Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

Yet a creative collaboration with your biggest competitor may be the best opportunity for revenue and survival. As a result of our increased coverage and wider range of solutions, we both gained revenue and credibility, while reducing marketing and development. You have to take the risk, but keep your wits about you.

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Partner Non-Compete Merger Technical Review 225

YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2018

Think of financing an acquisition as an exercise with two parts that work in concert: 1) structuring a desired deal with a suitable target and 2) obtaining the funding. Synergies might include new revenues, reduced costs, or the generation of cash for debt repayment or to fund some of the transaction’s integration costs.

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Acquisition Finance Raleigh Mezzanine 124

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

We had been working on a merger between BuildOnline and a competitor called iScraper. My contact at ETF told me that Apax had called them and told them that they were planning to fund iScraper on their own without the merger and that ETF should back their deal rather than ours. .&# (quote via David Fishman ). But we did $2.1

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Germany Entrepreneur Merger Los Angeles 298

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Five Quarters of Profitability During the 1980’s and through the mid 1990’s startups going public had to do something that most companies today never heard of – they had to show a track record of increasing revenue and consistent profitability. There was now a public market for companies with no revenue, no profit and big claims.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 236

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The investment round also featured participation from existing investors Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Clal Tech, Harel Insurance and Finance, and Greycroft. In total, the prolific app developer has accumulated over 500 million downloads worldwide across Android and Apple users, bringing its 2021 revenue to date up to the $200 million mark.

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Private Equity Developer Venture Capital Merger 142

ReadWriteStart

JULY 17, 2023

The platform has raised over $225 million through equity and debt financing to date. In the financial year ending in March this year, the startup generated a revenue of $18.5 This could lead to a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the industry, with larger players acquiring smaller ones to gain a larger market share.

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India Acquisition Merger Curation 104

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

I, you know, if it doesn't okay, you know, it doesn't work, but I'm gonna give somebody my life and my finances and, you know, trust is gonna be a big deal. They do get more complicated as you get larger, but really, uh, revenue recognition is a phrase. A lot of them are trying to maintain. We've looked at a few.

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CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 85

Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Bow String Advisors specialize in Mergers and Acquisitions, Raising Capital, and providing Financial and Strategic Advisory services to the Health Care Staffing Industry. . The truth is economies change, revenues change, and sometimes things just happen. The impact of a decrease in price is a reduction in profit.

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CPA Software Review LLC Technical Review 76

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

We will invest pre-revenue and even pre-product if we have discovered the right team in the right kind of market. You had a very interesting perspective on the AOL/Time Warner merger. With this strategic position, and their prescient understanding of where the industry was going, it is hard to argue with the concept of the merger.

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Cofounder Merger Founder Venture Capital 277

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Last week , we took the plunge and began dissecting an example term sheet for a convertible debt financing round piece by piece. In Part II, we looked at the mandatory conversion language that is at the heart of any convertible debt financing. Same, except at the option of the noteholders (per the term sheet example above).

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Finance Term Sheet Pre-Money Valuation Early Stage 107

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2015

This compensation can come in the form of a stock option , a stock appreciation right, or a similar financial instrument, which can potentially be quite lucrative for employees at the time of a merger, acquisition or initial public offering (IPO). A company can have value, even if there is no current income or revenue.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Finance | Tuesdays. Financing a Small Business. Financing A Small Business. Personal Finance. Even with the turmoil in the capital markets in the second half of 2007, it was another record year for merger and acquisition activity. Arizona Bay has also blended equity payments with revenue-sharing deals.

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Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Using licensees is an excellent way to boost your revenue without the need to hire and external sales force. 3 Mergers, Partnerships and Acquisitions. However, many banking institutions refuse to finance small business operations because of their risk profile. Finding Funding for Your Growth. Wrapping Up.

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LBO Merger Social Media Startup 64

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

Until 1995 startups going public typically had a track record of revenue and profits. Suddenly there was a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. The size of the red bars (IPO’s) versus blue (mergers and acquisitions) illustrates that while venture-backed startups did get acquired, the IPO market was booming.

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Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 306

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.) Read on for a fuller explanation.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2015

With over thirty years of experience, Rothman cemented his Gutsball ethos in the 2002 HP/Compaq merger, a deal that married Compaq’s global reach with HP’s technological prowess and resulted in a state-of-the-art finance and leasing company now producing over $3.5 billion in annual revenue.

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Merger Leadership Employee Matching 100

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Shamir Optical reported revenues of $142 million in 2009, generated mainly in Europe and the United States, and has about 1,400 employees. In 2008, the company, which employs about 30,000 worldwide, reported revenues of $28.8 In 2009 it boasted revenue of $4.49 KOREA’S POSCO SIGNS AGREEMENT SEEKING ISRAELI R&D.

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Israel Bandwidth Framework Forecast 80

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The new generation of public SaaS companies is also growing faster, reaching a $100 million revenue run rate in five to seven years today versus 10 to 15 years a decade ago. Finance, Market cap as of Oct 2009 and Oct 7, 2019 This public market momentum is continuing to accelerate with 24 SaaS IPOs in 2018-19 compared to 17 in 2015-17.

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Europe Israel IPO API 48

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. How to investment banks help with the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) process? Venture Financing. Revenue of ~$160mm in 2008. This is often in the 5-7% range.

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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Up and Running

JULY 20, 2015

Most simply, cash flow statements very quickly tell the story of how much revenue a company has coming in (inflows), and how much it has going out (outflows). Your organization’s operating activities include everything that relates to how you generate revenue. Financing activities. Operating activities.

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Dividend Balance Sheet .Net Merger 60

Hearpreneur

MAY 15, 2016

I’ve worked in the finance for over 12 years. For example, ater working with a handful of small businesses, I realized buzz words like “SEO” were often thrown about as a way to generate revenue, but few knew how to make them work for their business. Thanks to Annie Kip. #5 5 – Following My Vision. Photo Credit: J.K.

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Entrepreneur SEO Web Merger 48

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Some people talk about building disruptive technology companies – companies that are “cloud” – based, high revenue growth, and profitable. How to finance a tech. business via an “ Early Exit ” strategy, including how to creatively access the public markets via a merger into a public shell And much, much more!

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Technology Merger Exit Strategy Affiliate 67

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In November of this year, the company announced that it had achieved “substantially” more than $1B in revenue in the third quarter. Assuming a marketplace rake of something like 11%, this would imply gross room revenue of over $9B for the quarter — which would be $36B annualized. billion of GSV (gross services revenue) across 2.0

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Google realized that being the way to find the world’s information was a blitzscalable market, thanks to the network effects in its AdWords revenue engine. In other words, what percentage of sales are available to pay for growth, and to reward investors for financing that growth. The third is high gross margins. Of course not.

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Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

The Startup Lawyer

MARCH 11, 2010

Each time a new set of docs get released, I don’t cringe because it means I then have to remove the hockey stick from my revenue projections. I welcome these and future standardized seed funding docs because they provide entrepreneurs with the chance to take a look at financing terms. Myth #3: Standardized Docs = Open Source Law.

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Delaware Hockey Stick Preferred Stock Open Source 49

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Financing, that is.I One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans). ProfessorVC.

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

The Startup Lawyer

MARCH 11, 2010

Each time a new set of docs get released, I don’t cringe because it means I then have to remove the hockey stick from my revenue projections. I welcome these and future standardized seed funding docs because they provide entrepreneurs with the chance to take a look financing terms. Next up: the model reincorporation merger kit).

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Delaware Hockey Stick Preferred Stock Open Source 45

VC Adventure

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Federated shares Lijit’s focus on publishers (“the best of the independent web”), but unlike Lijit, who helps publishers generate revenue through better monitizing their non-premium inventory, Federated sells unique, high value premium inventory across their federated group of publishers.

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Denver Acquisition Channel Advertising 100

Jason Ball

JANUARY 24, 2011

I always kick off the year with a quick retrospective of M&A activity, with graphics thanks to my friends at ICON Corporate Finance , based here in sunny London. Remember that Playfish was acquired by EA in 2009 for $300M, which was reported to be 4x revenues.). January… a month for reflecting and prioritizing the new year.

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IPO Valuation Acquisition Portfolio 33

VC Adventure

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Federated shares Lijit’s focus on publishers (“the best of the independent web”), but unlike Lijit, who helps publishers generate revenue through better monitizing their non-premium inventory, Federated sells unique, high value premium inventory across their federated group of publishers.

Denver 48

Denver Acquisition Channel Advertising 48

www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

M&A and Finance. Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. Finance/Accounting. Mergers and Acquisitions. Assn/Non-Profit. B2B: Business Media. City & Regionals.

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Social Media Rhode Island Media South Dakota 40

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Small” IPOs — companies with less than $50m in annual revenue at the time of IPO – have declined from more than 50% of all IPOs in the 1980-2000 timeframe to about 25% of IPOs from 2001-2016; Companies are staying private much longer — the median time to IPO from founding hovered around 6.5

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SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Professionally, I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), may also be called a Chartered Accountant (CA) on your side of the globe, a Finance Charter-holder and a Certified Financial Planner. Right out of Graduate School, I started my career with one of the big four accounting firms in their M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) practice.

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Internet Technical Review Stock Due Diligence 78