Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

Investors, on the other hand, look at the money figure, and even the equity, as the easy part. This is a loan with an option to convert to equity at a later date. For later investments, the price is equity, with a percentage of the owner stock to be assigned to the investor. Type of stock assigned to the investor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

In fact, perhaps the most important model, equity crowdfunding for non-accredited investors, is still not legal in the U.S., With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Startup equity model. In Europe, other investors can buy equity, with platforms such as Seedrs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2015

Here is where projections of cost, pricing, volumes and cash flow are critical. Ancillary objectives, like retiring existing debt, buying a building or paying salaries to people with equity ownership will not get traction. How much equity ownership are you willing to offer? Can you project a compelling rate of investor return?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Five-year revenues, based on your volumes and prices, should penetrate at least 10 percent of the target market segment. Think about the valuation implications and equity you are willing to give up for each investment amount. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/28/2015. Neither extreme is good.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

These funders often offer convertible notes, rather than the traditional priced equity. Most accelerators provide small seed investment in the range of $25,000, as well as mentoring, workspace and professional services, in exchange for an equity stake in the company. Business accelerator funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2015

If you sell for half the price of a competitor, but you lose money on each item, it’s hard to make it up in volume. Quantify all the key elements of the equation, including price, margin and volume. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/17/2015. Clearly define your business model.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

You thought media twitter was bad… You thought tech twitter was bad… — Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) August 24, 2015. If markets come back quickly then you’ll see a return to normal 2015 funding timeframes (which I can tell you are much quicker than in times past). My favorite Tweet of the morning came from Hunter Walk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2015

Partnerships, distribution channels and pricing models should be included. “If No investor pitch should end without asking for a specific amount of money, providing some details on how that money will be used and what equity in the company you are offering in return. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/29/2015.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2017

After I sold my last company, Shift, in May of 2015, I took some time off to look for the next thing to do. They're an elite private equity firm, and what's even better is I can literally walk from my house to their office. We reconnected, talked about this, and I was thrilled at the opportunity to work with Michael on this.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

A smart investor will take an independent final reading in the market on barriers to entry, active competition, demographics, and price sensitivity. Startup equity investments imply a long-term business relationship, lasting an average of five years. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 1/9/2015.

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

AstraZeneca got the drug when it bought ZS Pharma in late 2015 for $2.7 A company official told Xconomy the drug would be priced in line with standard of care enzyme replacement therapy, which costs around $300,000 per patient, per year. The drug has a list price of $69,350 per patient, per year.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Those loans are very mis-priced, in our opinion. Where there are lots of players focused on different types of equity, different types of investments, different types of debt, they're doing it in a very unfocused manner. Brett Crosby: We have been in invitation-only mode for all of 2015, and that's been growing and growing.

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socalTECH

MAY 25, 2016

We'd do a Series A, and participate in the Series B, but when companies hit breakout, we would call a late stage VC and have them price the deal, and do all of that. Jim Armstrong: Things are definitely down, and valuations are down at the late stage fifty percent from 2015. Each and everyone is creating their own equity scenario.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. It pains me to see the typical (and predictable) responses on Twitter, “VCs want prices to drop!” ” “Sure, prices are dropping.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 3, 2015

Women in sales or real estate, were more savvy with negotiation than those who weren’t and often asked for, and received, the better price as a result. They have PR and distribution through key partnerships that leverage their brands into markets they want by simply sharing equity. Novel concept.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

You don’t have unlimited equity to dole out. She can anticipate reactions to price increases or product changes by customers and she can sustain competitive challenges because she knows the customer will stick by her. This got him more power and with that power he executed on his belief system and had a lousy 2015 season.

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