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10 Answers That Make Your Startup Plan Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

This is also the place to first mention patents and any other differentiators that put you ahead of competition. What are your specific marketing and sales plans? You need to identify pricing details, sales channels, strategic partners and a customized marketing plan consistent with your industry and target segment.

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When Did Profit Become A Bad Word For Entrepreneurs?

Startup Professionals Musings

By profit, I simply mean offering a product or service to customers for a price that exceeds the total costs associated with the solution, thus providing some basis for recovering sunk costs and generating a return for stakeholders. The best differentiation is a patent or other intellectual property that also provides a barrier to entry.

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Join The Unicorn Club Of Billion-Dollar Companies

Startup Professionals Musings

When top tier investors compete for a piece of the action, the price can go up exponentially. Patents and other intellectual property are a necessary initial “barrier to entry,” but these are just the beginning. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/29/2016. Active interest by a multitude of investors.

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Bio Roundup: FDA Says No, PCSK9 Value Fight, CRISPR Intrigue & More

Xconomy

All those years of hard work to reach the promised land, then just as a drug owner is ready to spike it home and take a victory lap, the FDA’s hands rise over the net… OK, it’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s better than comparing the patent fight over the gene editing system CRISPR-Cas9 to table tennis. (Be

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A Five-Minute Tutorial On How To Value Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s like trying to sell a home still being built at next year’s dream market price. If you have a proven business model with some sales, it’s credible to apply a multiplier of five to 10 times this number for the first element of valuation. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 03/09/2016.

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