discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

where I can learn about how to build a sweat equity team? Rather, it is a proposal for sweat-equity investors. Andrew Badera Thursday, October 09, 2008 Deleting … Approving … I quite agree, Andrew, that the equity partners need to have a hand in guiding the enterprise. The key here is motivation.

Sweat Equity 40

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment. 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. When did this effort really start, including pivots?

Sweat Equity 207

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment. 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. When did this effort really start, including pivots?

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Burn Rate Technical Review Intellectual Property 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment. 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. When did this effort really start, including pivots?

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate 120

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. The MVP took around four months to build, during which time the company earned no revenue. They then spent the first year qualifying the product and testing out their revenue model.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

Nevertheless, these preferences aren’t intended to last forever.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Enjoy watching key members of your team grow from followers to leaders.

Sweat Equity 435

Sweat Equity Salary Viral Leadership 435

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

With one of the many new tools , and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. Favor profitability over revenue and user growth. You will be in good company with the many legends who used this approach.

Hockey Stick 423

Hockey Stick Bootstrapping Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 423

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

With one of the many new tools , and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. Favor profitability over revenue and user growth. You will be in good company with the many legends who used this approach.

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Another option is sweat equity. It is important to realize that most people who are willing to work for sweat equity are not a) the best, b) in demand, and c) going to put their heart and soul into your project. Motivation to work for sweat equity is something else that founders tend to take for granted.

Part-Time VPE 41

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2021

The average amount per startup has been $23,000, usually in the form of a convertible loan, rather than an equity investment. Tie re-payments to revenue growth in the startup. Rather than set a fixed repayment schedule, tie investment payoffs to a percentage of new product revenue, or a plan to convert the debt to equity.

Sweat Equity 346

Sweat Equity Elevator Pitch Equity Venture Capital 346

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

For this article, we asked 14 SaaS CEOs a simple question: “How much did you spend on your MVP before you had your first dollar of revenue?”. The MVP took around four months to build, during which time the company earned no revenue. They then spent the first year qualifying the product and testing out their revenue model.

Sweat Equity 50

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 50

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Enjoy watching key members of your team grow from followers to leaders.

Sweat Equity 296

Sweat Equity Startup Salary Viral 296

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The average amount per startup has been $23,000, usually in the form of a convertible loan, rather than an equity investment. Tie re-payments to revenue growth in the startup. Rather than set a fixed repayment schedule, tie investment payoffs to a percentage of new product revenue, or a plan to convert the debt to equity.

Sweat Equity 274

Sweat Equity Elevator Pitch Startup Equity 274

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

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. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Funding requirements.

Business Plan 290

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

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. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Funding requirements.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

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. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Exit strategy.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

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. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Funding requirements.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Piercing the Corporate Veil – Sweat Equity Consulting. But much like becoming a co-founder, getting paid sweat equity is essentially becoming an investor in the company. I think it’s difficult, if not impossible, to value a pre-revenue company with any reasonable accuracy. GrasshopperHerder.com.

Sweat Equity 41

Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41

Gust

AUGUST 7, 2012

Sweat equity can be a problem. They are not measured by the quantity of impressive graphics or the size of the revenue projections. And a founder who fudges the truth , thinking nobody will notice, has to be very good at it, or very lucky, because when this comes out investors assume that lies never exist alone.

Business Plan 172

Business Plan Sweat Equity Salary Founder 172

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

With one of the new free tools and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. Favor profitability over revenue and user growth. You will be in good company with the many legends who used this approach.

Bootstrapping 120

Bootstrapping Hockey Stick Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2016

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Enjoy watching key members of your team grow from followers to leaders.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Salary Startup Viral 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Enjoy watching key members of your team grow from followers to leaders.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Salary Viral Leadership 120

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage. If a consultant claims they can enhance your marketing efforts, pay them based on their direct impact on your incremental sales.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder PR 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2015

The average amount per startup was $23,000, usually in the form of a convertible loan, rather than an equity investment. Tie re-payments to revenue growth in the startup. Rather than set a fixed repayment schedule, tie investment payoffs to a percentage of new product revenue, or a plan to convert the debt to equity.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Equity 120

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

You might as well have all your liquid assets and sweat equity in place but if you are unable to raise money for your business beyond the valuation which has been stated by your investors ($ 1.5 Here it should be mentioned that “quantifiable” revenue is a must even if you are ready with a pathbreaking idea.

Pre-Money Valuation 124

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Sweat Equity Startup 124

Up and Running

JANUARY 24, 2014

Investors want to hear about your first customers, other investments put into the company (including your own sweat equity), key media placement, signed letters of intent (LOI) to purchase/partner, product and customer milestones, key hires, etc. 160 is average revenue per user (ARPU). 1,000 new leads captured per month.

Sweat Equity 138

Sweat Equity Churn Rate Forecast Business Model 138

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Quantify founder investments, both cash and sweat-equity. What are your forecasts for revenue, expenses and cash flow? Since investors are buying a part of your company (not your product), this is the most important question, and is one often not answered.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

If the idea was reliant on ad revenue for profit, it quickly becomes apparent that there will be no incoming money at all. It’s simply an untenable situation to expect the technical co-founder to assume the full burden of risk through sweat equity. The situation becomes even worse if there is no marketing plan or budget.

Technical Cofounder 41

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review NDA 41

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

Owning a business requires plenty of “sweat equity,” and initially often results in working far harder than you’re being compensated for—and earning less than if you worked for someone else!

Salary 119

Salary Sweat Equity Silicon Valley Sales Cycle 119

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Investors want to hear about your first customers, other investments put into the company (including your own sweat equity), key media placement, signed letters of intent (LOI) to purchase/partner, product and customer milestones , key hires, and so on. 160 is average revenue per user (ARPU). 1,000 new leads captured per month.

Sweat Equity 122

Sweat Equity Churn Rate Elevator Pitch Forecast 122

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. With this capital, the company propels itself to $50 million+ in revenues, and to either a sale to a strategic acquirer or to an initial public offering.

Angel Investor 112

Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

SM is cheap, fast, flexible, powerful and, with an investment of sweat equity, can bring meaningful returns to a small business. Small businesses that commit to these practices will often see great results over time with the returns measured in traffic, revenue, customers, and word-of-mouth.

Small Business 121

Small Business Social Media Sweat Equity Startup 121

Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

As a startup with zero to very low revenue, your friends, family, and cofounders do not expect you to have achieved very many major milestones. Investors at any stage like to see that you have committed personal funds in addition to sweat equity. If your product is not developed, you will need some sort of mockup.

Sweat Equity 71

Sweat Equity Founder Cofounder Valuation 71

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 8, 2003

Consequently, the company had no other choice but to shut down since it was not at a stage to generate meaningful revenue. VCs like sweat equity. So what can other entrepreneurs learn from this? Price isn’t everything-sometimes too high of a price can cripple your company.

Sweat Equity 60

Sweat Equity Term Sheet Bankruptcy Salary 60

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 8, 2003

Consequently, the company had no other choice but to shut down since it was not at a stage to generate meaningful revenue. VCs like sweat equity. So what can other entrepreneurs learn from this? Price isn’t everything-sometimes too high of a price can cripple your company.

Sweat Equity 60

Sweat Equity Term Sheet Bankruptcy Salary 60

Up and Running

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Sweat Equity. “I Using Revenues to Fund Growth. Rather than wasting energy chasing alternative sources of funding, start selling your product to customers and slowly grow your company using generated revenue. You can use your own savings to fund your company and move to a cheaper area to save money.

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