Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

A financial buyer will analyze your numbers, past and forecast, to the n’th degree, and calculate the price based upon the result, after carefully comparing your numbers with those of others in the same and similar industries. Types of business buyers expanded. Negotiating with an emotional buyer.

Intellectual Property 240

Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Acquisition Forecast 240

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The subscription box industry is growing rapidly thanks to a steady revenue model and tapping into people’s love for surprises. Financial summary : Project your revenue for the first few years. Companies that become a big subset of your revenue are likely strategic alliances, though, which is a later section. Key customers.

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Business Plan Curation Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 63

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Your business plan isn’t complete without a financial forecast. Intellectual Property : Again, this mostly applies to technology and scientific ventures. But, if you have intellectual property that is proprietary to your business and helps your business defend itself against competitors, you should detail that information here.

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Set a specific time each month to review it , comparing forecasts to actuals and revising as necessary. Financial Summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Sales forecast : Projections of what you think you will sell in a given timeframe (1 to 3 years). Be specific.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

That’s because a company’s value is a composite of all of the quantitative and qualitative factors that comprise a company: revenues, expenses, risks, growth prospects, quality of the management team, competitive advantages, strength of the intellectual property, and so forth. Detail isn’t important; tracking your progress is.

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Intellectual Property .Net Valuation Distribution 223

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Revisit and update it regularly by comparing your forecasts to your actuals and adjusting as necessary. Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Sales forecast : projections of what you think you will sell in a given timeframe (one to three years). Be specific.

Business Plan 72

Business Plan Technical Review Exit Strategy Oregon 72

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

ISRAEL’S STATISTICS BUREAU FORECASTS 4% GROWTH IN 2010. The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) forecasts 4% growth for 2010 based on data it accumulated over the first nine months of the year. growth forecast for 2010 exports. In 2008, the company, which employs about 30,000 worldwide, reported revenues of $28.8

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Financial forecast and metrics. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

Remember you can’t sustain a business or social cause with no revenue or profit. The best differentiation is a patent or other intellectual property that also provides a barrier to entry. Generate a 5-year financial forecast from opportunity data. Be able to differentiate your offering from competitors.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Every customer understands that your solution has to generate more revenue than cost, but you should not put that data in a customer pitch. How you intend to beat specific competitors (business model, intellectual property) is a key investor decision criteria. “If Projected revenues and expenses over the strategic period.

Product 120

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Burn Rate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Financial forecast and metrics. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 7, 2016

But as deals get bigger analysis of forecasts and the financial impact on the acquirer become much more important. 10-20m revenues is the threshold for most high growth businesses that gets you into what I would call ‘large scale’ territory of $100m+ exits.

Acquisition 60

Acquisition Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Valuation 60

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

12:22] Would you look at the value derived by digital technologies differently than by producing customer value or revenue? [14:23] If only we could do amazing, you know, supply chain forecasting, right? [08:56] How does somebody start addressing what is essentially a line-by-line audit of everything they’re doing? [12:22]

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Assign real value to intellectual property. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. Particularly valuable are recurring revenues, like subscription amounts, that don’t have to be resold every period. This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

Valuation 270

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 270

Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2011

From the point of view of scientists and engineers in a university lab, too often entrepreneurship in all its VC-driven glory – income statements, balance sheets, business plans, revenue models, 5-year forecasts, etc. They may decide to license their intellectual property based on their research.

Engineer 287

Engineer Silicon Valley United States Intellectual Property 287

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Two essential lists: Startup costs normally include startup expenses and startup assets: Startup expenses: These are expenses that happen before you launch and start bringing in any revenue. So, a seasoned entrepreneur would round that up and add more, because forecasts are never exactly right. Assets are not deductible against income.

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Cost Balance Sheet Startup Intellectual Property 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Assign real value to intellectual property. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. Particularly valuable are recurring revenues, like subscription amounts, that don’t have to be resold every period. This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

Pre-Money Valuation 246

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 246

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Financial forecast and metrics. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Clearly define the customer, channel, and revenue model associated with this solution. In this section, you need to be passionate about revenue, profit, and volume growth. Financial forecast and metrics. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Assign real value to intellectual property. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. Particularly valuable are recurring revenues, like subscription amounts, that don’t have to be resold every period. This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Assign real value to intellectual property. Assign probabilities to active customer sales efforts, just as sales managers do in quantifying a salesman’s forecast. Particularly valuable are recurring revenues, like subscription amounts, that don’t have to be resold every period. This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

Valuation 234

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Startup 234

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

As an investor myself, I look for a balanced story focused on the major elements that drive profitability, including the following: A 5-year financial forecast achieving a positive cash flow early. The best advantage includes intellectual property to provide a barrier to entry or incent acquisition.

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Initial Public Offering Merger Acquisition 48

ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2015

Another scenario: you’ve been optimizing for 12 months and your revenue per customer has increased by 2%. So, we don’t actually ever have a perfect estimate of actually how much extra revenue was due to our testing, but I think that $200 million is a fairly reasonable estimate.” How do you explain this to the boss/client?

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PPC SEM Technical Review Conversion 48

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

A financial buyer will analyze your numbers, past and forecast, to the n’th degree, and calculate the price based upon the result, after carefully comparing your numbers with those of others in the same and similar industries. This is one of my favorite insights, since I lived this one in a positive exit from my computer business.

Intellectual Property 88

Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Acquisition Forecast 88

Transformify

AUGUST 5, 2021

The never-ending cycle of lockdowns and reopenings makes it impossible to forecast revenue streams and retain full-time employees. Most independent consultants and freelancers understand that their reputation is directly correlated to revenue growth and are ready to go above and beyond to address the requirements of their clients.''

Intellectual Property 59

Intellectual Property Technical Review Software Review Bankruptcy 59

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 26, 2019

Andrew and Petri had left game developer Rovio (of Angry Birds fame) and were creating a new games company called Seriously that would combine compelling intellectual property (characters), great narratives, and fun game play in a mobile-first application. Ok, I did occasionally pepper him with questions about Seriously.

Intellectual Property 33

Intellectual Property Finland Mobile Forecast 33

Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2015

Slide 5: Revenue model. Investors will expect to see your sales forecast, profit and loss statement, and cash flow forecast for at least three years. This can often be in the form of intellectual property licensing from a university or a key distribution partner who will be taking your product to market.

Forecast 60

Forecast Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 60

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

This would be the architect, business lawyer, intellectual property attorney, banker, insurance broker, real estate agent, label maker, hop grower, malt supplier, tank fabricator, and accountant.”. Within any model, there are things breweries can focus on to stand out and increase revenue. Hire the right team.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model.   In a bottom up approach, the forecast is built from actual user projections. This is why a bottom up approach is more credible.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

www.startupsmart.com.au

MARCH 8, 2011

Sisters networking for themselves 10 top iPad 2 apps for start-ups Forecasting your revenue the smart way ); Comments (2) Subscribe to this comments feed What a great article. How to set up a sales plan for 2011 Latest Features Articles : Don’t worry about the ‘e’ word Will journalists care about your start-up?

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

IP (Intellectual Property) Vendors Also Offer AI Accelerators. Helpful for predicting numerical values based on different data points, such as sales revenue projections for a given business. A Sample of AI GPU, FPGA and ASIC AI Chips and Where They’re Made.

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