Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Uber , Zenefits , Tanium , Lending Club CEOs of companies with billion dollar market caps have been in the news – and not in a good way. None of this was law, and nothing in writing required this; this was just how these firms did business to protect their large institutional customers who would buy the stock. Board Control.

Founder 281

Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 281

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

I think this is a combination of being realists as venture capitalists that outsized returns in our funds must come from taking on bigger, more impactful projects that can move markets. Could we produce this at cost? Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology?

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence CTO Hire 418

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Equity is stock, but private company stock has no market value until the company goes public or is sold or merged with another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event.

Exit Strategy 376

Exit Strategy Startup Private Equity Equity 376

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Paul Graham provides what is roughly the core formula for equity at any point in The Equity Equation : You can use the same formula when giving stock to employees, but it works in the other direction. Suppose further that he's going to cost $60k a year in salary and overhead, x 1.5 = $90k total. Stock vests for 4 years.

Early Stage 391

Early Stage Equity CTO Hire Sweat Equity 391

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2021

A smart investor will take an independent final reading in the market on barriers to entry, active competition, demographics, and price sensitivity. Sales and distribution channel activity will be analyzed, as well as cost of customer acquisition, to make an independent assessment of your financial projections. Marty Zwilling.

Technical Review 379

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Bankruptcy 379

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Whether its a missed order update, slow response times, or errors in manual processes, the cost of these inefficiencies can be significant. The Impact of Delays on Startups Delays go beyond being inconvenient; they create tangible harm to startups trying to establish themselves in competitive markets.

Artificial Inteligence 143

Artificial Inteligence Customer Technical Review Operations 143

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Airbnb convinced travelers to part with 100% of their booking cost up front and then they pay out the required amount to hosts when the stay actually occurs. The straight cost of revenue line is only ~25% of revenue implying a 75% gross margin, assuming you were looking at this in a simplistic revenue / COGS / gross profit manner.

North America 401

North America IPO Prospectus Europe 401

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For example, “We just patented a new battery technology that will cut your smartphone charge time and cost in half.” If your goal is a large national corporation with more than 100 investors, and multiple classes of stock, you might prefer a C-Corp or S-Corp. Quantify the market opportunity in business terms.

Business Plan 423

Business Plan Product Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch 423

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Can you imagine investing in the stock market where your price was determined at a future date and the better that company performed the HIGHER the price you paid for that investment. This has worked very well in the 2009-2012 time frame because the tech market has boomed in this period. I’m starting to hear it more often.

Ratchet 354

Ratchet Liquidation Preference Equity Stock 354

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Investors are showing an increased appetite for new stocks, with a good percentage of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Cost of entry for a startup is at an all-time low. The world is a now single market, both homogeneous and heterogeneous. The median deal size is back over $100 million.

North America 320

North America Incubator Initial Public Offering Valuation 320

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. People today put great stock in the online feedback from other customers, and they note how and if you appear to be listening and responding. Produce marketing events to get visibility and attention.

Technical Review 355

Technical Review Social Media Channel Flash 355

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Equity is stock, but private company stock has no market value until the company goes public or is sold or merged with another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event.

Exit Strategy 289

Exit Strategy Entrepreneur IPO Startup 289

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

If the customer need is obvious and large, the calculated risk is in the quality of your solution, your team, and marketing. Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Use metrics to measure results of marketing initiatives. Schedule frequent updates to your solution to maintain growth.

Management 322

Management Entrepreneur Forecast Stock Options 322

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A smart investor will take an independent final reading in the market on barriers to entry, active competition, demographics, and price sensitivity. Sales and distribution channel activity will be analyzed, as well as cost of customer acquisition, to make an independent assessment of your financial projections. Marty Zwilling

Technical Review 296

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Bankruptcy 296

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

If the customer need is obvious and large, the calculated risk is in the quality of your solution, your team, and marketing. Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Use metrics to measure results of marketing initiatives. Schedule frequent updates to your solution to maintain growth.

Forecast 304

Forecast Stock Options Technical Review Metrics 304

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Equity is stock, but private company stock has no market value until the company goes public or is sold or merged with another company. IPO – public company initial public stock offering. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event.

Exit Strategy 264

Exit Strategy Private Equity Equity Technical Review 264

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. ” Fire, Ready, Aim. IPOs dried up.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Nobody wants to leave their loved ones in a cold, impersonal dog kennel not to mention the costs of doing so. Companies like DogVacay solve a real need in the market. We got along and shared stories about the startup market. They called the local dog kennels with trepidation. “Oh s**t.” What to do?

San Diego 344

San Diego Technical Review Seed Capital Sacramento 344

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 1, 2018

by Brian Sutter, Director of Marketing, Wasp Barcode Technologies. As you look through the list below for some big ideas to apply to your marketing this year, some will sound familiar. 2018 isn’t a year to completely throw out everything you’ve learned about marketing before. Yes, Facebook will be harder to do marketing on.

Small Business 187

Small Business Marketing Technical Review Social Media 187

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2014

If the customer need is obvious and large, the calculated risk is in the quality of your solution, your team, and marketing. Even non-profits need revenue to cover their costs, and continue to provide services. Use metrics to measure results of marketing initiatives. Schedule frequent updates to your solution to maintain growth.

Startup 283

Startup Forecast Stock Options Technical Review 283

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

When Sloan arrived at GM in 1920 he realized that the traditional centralized management structures organized by function (sales, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing) were a poor fit for managing GM’s diverse product lines. Modern Corporation Marketing. auto market. car market. General Motors had 20%.

Michigan 301

Michigan Cofounder Stock Forecast 301

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Maintaining your team’s passion and freedom to focus first on innovating for customers are only a couple of the reasons for thinking hard before you seek money from crowdfunding, angel investors, venture capital organizations, or attempt to qualify for a public stock offering. Pivots become a source of pain rather than positive learning.

Bootstrapping 310

Bootstrapping Advisory Board Startup Venture Capital 310

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The law firm has done its job of preparing the stock option requests, board meeting minutes, 409a valuations. This can include: Fund raising, product development choices, sales, marketing effectiveness, competition, business development, M&A … whatever. We travel by airplane to sit around considering 0.02% stock grants?

Stock Options 226

Stock Options Metrics Stock Valuation 226

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing. Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Investment risk management.

Analytics 257

Analytics Entrepreneur Retention Social Media 257

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

By presenting readers with sub par content, you are putting your business at risk of losing valuable word-of-mouth marketing. Do spelling errors cost companies…millions? According to BBC , one entrepreneur has said that poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost revenue for internet businesses.

Cost 124

Cost Social Media Audience Software Review 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big change in the numbers soon, even with recent stock market rallies. Typical costs for startups today range from $250,000 to $1 million, even if the offering does not go through.

IPO 218

IPO SEC Prospectus Technical Review 218

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing. Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Investment risk management.

Analytics 248

Analytics Retention Social Media Startup 248

Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

Initially, a startup has no business model and no market share to defend. But often the legal obstacles confronting startups have been put in place by companies that look to the government and regulators as their first line of defense against new market entrants. Startups can do anything. to stifle competition.). What can a company do?

Startup 306

Startup New York City Valuation Distribution 306

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big change in the numbers soon, even with recent stock market rallies. Typical costs for startups today range from $250,000 to $1 million, even if the offering does not go through.

IPO 210

IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 210

The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

By taking the time to understand the companies, industries, and markets you’re investing in, you’re increasing your chances of making a profit. When researching stocks, many people rely on financial charts like those from financecharts.com to help them make informed decisions. public companies.

Technical Review 148

Technical Review Due Diligence Stock Portfolio 148

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

, but informally I’ve observed the following things, which follow a pattern that can be identified and counteracted: The initial marketing channel quickly saturated , so growth stalled at a non-zero but unsustainably-low rate. The initial marketing channel was sustainable for a while , but got wiped away due to external forces.

Software Review 294

Software Review Channel Revenue Non-Compete 294

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

It is faster and costs less than traditional tax services. Lower Cost Using tax software isn’t expensive either; it typically costs between $25 to $120. Detailed Attention to Complex Tax Situations Complex tax situations, like owning a business or having stock investments, need detailed attention. million by 2026.

CPA 158

CPA Software Review Technical Review Stock 158

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

If you have strong marketing skills and good web sense, running a dropshipping business can be very lucrative. Suppliers Running Out of Stock. But without your own warehouse full of stock, it can be difficult to ensure the products you sell are always available. Most of the problems dropshippers face come from supplier issues.

Software Review 158

Software Review United States Business Model Stock 158

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Let’s say your organization is already using digital for marketing and e-commerce, but you are not truly “digitally driven.” But market research shows that consumers today have massive cynicism today about what brands “say” about themselves. REASON 2: You Need to Gain the Efficiencies to Be Cost-Competitive. Bottom line?

Valuation 264

Valuation Technical Review Revenue Operations 264

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Fast-forward to today—Apple is the most profitable Smartphone company in the world and in Spain Android commands a market share of more than 90%. Its worldwide market share of Smartphones has dwindled to 5%. Apple owned 0%.

Private Equity 330

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 330

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 3, 2020

By 2001, he was invested in the stock market and witnessed a unique situation where the stock market was in a tumble and, simultaneously, real estate was going up. Analysis of the CRE Market in the US. When these leases are up and rates increase by a couple of points, it could negatively impact the entire market.

New York City 126

New York City Marketing Technical Review New York 126

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The e-commerce service provider engages users with many facilities such as: Affordable packages for small businesses include a $9 lite version of Shopify which small businesses can use on Facebook for marketing and jumpstart their own businesses with fewer resources. Cost : Free. Cost : $1500 per month after a 14-day trial period.

Artificial Inteligence 182

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Analytics 182