Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Make sure your plan answers every relevant question that you could possibly imagine from your business partners, spouse, and potential investors. Don’t expect them to believe your $100M revenue projection, if you are still waiting for the first revenue dollar. Get a real customer and real revenue. Only real results count.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Make sure your plan answers every relevant question that you could possibly imagine from your business partners, spouse, and potential investors. Don’t expect them to believe your $100M revenue projection, if you are still waiting for the first revenue dollar. Get a real customer and real revenue. Only real results count.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Make sure your plan answers every relevant question that you could possibly imagine from your business partners, spouse, and potential investors. Don’t expect them to believe your $100M revenue projection, if you are still waiting for the first revenue dollar. Get a real customer and real revenue. Only real results count.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

Google is focused on expanding its already broad reach into the advertising market by increasing the span and coverage of its digital and mobile platforms, and the company’s 4Q14 results highlight how the company’s efforts to buttress its core services is paying off: Google’s revenue and gross profit climbed 15.3% billion and generated $4.1

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 Such comparisons can only be made for companies at the same stage of development, in this case, for pre-revenue startup ventures. As can be seen the average (mean) pre-money valuation for recent pre-revenue deals is $2.1

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? Look for examples of similar companies and revenue multiples achieved from acquirers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

These days you can create a C-corp or LLC online quickly at a low cost, to serve you well in signing partners, intellectual property, investors, and revenue. You need to recruit advisors, key partners, and cofounders well before approaching investors. Prepare a pitch deck to document and share your plan.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Sam Cimino, Sales Manager SW of YouTube/Google As YouTube’s Southwest Regional Manager, Sam is responsible for generating revenue across YouTube and the Google Content Network which comprises a media network that reaches nearly 80% of all internet users worldwide. He has written several books on intellectual property law.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 19, 2012

If someone buys the product, Looqiloo shares revenue with the product distributor and the reviewer. But Price was concerned about the intellectual property rights. If they're not, then I'd be concerned about what their intellectual property rights are," he said. The accuracy was really high," Dillon noted.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. To buy innovation companies can buy intellectual property, acquire great teams, buy-out another company’s product line or even buy entire companies. Everything I’ve been talking about smart companies have already figured out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

They come at the early stage while a startup has no revenue or valuation, so professional investors are hard to find. Provides networking with cofounders and strategic partners. In today’s fast moving market, the basic product development cost and time are critical to survival. Now is the time to catch the wave and just do it yourself.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2016

by Jeff Stark, Audit Partner at Sensiba San Filippo. Watch out for complex areas such as accounting for revenue, inventory, contingencies, equity instruments and consolidation. Any intellectual property should be properly documented in order to avoid question of ownership. Books and records. Employees and contractors.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

One of the most significant benefits of a business partnership is its ability to boost revenue. Forbes mentions that Microsoft generates 95% of its commercial revenue from its partner ecosystem, adding about 7,500 new partners monthly. Similarly, Zoom has seen channel partners contribute to 40% of its business in Japan.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2016

by Gadiel Morantes , chief revenue officer at Early Growth Financial Services. Intellectual property matters are just one way these problems can materialize. Gadiel Morantes is the chief revenue officer at Early Growth Financial Services , which addresses the lack of on-demand financial support available to startups.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

No matter what you do, you want to make sure that in the process that you protect your intellectual property, have non-disclosure agreements in place, if possible non-circumvents. What is a huge success for me in the terms? Lock down rights and security. Balance the risks to your reputation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? Look for examples of similar companies and revenue multiples achieved from acquirers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? Look for examples of similar companies and revenue multiples achieved from acquirers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

In fact, an entrepreneur friend of mine, who made millions on her marketing expertise, asserted recently that most inventors fail in business because they refuse to believe that any business expertise or experience is worth more than 5 percent in partner equity. Intellectual property is a business issue, not a technical issue.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 27, 2018

It partners with many companies/inventors and splits the licensing revenue 50-50. Intellectual Ventures is another such company. Maybe the market for your intellectual property is diminishing or the technology is becoming less relevant. It is one of the top five owners of US patents.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. Most new teams are geographically dispersed these days anyway, so paying rent for an office should be differed to later stages when revenue is plentiful.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Luckily I didn’t have to – a friend ended up texting me and my business partner, suggesting the name Codal. My business partner, Adam Hale, and I were both in Fort Wayne, Indiana when the company was founded. It’s code and portal combined, and it just took someone close to us to. understand what we were going for.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Feasibility requires the teams to figure out what are the key activities, resources and partners they would need to deliver their product or service to their beneficiaries and their State Department sponsors. They’re also focusing on developing relationships with and getting buy-in from key partners like the Red Cross and other NGOs.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Feasibility requires the teams to figure out what are the key activities, resources and partners they would need to deliver their product or service to their beneficiaries and their State Department sponsors. They’re also focusing on developing relationships with and getting buy-in from key partners like the Red Cross and other NGOs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

Every business needs revenue to provide investor returns and offset costs. Free” is not an attractive revenue model to investors. Popular revenue models today include recurring subscription charges, licensing, as well the traditional sale or lease model. Key partners. Key resources.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Fortunately, the internet makes it easier than ever to connect and partner with subject-matter experts who will show you exactly how to outsource as an entrepreneur. These principles will help you calculate your costs, successfully plan , and understand what needs to be done on your end to ensure your partners get the job done right.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. Most new teams are geographically dispersed these days anyway, so paying rent for an office should be differed to later stages when revenue is plentiful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2021

Provide initial and long-term sources of revenue. Every business, including non-profits, need a viable source of revenue to cover the costs of operation and sustainability. The most attractive revenue model today for services is subscriptions, and for products it is sales and support. Outline your key activities to win.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Does each business partner own an equal portion of the business? 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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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. But what does that really mean? Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Property Rights. The intellectual property of one company may be licensed to another company in different countries. Each license needs to be individually negotiated, so the rights of the intellectual property holder are maintained by each company in their commercial transactions. Find a Partner.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Even a non-profit has to generate revenue (or donations) to offset operating costs. No intellectual property. Intellectual property is also often the largest element of early-stage company valuations for professional investors. Don’t quit your day job until new revenue is flowing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue).

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We will also seek first-mover STEM recruiting customers in order to generate revenues.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

Modista had only had modest revenue to date (~5K) and had by no means gotten to the point where it was having an impact on the revenues of Like.com. But using your big VC dollars to put fledging startups out of business, that’s just in bad taste. The purpose of this post isn’t to debate the pros and cons of software patents.

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