VC Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Despite the war, Israels technology industry presented record figures for mergers and acquisitions according to a new report from Vintage Investment Partners. Google DeepMind released GenCast , a very accurate weather forecasting model. Last but not least Spotify became the first European company to hit a $100 billion market cap.

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

These are some of the other issues that go into establishing financial practices for healthcare organizations: Larger healthcare organizations have greater bargaining power with insurance companies then smaller organizations, which affects decisions about mergers and partnerships.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 9, 2022

If you have a planned expansion or merger in the coming year, it will have a direct impact on your hiring processes. External factors can include things like changing regulations and a shortfall of particular professional skills in the labor market. Forecast Future Needs. This is called a gap analysis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Industry & market sizing. Start with the evolution of the overall industry, market segmentation, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Data from accredited market research groups like Forrester or Gartner is required for credibility. Avoid any statements like “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Industry & market sizing. Start with the evolution of the overall industry, market segmentation, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Data from accredited market research groups like Forrester or Gartner is required for credibility. Avoid any statements like “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.”

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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. Tiny markets may excite your passion but won’t sustain a business or leave you with a long-term positive legacy.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The realization of my idea started on an international trip when I was working as a consultant in mergers and acquisitions. My work took me all around the world and during one of these trips I was pleasantly shocked to see the prices at which designer perfumes and colognes sold for in some markets overseas. I mean why not?

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

So often I speak with companies that have charged ahead building an ultra-complex daily or weekly model with thousands of assumptions and complex dashboard outputs, when their potential investors simply want a high-level 24 month forecast with 12 months of reconciling historical data.”. HOW TO MAKE YOUR CELLS READABLE.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 27, 2020

Spikes in infections in many states, double-digit unemployment, consumer and lender concerns, and steep economic challenges in the wake of a long shutdown make it difficult to forecast if and when many companies will fully recover.

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thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Marketing Intern. Like hire a company to determine what the fair market value is for each of those companies as if they were to sell it. If the gestalt of the merger is expected to be significantly greater than the sum of the company values and cash, then the difference may be used as founders’ shares and split appropriately.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Industry & market sizing. Start with the evolution of the overall industry, market segmentation, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Data from accredited market research groups like Forrester or Gartner is required for credibility. Avoid any statements like “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.”

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Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Industry & market sizing. Start with the evolution of the overall industry, market segmentation, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Data from accredited market research groups like Forrester or Gartner is required for credibility. Avoid any statements like “All we have to do is get 1% of the market.”

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Ironically, the model is a good fit when launching a new product into an existing , well-defined market where the basis of competition is understood, and its customers are known. We had no clue what our market was when we first started. If it’s a new division inside a larger company, forecasts talk about return on investment.

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abovethecrowd.com

MAY 20, 2013

As Benchmark is a large institutional investor in Grubhub, we were actively involved in the merger process, and we are quite excited about the potential of the two companies coming together. Some pretty high-profile mergers have fallen apart because of this issue. And of course, we are afforded the advantage of greater scale.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Investors are looking for a concise description of your product or service without technical jargon or fuzzy marketing terms with value quantified in customer terms. How big and growing is the total market and your target segment? They like billion-dollar markets with double-digit growth rates.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 14, 2024

In a world where market conditions can change overnight, managing a business’s finances can feel like a daunting task. Managing Financial Uncertainty: The CFO Advantage Effective financial planning is the cornerstone of any successful business strategy, especially in an unpredictable market. This is where CFO services come into play.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets (Committee on Financial Services) hearing on “Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and the Need for Investor Protections” May 2021. IPO market. In the first quarter of 2021 alone, SPACs raised $87.9

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 4, 2025

This awareness also lays the groundwork for robust forecasting and meticulous risk management. Forecasting and Regulatory Changes Forecasting stands as a cornerstone for businesses looking to navigate seasonal fluctuations, streamline expenditures, and plan for expansion. Take Sam Allert, CEO of Reckon, for instance.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2018

It’s the kind of environment where people may think that concepts like business forecasting or change management are all well and good, but really the province of big businesses – not more fledgling organizations. It happens because they often neglect the forecasting and planning that helps them prepare.

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