Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Know first that statistically, 80% of all acquisitions do not meet the intended objectives of the acquirer, making most all acquisitions risky. If the price of an acquisition is so high as to make the risk of creating the product or service yourself more attractive, that alternative must be discussed with your board.

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Company Companies Acquisition Resource 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2021

They will get you interest from investors and lenders, and you will receive better financing, prices, terms, and conditions from business suppliers and professional services. Statistics say that the failure rate for new businesses within the first 5 years is as high as 90 percent. Good connections are worth their weight in gold.

Entrepreneur 169

Entrepreneur Startup Statistics Guide 169

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. Yet according to other statistics, vanishing few of these ever generate a significant profit. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products.

Mobile 126

Mobile Develop Development Platform 126

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2020

Thus the investor can’t visualize any return on investment (ROI), so the entrepreneur gets no money, and a good opportunity is lost to all. Find some credible opportunity statistics that can support your own revenue expectations of between $20 million and $100 million in the fifth year.

Ideas 123

Ideas Statistics Invest Marketing 123

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Investors are showing an increased appetite for new stocks, with a good percentage of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Last year 300,000+ American angels invested an estimated $25 billion in more than 70,000 startup deals. The median deal size is back over $100 million.

Startup 128

Startup Social Media Satisfaction Entrepreneur 128

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2017

From my perspective, projecting financial returns is part of the homework every business person needs to do in sizing customer opportunity, product costs, pricing, competition and customer value, before expending their own resources in a highly risky venture. Project unit-volume and price levels. Quantify overhead and growth costs.

Pricing 57

Pricing Startup Entrepreneur Invest 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2015

If you don’t have a destination, don’t waste your money trying to get there, and don’t expect anyone to support you along the way Projecting financials is a natural extension of the homework every entrepreneur needs to do on customer opportunity size, product costs, pricing, competition and customer value. Forecast sales-volume expectations.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Pricing Sales 102

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

According to recent statistics , there are already over 500 website crowdfunding platforms, such as Kickstarter , available; and over $5 billion was raised this way last year. These funders often offer convertible notes, rather than the traditional priced equity. For those of you without a rich uncle, crowdfunding can work.

Funding 104

Funding Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2013

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

Startup 95

Startup Pricing Statistics .Net 95

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

The price of entry can be less than $10,000, so the competition is huge and growing rapidly. Yet according to other statistics, vanishing few of these ever generate a significant profit. If you want to drive up the demand for your core product, one smart tactic is to drive down the price of all complementary products.

Startup 98

Startup Platform Pricing Netflix 98

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. Should VC’s really be impacted by public market valuations when the money that they’re investing today should be for returns in 7-10 years? Short answer – yes.

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Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

I think, to be a great entrepreneur, you have to look at what is missing in the category that you will be playing in the industry, and figure what you can deploy with a little bit of strategy and technology to bring a better service and price. You've had prior success, and you've been an angel investors in companies here.

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Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2017

I was influenced heavily before my career even began because in my undergraduate work I took a ton of statistics classes that showed how easily we human brains fall prey to easy biases and slights of data and try to draw conclusions that don’t exist. Coming back with an empty chamber for the third battle is much worse than not coming back.

Venture Capital 182

Venture Capital Statistics Writing Report 182

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. Set pricing to assure both revenue and profit. They expect reviews and testimonials from other clients.

Social Media 56

Social Media Pricing Technical Review Demand 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Sales data needs to be correlated to advertising campaigns, price changes, seasonal forces, competitive actions, and other cost of sales. This tells you whether your marketing and advertising investments are paying for themselves. Over time, you cost of acquisition should go down as growth and your brand image goes up.

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Metrics Startup Sales Statistics 106

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Sales data needs to be correlated to advertising campaigns, price changes, seasonal forces, competitive actions, and other costs of sales. This tells you whether your marketing and advertising investments are paying for themselves. Over time, you cost of acquisition should go down as growth and your brand image go up.

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Metrics Technical Review Sales Customer 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

In the early days of selling it can sometimes be an advantage to not have rigid pricing schedules, complex service level agreements (SLAs), hard-and-fast rate limits, etc. He pushed for a lot more standardization of pricing, marketing collateral, sales process, etc. I sometimes find it funny since 73.6%

Sales 286

Sales Newsletter Technical Review Activity 286

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2012

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

Startup 95

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 95

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Home prices are slowly coming back, and consumer spending reached a new high of almost $11 billion in May 2013. Venture capital investments are returning to startups. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater. Margin is everything.

Startup 86

Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2016

They will get you interest from investors and lenders, and you will receive better financing, prices, terms, and conditions from business suppliers and professional services. Statistics say that the failure rate for new businesses within the first 5 years is as high as 90 percent. Good connections are worth their weight in gold.

Startup 71

Startup Statistics Guide Entrepreneur 71

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2012

Look how the Japanese entered the auto industry, or how McDonalds imitated White Castle, or how Wal-Mart “perfected” the low-price high-volume approach. Statistically, the costs to the first inventor of a new technology are at least a third higher than to follow-on innovators in the same technology. Imitation drives progress.

Patents 84

Patents Startup Statistics Course 84

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2013

They will get you interest from investors and lenders, and you will receive better financing, prices, terms, and conditions from business suppliers and professional services. Statistics say that the failure rate for new businesses within the first 5 years is as high as 90 percent. Good connections are worth their weight in gold.

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur Startup Statistics Guide 114

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2011

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

Startup 92

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

Look how the Japanese entered the auto industry, or how McDonalds imitated White Castle, or how Wal-Mart “perfected” the low-price high-volume approach. Statistically, the costs to the first inventor of a new technology are at least a third higher than to follow-on innovators in the same technology. Imitation drives progress.

Startup 91

Startup Patents Statistics Course 91

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In developing countries, like China and India, the statistics are reversed. The reasons here are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big recovery anytime soon. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

Startup 97

Startup Report Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

That’s an amazing statistic and reminded me of my family’s journey. But I figured the worst that could happen was they’d send me home and I’d have to eat the price of my airfare and?—?hey?—?at You just finished your education so you know the value of investing in yourself and your knowledge. They looked at me like I was crazy.

Pomona 253

Pomona Startup Tips Networking 253

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2012

They will get you interest from investors and lenders, and you will receive better financing, prices, terms, and conditions from business suppliers and professional services. Statistics say that the failure rate for new businesses within the first 5 years is as high as 90 percent. Good connections are worth their weight in gold.

Startup 100

Startup Statistics Entrepreneur Guide 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. I tell people regularly that I only invest in companies where the DNA is software.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2011

They will get you interest from investors and lenders, and you will receive better financing, prices, terms, and conditions from business suppliers and professional services. Statistics say that the failure rate for new businesses within the first 5 years is as high as 90 percent. Good connections are worth their weight in gold.

Screening 99

Screening Startup Statistics Guide 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2010

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

Startup 60

Startup Statistics Pricing .Net 60

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. In fact, 90% of our investments are either Seed or A-round investments (10% are B-round). We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. That’s healthy.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

And when prices are dropping on a VCs existing companies in market, there is a substantial reduction in FOMO (fear of missing out) for new deals, which means that investors take their time in making investment decisions. If you can get a round done at the price you expect – well done. Why does this matter?

Startup 150

Startup Pricing Venture Capital Statistics 150

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these. Prices have gone up dramatically on this beachfront strip. Venices median home price in the first eight months of 2012 broke the $1 million barrier, rising to $1,012,000 from $899,000 in the first eight months of 2011. Derek Wooden.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44