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10 Business Model Components Required In Every Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

There are no “overrides” – for example, businesses don’t thrive just because they offer the latest technology, or because everyone wants to be “green,” or because their goal is to reduce world hunger. Test your projections against actual published reports from similar companies. What is the need you fill or problem you solve?

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What’s the minimum information to give your investors?

Berkonomics

Summarizing income statements with a line for revenues, cost of revenue, general and administrative expenses, sales and other direct costs – all leading to net income, would satisfy the legal requirement for statement of income and expense. Requirements created by investment documents.

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Is asset-based lending for you?

Berkonomics

One example of asset-based finance would be purchase order financing. Handling the reporting for such loans often require some amount of dedicated time. Many lenders require that a transaction report be generated along with a batch of purchase orders or invoices pledged as collateral for the loan.

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How much information do you give to investors?

Berkonomics

Summarizing income statements with a line for revenues, cost of revenue, general and administrative expenses, sales and other direct costs – all leading to net income, would satisfy the legal requirement for statement of income and expense.

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If Your Passion Is Saving The Environment, Start Here

Startup Professionals Musings

Al Gore, by just talking about it, still seems to be leading the way in monetization, having amassed an estimated net worth reported recently as around $300 million. There are plenty of smaller success examples, including Impossible Foods, Inc., The ideas are endless, but we need more smart entrepreneurs to implement them.

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Another personal story: Timing is everything in a sale.

Berkonomics

After presenting a “state of the company” report at a national meeting of resellers for a company where I sat on the board, I was approached by one of the audience members, complimenting my presentation and stating, “I have a problem. Could I have found a better example of “Timing is everything”? The background for my story.

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Interview with Wil Schroter, Fundable

socalTECH

First, which is the most important and gets least reported on, is lots of people can now publicly say they're raising money, and on what terms. Pebblewatch is a great example of a company, which had a need for customer capital, and not venture capital. The JOBS Act did two important things. It removed the ban on venture solicitation.

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