Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2021

The average amount per startup has been $23,000, usually in the form of a convertible loan, rather than an equity investment. Friends and family are quick to differentiate between a passionate hobby and a sincere effort to change the world. Their logic is that if your family won’t invest in you, then why should they?

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Sweat Equity Elevator Pitch Equity Venture Capital 346

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The average amount per startup has been $23,000, usually in the form of a convertible loan, rather than an equity investment. Friends and family are quick to differentiate between a passionate hobby and a sincere effort to change the world. Their logic is that if your family won’t invest in you, then why should they?

Sweat Equity 274

Sweat Equity Elevator Pitch Startup Equity 274

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Here are some, IMHO, differentiated metrics. Be willing to put in the sweat equity. [Allow me to rush and add that while Omniture has a hack to bring some twitter data into Site Catalyst to do something, Google Analytics has nothing. Not even something that is not useful. So perhaps GA stinks even more.]. Missed the contest?

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Social Media Analytics Metrics Media 125

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

This is also the place to first mention patents and any other differentiators that put you ahead of competition. Quantify founder investments, both cash and sweat-equity. How big and growing is the total market and your target segment? Justify funding requirements, use of funds and specify a current valuation estimate.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2015

The average amount per startup was $23,000, usually in the form of a convertible loan, rather than an equity investment. Friends and family are quick to differentiate between a passionate hobby and a sincere effort to change the world. Their logic is that if your family won’t invest in you, then why should they?

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Equity 120

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Your product must solve an actual need, have a profitable market size, differentiate itself from the competition, generate sufficient interest from your target market, be cost-effective to produce in a timely manner, and have a clear marketing path. If there isn’t enough differentiation from competitors, the venture will fail.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review NDA 41

Up and Running

JANUARY 24, 2014

Investors want to hear about your first customers, other investments put into the company (including your own sweat equity), key media placement, signed letters of intent (LOI) to purchase/partner, product and customer milestones, key hires, etc. It always surprises me how frequently this is left out of pitches.

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Sweat Equity Churn Rate Forecast Business Model 138