Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000. The valuations for acquisitions were nothing like the Internet bubble, but there was a path to liquidity, difficult as it was. Every startup wanted to believe they could get acquired like YouTube for $1.4

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

The business plan should address all key questions, including valuation, funding needed, use of funds and exit strategy. Highlight existing presence on the Internet and social media. In today’s world, if your startup is not visible on the Internet, you haven’t started yet. Simplicity is preferred at this stage.

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mashable.com

MARCH 20, 2014

Brett Farmiloe , Internet Marketing Company. Whats your exit strategy? Before accepting an offer with a startup, ask what their exit strategy is, and make sure youre on board. During the interview, bring up the question you had from your experience. What are your founders goals?

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 25, 2011

The following article details my personal top 10 methods to make money from the Internet. In the case of business, I want to ensure that there is a profitable exit strategy. In Brisbane where I live, before the Internet there was a newspaper called the Trading Post that was published every two weeks.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

So, if you reference Software as a Service, you might want to add, “A piece of software you access through the internet and is paid for on a subscription basis, like Salesforce.com.” Your dentist may want to invest in your new software, but she doesn’t know what SaaS is, and Software as a Service doesn’t help her, either.

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Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

He told Alexis that they needed to build the front page of the internet. This is where the ‘exit strategy’ comes in. An exit strategy is not your plan for when the business fails, but rather, your strategy for returning money to investors. Heading home a day after the pitch, Alexis got a call from Paul.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Facts: A startup does not necessarily have to begin with an exit strategy in mind. Leverage the power of the Internet to reach a global audience. Myth #3: All startups begin with a financial end goal in mind—the desire to sell out their company at a high profit. What is a Startup?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

So here are the most common exit strategies and considerations these days for planning purposes: Merger & Acquisition (M&A). But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%. To some, an exit strategy sounds negative.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Let’s take an example – In the case of an internet or app business, the user traction and market penetration is a must. Establish a competitive advantage. The next reason is to establish a competitive advantage over your competition and quickly acquire a substantial market share.

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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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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

. —– I’ve lived through several technology infrastructure waves; the Unix business, the first AI and VR waves in the 1980’s, the workstation wave, multimedia wave, the first internet wave. Exit Strategy. Exit Strategy was building the penultimate planning tool. Really impressive process.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 16, 2014

community in many ways, including his weekly Internet TV program on entrepreneurism, and participation in several mentoring programs. . Exit strategy planning, including determining what happens when one partner leaves, if closing the business, if selling the business, creating a mutual buy/sell agreement, and more.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2011

This article picks up from that point onward, discussing the challenges we ran into once we went into operation mode, the invaluable lessons that only first-hand experience can teach, the exit strategy which was the $250,000 sale of the website, and finally my overall concluding thoughts on the entire experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. At any rate, it seems only appropriate that social media sites, which have dominated the Internet over the past few years, will likely lead startups back into the IPO game.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

The Lean Business Plan dispenses with the formalities that are needed when presenting a plan externally for a loan or investment and focuses almost exclusively on business strategy, tactics, milestones, metrics, budgets, and forecasts. Market growth. Explain how your target market has been growing or shrinking in recent years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Get your Internet domain name and website. It should answer every question an investor or associate might ask, including current valuation, funding needed, and exit strategy. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial Angel screening.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up: Face-to-Face Interaction No matter how small the internet has made the world, experts still recommend in-person networking as the No. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 1 way to recruit talent.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

I had a lot of fun learning what the internet could do for me. In fact, my first website I can’t show you, because I don’t think we have internet access, but I had a Geocities website in 1999 for a card game I used to play called Magic the Gathering. I was getting more into internet marketing and trying to ramp up my income.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Exit Strategies. Strategy and Planning. Internet and Online Business. During the first Internet boom, companies that provided services to tech start-ups were all too happy to work for stock. Financing A Small Business. Business Taxes. Selling A Business. Bookkeeping. Personal Finance. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING.

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 23, 2013

So you’re taking your idea to the internet, and creating a web startup. An exit strategy. Congratulations! You’ve done the hard work of developing your team, testing your prototype, and getting your initial seed funding. Now all you have to do is launch your startup and start shipping your products or services.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Exit Strategies. Strategy and Planning. Internet and Online Business. Financing A Small Business. Business Taxes. Selling A Business. Bookkeeping. Personal Finance. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Leadership. Human Resources (HR). Employee Benefits. SALES & MARKETING. Online Marketing. Advertising. TECHNOLOGY. Business Software.

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Up and Running

JULY 15, 2016

These measures are part of an ongoing attempt by the Chinese government to enhance control of the information spread on the (Chinese) internet and to shield its domestic tech companies from foreign competition. Ideally, you should have an exit strategy in place before you even incorporate.

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Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Get your Internet domain name and website. It should answer every question an investor or associate might ask, including current valuation, funding needed, and exit strategy. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial Angel screening.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

. —– I’ve lived through several technology infrastructure waves; the Unix business, the first AI and VR waves in the 1980’s, the workstation wave, multimedia wave, the first internet wave. Exit Strategy. Exit Strategy was building the penultimate planning tool. Really impressive process.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Meyler Capital is taking the analytical rigor of modern internet marketing and applying it to fund marketing. For example, some private equity funds are quantifying their exit strategy in a concerted way. 2) Raise capital. The historic capital-raising process is driven by face-to-face networking and salesmanship.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Meyler Capital is taking the analytical rigor of modern internet marketing and applying it to fund marketing. . Some private equity funds are quantifying their exit strategy in a concerted way. A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

Aptly to the point, Basil is the author of a great book – “ Early Exits: Exit Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors.” His core thesis is that successful private equity investing is now driven by quickly getting to the smaller investment exit.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Check track record on the Internet and social networks. Ask the investor for “references,” meaning contacts at companies where previous investments were made. Don’t just call, but personally visit these contacts. Do a simple Google search like you would on any company or individual before signing a contract.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 5, 2011

Yaro Starak Podcasting Get your bonus copy of my book "How To Start An Internet Business & Make Your First $1,000 Online" Download Here. The only way to get past this is to do more interviews. Practice breeds comfort and a comfortable host makes for a better podcast. Get busy interviewing.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The early history of MySpace is inextricably intertwined with that of Intermix, a small-cap publicly traded Internet company in Los Angeles where I worked as corporate counsel from 2004-06. MySpace was incubated by a small team of employees within Intermix in 2003 (Chris DeWolfe, Tom Anderson and four others).

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 21, 2021

For example, if you are a digital marketing agency, the space you select needs to be equipped with stable and reliable internet connectivity. In these cases, you need an exit strategy. Additionally, it should be flexible in accommodating infrastructural changes that may be necessary for the course of your business.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2015

See Also Planning for the Future: Your Exit Strategy. There’s a lot of information floating around on the internet (and the in world in general) about how you “have to do SEO” or you “must do Facebook and Instagram marketing,” and the list goes on and on. How do I reach these targets?

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I despised every minute of it, which is why I decided to establish an internet business. You will also learn how to establish exit strategies for unfavorable situations as well as how to maximize excellent ones. Instead of watching TV or trolling the internet I thought I'd try my hands at coding. I didn't like it much.

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BeyondVC

JULY 31, 2008

This includes investments in companies like Greenplum , which is powering the back-end data warehousing for a number of high profile Internet companies for targeted advertising; and Peer39 , which provides semantic advertising solutions by using natural language processing and machine learning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2021

There really is no excuse these days, with samples on the Internet, business-plan books in every bookstore, and dozens of apps to automate the process. A great business plan doesn’t have to be a book in length, with extensive financial statements.

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BeyondVC

JULY 31, 2008

This includes investments in companies like Greenplum , which is powering the back-end data warehousing for a number of high profile Internet companies for targeted advertising; and Peer39 , which provides semantic advertising solutions by using natural language processing and machine learning. Exit Strategy.

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