Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Revisit and update it regularly by comparing your forecasts to your actuals and adjusting as necessary. Your funding ask and exit strategy, if applicable. Sales forecast : projections of what you think you will sell in a given timeframe (one to three years). Use it as a tool, especially around your financials.

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Business Plan Technical Review Exit Strategy Oregon 72

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2020

For example, every investor I know can tell you about meeting a passionate entrepreneur who is pitching a great technology innovation, but has not done the financial homework on making it a good business. Thus the investor can’t visualize any return on investment (ROI), so the entrepreneur gets no money, and a good opportunity is lost to all.

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Liquidity Event Forecast Exit Strategy Bootstrapping 308

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Financial forecast and metrics. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Financial forecast and metrics. Exit strategy.

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Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

In this post, I want to lay out the details involved in how I first realized the opportunity, the formation of the business idea, the search for my supplier, the establishment and growth of the business, problems encountered and lessons learned, as well as the exit strategy that resulted in the $250,000 sale of the business.

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SEO PPC America Design 97

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Estimate your basic expenses and forecast sales to ensure that you can make a profit with your business. While we advise students and new entrepreneurs to do market research before they start, we’d like to clarify that you should not let ‘doing market research’ hold you up if you already know your market. Set up shop.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Financial forecast and metrics. Exit strategy.

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Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Many entrepreneurs scare away potential investors by claiming that their technology represents “truly disruptive technology.” It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Financial forecast and metrics. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

The Next Web

MAY 26, 2013

I recently asked a panel of nine successful young entrepreneurs the following question: What’s one CRITICAL, must-include item or data point for a software startup pitching an investor for the first time? Let the investor see the assumptions you’ve built into your financial forecast. Offer key financial metrics.

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Software Forecast Startup Exit Strategy 151

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

As a startup advisor and investor, I find that more and more entrepreneurs avoid using the term “profit” in pitching their new venture. Thus I was pleased and a bit surprised to see a new book, “ The Purpose Is Profit ,” by Ed “Skip” McLaughlin, an entrepreneur who has both succeeded and failed in starting multiple businesses.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy 120

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Beyond understanding your business strategy, investors will also want to understand your financial forecasts. As entrepreneur and investor Steve Blank likes to say, “No business plan survives first contact with a customer.”. Your financial forecast should help you figure this out. An exit strategy.

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Exit Strategy 138

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

That includes business owners and entrepreneurs at every stage of their business’ evolution, Rempel explains. What do you believe are some basic financial steps that entrepreneurs should do a better job of focusing on as they lay the groundwork for their new business endeavor – before they open their doors? .

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Founder CPA Dividend Exit Strategy 133

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

It was the biggest IPO the Australian market had seen all year , and sparked a flurry of subsequent listings – but ‘going public’ was not the only option we considered, and until we had progressed our exit strategy to near completion, it also seemed the most unlikely. Invest in your forecasts.

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Prospectus IPO Exit Strategy Private Equity 121

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Sloan put in place GM’s management accounting system (borrowed from DuPont) that for the first time allowed the company to: 1) produce an annual operating forecast that compared each division’s forecast (revenue, costs, capital requirements and return on investment) with the company’s financial goals. I find both intriguing.

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Silicon Valley United States RSS Customer Development 184

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Entrepreneurs who are looking to attract investors need to develop and pitch a plan -- preferably written -- that answers every potential investor question about your startup before it is asked. What are your forecasts for revenue, expenses and cash flow? Quantify founder investments, both cash and sweat-equity.

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Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

When pitching to investors, entrepreneurs always seem to start with a customer pitch, then add a slide or two about the business. Investors are business experts, while the entrepreneur is more likely the product expert. This allows them to calculate burn rates, break-even points and forecast the company valuation over time.

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Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate 120

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “ Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. For example, some private equity funds are quantifying their exit strategy in a concerted way. 3) Originate investments.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

As entrepreneurs, we all know the high-risk tradeoffs. Therefore, it is critical to ensure that you plan your trading strategy before you place any trades. Succinctly stated, if you do not trade based on tried and trusted strategies, you run the risk of losing your entire investment.

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Forecast Exit Strategy Stock Global 105

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

It has less focus on financial forecasting and a greater focus on the big picture. Entrepreneurs are always thinking about the future. Successful entrepreneurs do actually predict the future — they know what customers are going to want and when they’re going to want it. Successful entrepreneurs are also often wrong.

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Business Plan Lean Forecast Exit Strategy 83

Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Nelson suggests creating a projected sales forecast and planning how you’ll achieve it, realizing of course that you’ll make adjustments to these numbers as you grow. Nelson encourages up and coming entrepreneurs to get out to industry events, and strategically plan who they want to connect with. Be hyper-focused.

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Bootstrapping Cofounder Portland Burn Rate 107

Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Below is a list of the 10 most common mistakes, or sins, that we have encountered with entrepreneurs and past clients when trying to raise capital. Many first-time entrepreneurs or entrepreneurs with strong tech backgrounds waste too much business plan real estate on the technology section and only manage confusing the reader as a result.

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Business Plan NDA Exit Strategy Valuation 67

Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

The show has been around for a while; entrepreneur contestants pitch their business ideas in front of a panel of investors—the “sharks”—in hopes that one of them will want to invest in their idea. However, for those entrepreneurs, a whole new struggle begins after the show ends. Describe your exit strategy. Don’t be coy.

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Exit Strategy Angel Investor Search Elevator Pitch 90

Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

Most entrepreneurs are very focused on their product when instead they need to be focused on their customers and the problems those customers face. Investors will expect to see your sales forecast, profit and loss statement, and cash flow forecast for at least three years. Exit strategy. Slide 9: Financials.

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Forecast Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 60

Up and Running

AUGUST 16, 2017

In order to ensure that a business idea is sound, entrepreneurs should search for product validation by reaching out to their target consumers before sinking huge amounts of time and money into the project. No exit strategy for firing lazy co-founders. Anyone who has started a company knows that team conflicts are inevitable.

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Business Plan Hockey Stick Cofounder Salary 127