickly move into a flipped home.

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El Paso Business Plan Technical Review Forecast 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. The most credible sizing approach is to do your financial model first with the volume, cost, and pricing parameters you want. Financial forecast and metrics.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

As an investor myself, I look for a balanced story focused on the major elements that drive profitability, including the following: A 5-year financial forecast achieving a positive cash flow early. They are looking for solutions that will reduce their costs by 20%, or double productivity, or cut traffic accidents by a third.

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Intellectual Property Initial Public Offering Merger Acquisition 48

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Assign real value to intellectual property. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. If you are still losing money, skip ahead to the cost approach. Calculate replacement cost for key assets (cost approach).

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 246

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

And frankly, we we're, we're far enough down the learning curve here that I know we're putting sort of a lot of intellectual property out in the world through publishing this book and, you know, anybody that can have it and therefore, you know, do you, do you need to call us or not? And we wanna see the world do better.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Assign real value to intellectual property. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. If you are still losing money, skip ahead to the cost approach. Calculate replacement cost for key assets (cost approach).

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Startup 234

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

Content marketing, social media, and email campaigns can be cost-effective ways to engage your audience and build brand awareness. This involves careful budgeting, financial forecasting, and cash flow management. Understand your costs, both fixed and variable, and plan your finances accordingly to sustain operations and fuel growth.

Intellectual Property 158

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Business Model Bootstrapping 158

Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Assign real value to intellectual property. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. If you are still losing money, skip ahead to the cost approach. Calculate replacement cost for key assets (cost approach).

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Explain in terms your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. The most credible sizing approach is to do your financial model first with the volume, cost, and pricing parameters you want. Financial forecast and metrics.

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. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. The most credible sizing approach is to do your financial model first with the volume, cost, and pricing parameters you want. Financial forecast and metrics.

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  In a bottom up approach, the forecast is built from actual user projections.   It is very expensive if you’re the entrepreneur since it doubles the cost to the company of paying dividends to the entrepreneur.   In a bottom up approach, the forecast is built from actual user projections.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

By profit, I simply mean offering a product or service to customers for a price that exceeds the total costs associated with the solution, thus providing some basis for recovering sunk costs and generating a return for stakeholders. Customers typically won’t switch to a new vendor for less than a twenty percent cost advantage.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy 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. Competitor positioning and sustainable competitive advantage.

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Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate 120

ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2015

According to an article on Duke University’s website , “A stationarized series is relatively easy to predict: you simply predict that its statistical properties will be the same in the future as they have been in the past!”. He continues: “You can be costing your company millions and think that everything is better by relying on pre/post.

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PPC SEM Technical Review Conversion 48

Up and Running

AUGUST 8, 2013

You can protect your intellectual property and designs with copyrights, patents and trademarks. Financial forecast. You should, when carrying out your business research, have spoken to a number of suppliers to gain some insight in to the production costs of your product or service. Details of the product or service.

Limited Liability Company 78

Limited Liability Company Intellectual Property Private Equity Business Plan 78

Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

Investors will expect to see your sales forecast, profit and loss statement, and cash flow forecast for at least three years. This can often be in the form of intellectual property licensing from a university or a key distribution partner who will be taking your product to market. Slide 9: Financials. Partnerships.

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Forecast Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 60

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

Engineers can input design goals into AI-driven generative design software , along with parameters such as performance or spatial requirements, materials, manufacturing methods, and cost constraints. GPT-3 uses 175 billion parameters and was trained on a cluster with 1,024 Nvidia A100 GPUs that cost ~$25 million! Example here.

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Artificial Inteligence Software Review Algorithm Technical Review 425