Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2021

Make sure the government waits for a stock sale to collect taxes. While new equity owners always have to get it from someone, actual re-allocation of existing shares should be based on a formula to maximize the value of your remaining founder shares. At that time the original split makes all the difference. In the U.S.,

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

We’re talking a skeleton crew of staff, minimal sales, and even less cash. In the early stages it’s especially important to establish a foundation for maximizing your cash flow. Create a bottom-up financial forecast that uses your detailed budget and sales projections as the starting point. Establish a simple accounting system.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2014

Thus “creative” really means maximizing non-bank financing. These commitments should always be positioned in writing as promissory notes, or so-called bridge-loans, which convert to equity at a rate determined by later investors. Peer-to-peer lending. Micro-loans. IRA financing.

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Entrepreneur Capital Startup Funding 101

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2014

We’re talking a skeleton crew of staff, minimal sales, and even less cash. In the early stages it’s especially important to establish a foundation for maximizing your cash flow. Create a bottom-up financial forecast that uses your detailed budget and sales projections as the starting point. Establish a simple accounting system.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2013

Thus “creative” really means maximizing non-bank financing. These commitments should always be positioned in writing as promissory notes, or so-called bridge-loans, which convert to equity at a rate determined by later investors. Peer-to-peer lending. Microloans. IRA financing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2012

Develop the solution with your technology, and develop a strategy to maximize your impact in the marketplace. Although their book is written for businesses of all sizes, I believe the principles apply especially to startups as follows: Increase return on equity invested. It is to earn more bottom-line profit-ability than a random walk.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2015

Because their investments are bigger, VC investors will try to minimize risk and maximize their reward. Expect to be diluted by 20-25% with each equity round. They’re typically issued at a 10-20% discount to equity depending on the timeframe; higher range is for longer timeframes. Crowdfunding. Venture debt.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2016

If you expect an equity investment from reputable investors for your new startup, you need to know the boundaries that often limit their interest. In the jargon of investors, certain businesses may be viable but not fundable. Entrepreneurs with exciting new technologies too often assume that the technology will sell itself.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Develop the solution with your technology, and develop a strategy to maximize your impact in the marketplace. Although their book is written for businesses of all sizes, I believe the principles apply especially to startups as follows: To increase return on equity invested. To form a basis for making better decisions.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

I was thinking back to a few previous “insider baseball&# blog debates that raged for several weeks: AngelGate (aka Bin38 secret cabal), convertible debt vs. equity, bubble vs. not, and now the AngelList discussion. Should entrepreneurs have convertible debt or priced equity? Probably we all have different filters. Same thing.

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From the Venture Trenches

MARCH 27, 2013

Yet despite his ability to raise over $1 billion of private equity and to build an organization that is worth $5 billion as of this writing, Mason was shown the door. At Kluge the advice we give to our clients who are raising capital for the first time is to treat the exercise as they did when they first began to generate sales.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

However, when outfitting your offices, keep your ego in check – only purchase expensive accoutrements if they will directly lead to incremental sales. In a few select instances, such showy spending might be warranted, especially in the public aspects of your business (e.g., the lobby, customer training rooms, etc.).

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Investors and entrepreneurs who won at the fundraising game during and after the Great Recession offer advice on landing equity money. “I first met the lead investor of our angel round at a job interview years [ago] when he was recruiting a [vice-president for] sales [and chief operating officer] for his company. By Monica Mehta.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike has over 18 years of business development, marketing and management experience in businesses ranging from early stage start-ups to private equity and from mid-stage business to large turn-around operations. Prior to Idealab, Alex led sales and marketing efforts for venture-backed startups focused on enterprise software and services.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Keynote: Jordan Rohan, Managing Director of Equity Research, Internet and Digital Media, Thomas Weisel Partners 9:30am: Keynote Panel: The State of Mobile: The Economics Of Critical Mass? What should brands look for when they want to maximize performance and create maximum impact? Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder, Mobclix.

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